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Los Angeles County will reinstate mask mandate amid rise in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations

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Los Angeles County will reinstate its mask mandate regardless of vaccination status starting 11:59 p.m. Saturday night amid a rise in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. 

The new health officer order will require masking indoors regardless of vaccination status, Los Angeles County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis said in a news conference Thursday. 

The daily test positivity rate in Los Angeles County has risen to 3.75%, an increase from 1.2% on June 15. 

Los Angeles County reported a total of 24,566 coronavirus deaths and 1,262,578 cases.

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