| (213)240-8144 | media@ph.lacounty.gov. COVID-19 deaths have been in the headlines again, as Californias death toll surpassed 100,000 last week. Below is a breakdown comparing the course of the delta wave in notable California counties, with and without indoor mask mandates. The impact of vaccination shows up in the data when comparing Solano County and neighboring Contra Costa County. Some experts, though, have noted that Alameda Countys mask mandate was the only time a lone county in the San Francisco Bay Area has issued a mask order without other major counties doing so as well. Oddly, among the numerous studies analyzed in the Cochrane report was one from Bangladesh and one from Denmark, both of which show masking helped stop the spread of COVID-19. Starting Wednesday, all residents will be required to wear face coverings indoors And while emerging data affirms that fully vaccinated people are well protected from severe infections with Delta variants, people with only one vaccine are not as well-protected, and there is evidence that a very small number of fully vaccinated individuals can become infected and may be able to infect others. Were saying there is need to worry, Ferrer said. Health experts largely agree that vaccines are a more effective intervention than masks. A year ago on July 17, 2021 the county reissued a universal mask mandate in response to the Delta variant, which lasted through March 4. Disputes about whether coronavirus vaccines work have been settled, but questions about their side effects or whether they should be required have not. A number of Masks will still be required in high transmission areas like buses, hospitals, homeless shelters, and long-term care facilities. Newsom also announced that starting Tuesday, March 1, masks will no longer be required but will be highly recommended for unvaccinated individuals in most indoor settings. According to the governor's office, unvaccinated individuals will still be required to wear masks in indoor public settings. For most of the pandemic, people in Hong Kong have been required to wear a mask in indoor and outdoor public areas. He earned his bachelors degree in journalism from the University of Arizona. Experts warned for years that the world was overdue for another pandemic. In the Bay Area, only Solano County did not issue an indoor mask mandate. The mandate, which went into effect in mid-July 2020, imposed a more than $600 fine to those who didn't follow mask rules. In all three of these counties, less than 60% of residents are fully vaccinated; in Sacramento, only 51% have completed a vaccine series. DOL will also follow local mask mandates for the jurisdictions where its facilities are located, when that locality imposes more protective pandemic-related safety requirements. "Masks are very important additional layer and have been throughout the pandemic," she said. Beginning tomorrow, Friday, July 17 through next Thursday, July 22 at County-run vaccination sites, LA City sites, and St. Johns Well Child and Family Center sites, everyone 18 and older coming to get a vaccine will have an opportunity to win one of seven packages of tickets to family fun at the Staples Center, including performances by the Harlem Globetrotters, Disney on Ice, and the Gold Over America tour starring Simone Biles. Eric did his undergrad at Pomona College, where he majored in politics and minored in economics. Children are still required to keep their masks on at school, FlingGolf, a sport in which players throw a golf ball instead of hitting it down the fairway, is attracting fans because its easy to learn and uses a single club, Expected 11-year, $350 million investment helps Padres in 2023, 24 and beyond as ownership spending continues, Natalye Pass Harpin is a professor at Grossmont College and lecturer at UC San Diego, and will present Afro-Descendants in Nazi Germany, exploring the racial policies of the Nazis toward Black Germans during the 1930s and 40s, on Feb. 28 at Central Library in downtown San Diego. Were asking you to take a sensible step when theres this much transmission, with a highly transmissible variant, to go ahead and put back on a well-fitting, high-filtration mask when youre indoors around others. Starting mid-March, masks will no longer be required, but will be 'strongly recommended' in California schools, according to updated guidance issued by Gov. RECOMMENDED: Los Angeles County outdoor mask mandate to be lifted at midnight, including at schools. Here is a list of masks recommended by the California government. County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health Communications & Public Affairs 313 N. Figueroa Street, Room 806 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: (213) 240-8144 Fax: (213) 481-1406 media@ph.lacounty.gov. This variant is, as everybody has noted, highly infectious, easily transmitted from person to person. California to lift mask mandate in schools on March 12 Barger on Monday hailed the state's announcement that it is easing masking rules, and again called for an end to the county requirement. "California continues to adjust our policies based on the latest data and science, applying what we've learned over the past two years to guide our response to the pandemic," said Newsom. The new rule applies to schools and child care facilities. The San Francisco Bay Area is the most highly vaccinated region in the state: More than 60% of residents are fully vaccinated in all nine counties except Solano County, where 49% are fully vaccinated, according to state data. COVID-19 pandemic most likely began with a lab leak, U.S. Department of Energy says. Although masks are currently optional throughout the county, they are still required in healthcare facilities and congregate care locations like nursing homes, per the There have been plenty of other studies that come to different conclusions than the Cochrane study. As a result, some have questioned the wisdom of L.A. Countys approach, as well as whether thered be widespread compliance with new rules. Eric Ting is SFGATE's politics editor. Alameda County in the San Francisco Bay Area, where Oakland is located, issued a mask mandate Friday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moved it and a dozen other California counties into the highest level for the virus as measured by case counts as well as hospital admissions and capacity. To hit the high designation, the countys weekly case rate would have to be at least 200 per 100,000 residents and its hospital admissions reach more than 10 per 100,000 residents. But Ferrer warned that the county is on track to move to the high viral level by next week, which would prompt an indoor-mask mandate. Todays test positivity rate is 3.7%; on June 15, the test positivity rate was around 0.5%. Los Angeles Countys weekly rate of new cases also rose to 185 per 100,000 residents, which boosted the county from low virus activity to medium, as per CDC guidelines. Community transmission of COVID-19 has rapidly increased from Moderate to Substantial, based on the trend in daily new cases of COVID-19. http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/, https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/ncov2019.aspx, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019- ncov/index.html, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index-sp.html, https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus, Los Angeles County (excl. 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While a vaccinated person can still catch and transmit COVID, vaccines offer protection from the most severe symptoms. Webthe Superior Court of Alameda County lifts its mask mandate, no longer requiring masks in Court-controlled portions of courthouses. **Rate is crude and is per 100,000. The greatest crime is telling people that Covid is just a cold., COVID-19 Daily Update:December 1, 2022New Cases: 4,493 (3,547,200 to date)New Deaths: 14 (34,199 to date)Current Hospitalizations: 1,164Todays Positivity Rate: 13.4% pic.twitter.com/vw21WauLK8. Some California counties including eight in the Bay Area and some in Los Angeles and Sacramento implemented new indoor mask mandates in response. Testing results are available for more than 7,142,000 individuals with 16% of people testing positive. Pedestrians wearing face masks walk down Market street in San Francisco, Calif. on August 5, 2021. Concerns about the LA County COVID surge are compounded by an uptick in flu and RSV cases in the winter months. Get Essential San Diego, weekday mornings. Because of this rapid rise, as well as the increasing presence of the more easily transmitted Delta variant of the virus, and the millions of people potentially at risk of infection, together we must reduce our risk of infection and our risk for potentially infecting others. We are not asking you to forgo activities you love, Ferrer said. One training complex in Arizona features two Bryce Millers as Padres, Mariners dive into preseason slate, Privacy PolicyTerms of ServiceSign Up For Our NewslettersSite Map, Copyright 2023, The San Diego Union-Tribune |, Merrilee Kazarian wears a face mask while waiting for the ferry in downtown San Diego on July 7, 2022. However, on a local level, the mandate will stay put in Los Angeles County, according to the county's health officials. And the rate of rise has steepened, with the daily patient census swelling 52% since the end of June. Through a variety of programs, community partnerships and services, Public Health oversees environmental health, disease control, and community and family health. The state of California's indoor mask mandate, which was issued on Dec. As of Thursday, the hospital admission rate already exceeded the CDCs threshold, with 11.9 new admissions per 100,000 residents. Thats not exactly what the study said. Californians, regardless of the county they live in, must still mask up in K-12 schools, public transportation and nursing homes. The new rule applies to schools and child care facilities. Having trouble loading the tracker above? Officials say BA.5, thought to be the dominant version of the coronavirus circulating nationwide, is not only more contagious than previous versions but also has increased the risk of reinfection perhaps just weeks after an earlier case. Its tough to isolate whether there was a true cause and effect, given other restrictions and factors were in play such as people choosing not to wear masks. The Pfizer vaccine is approved for use in children aged 12 and older. More than than 10% of staffed hospital beds also would have to occupied by COVID patients. Gavin Newsom on Monday. The only other county that reinstituted indoor masking during this latest wave, Alameda, rescinded the order three weeks later, and the efficacy of that short-lived mandate has been called into question. Next time, effective vaccines may diminish the requirements for masks, distancing, closures and other precautions. California will lift mask mandate as omicron cases fall . As a result, the order received significantly less attention in the region, affecting just 1.6 million residents among 7.7 million who live in the Bay Area. As a reminder the first and second doses of this vaccine need to be given three weeks apart, and a person is not considered fully vaccinated until two weeks after the second vaccine. But again, the variables make that difficult to assess. Dr. Mark Ghaly announced Monday in a press conference that the state will reassess the current mask requirement for schools on Feb. 28. Rene C. Byer rbyer@sacbee.com. Most Bay Area counties will follow the state's lead and lift their indoor mask mandate in public settings on Feb. 16. Experts warned for years that the world was overdue for The indoor mask mandate will remain in effect until the county can move back to the "medium" category, LA County's Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said. Some of those studies, which he called unacceptable pieces of work, were also published by Cochrane. "So that's the difference. Healthcare settings (including long term care facilities), Indoors in K-12 schools, childcare, and other youth settings, State and local correctional facilities and detention centers, Homeless shelters, emergency shelters, and cooling centers. Before anyone draws any sweeping conclusions from this data, it's worth pointing out that mask mandates do not always equate to universal masking, and a lack of mask mandates does not mean that no one in a county is wearing masks voluntarily. That study compared Massachusetts school districts after the state allowed them to lift mask requirements with two districts in the Boston area that chose not to. Colorado The latest maps and charts on the spread of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County, including cases, deaths, closures and restrictions. And another report, published by the CDC in February, said consistent use of a high-quality face covering such as an N95 or KN95 respirator in indoor public settings was associated with 83% lower odds of testing positive for the coronavirus, compared with those who didnt wear a mask. He previously was a reporter and assistant city editor for the Daily Pilot, a Times Community News publication in Orange County, and before that wrote for the Santa Clarita Valley Signal. A second, published in March by the CDC, said school districts in Arkansas with universal mask requirements from August to October 2021 had a 23% lower coronavirus case incidence than districts without a mask order. Gavin Newsom heralded as the states grand reopening. The study, which analyzed the combined results of numerous studies, lit up the medical world and beyond. Though the vaccination rates are current, they reflect countywide trends in vaccination that emerged before the delta surge. These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. Orange County has a similar vaccination rate to Los Angeles County (Los Angeles County's rate for the total population is 61%, just two percentage points lower than Orange County's), which makes it much easier to compare the two counties to one another than it is to compare Solano County to the other Bay Area counties. Unvaccinated workers must wear masks in state offices. In those two counties, the peak number of hospitalizations per 100,000 residents was six and five, respectively. Children, however, are still required to keep their masks on at school for at least another two weeks. Email: eric.ting@sfgate.com. I wasn't a BeyHive member. On June 15, the day of the full reopening, the County saw 210 new cases and today the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) confirms the highest number of new COVID-19 cases since mid-March with 1,537 new cases. Of these, 5,946,447 were first doses and 4,763,590 were second doses. They push false data and fearporn through their daily news, a Twitter user lamented. Virus-related hospital admissions are now at 192 per day, a 200% increase from the same date, she said. VACCINE TRACKER: How California is doing, when you can get a coronavirus vaccine. Luke Money is a Metro reporter covering breaking news at the Los Angeles Times. During the 15 weeks after the statewide masking policy was rescinded, the lifting of masking requirements was associated with an additional 44.9 cases per 1,000 students and staff, the study said, which noted variables, including age of the school buildings and student demographics, among other things. SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- California health officials have lifted the statewide COVID-19 indoor mask mandate in public settings for vaccinated people. You can email her at agraff@sfgate.com. Those with the following conditions are also exempt: a medical condition or mental health condition disability that precludes wearing a mask. Mandatory indoor mask mandate goes into effect on Wed. Dec. 15. RELATED: Valley parents await state announcement on masks in schools. Los Angeles County health officials are expected to reach a decision Thursday on whether to reinstate an indoor mask mandate. San Diego had the lowest coronavirus death rate among Southern California counties, which local leaders attribute to early, aggressive action attempting to limit the spread and severity of the virus, according to Paul Sisson, health care writer for The San Diego Union-Tribune. When Gov. Tracking the proliferation of the Delta variant is a priority because the Delta variant is more easily spread between people more than other variants of concern. All Federal employees, onsite contractors, and visitors, regardless of vaccination status, must wear a high-quality mask inside of Federal buildings in areas Although masks are currently optional throughout the county, they are still required in healthcare facilities and congregate care locations like nursing homes, per the departments website. Eric Ting is SFGATE's politics editor. There is this common line of thinking that the pandemic is over and COVID is no longer of concern, but these numbers clearly demonstrate that COVID is still with us,County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said at a press conference Thursday. All Rights Reserved. Weekly COVID-19 deaths doubled in Los Angeles County over the last month, to 100 from 50 a week. The latest rate was 10.5 new weekly hospitalizations for every 100,000 residents, according to the county Department of Public Health. 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