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As COVID wave washes over California, some health officials urge residents to mask up
COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions rose significantly in California this summer with test positivity doubling to 12%, prompting renewed mask recommendations from health officials.
- California is experiencing a COVID wave, with increased cases and hospitalizations prompting health officials to recommend masks in indoor settings until transmission decreases.
- COVID hospital admissions in California rose to 3.62 per 100,000 residents, increasing from 1.9 four weeks earlier, remaining lower than previous summer peaks.
- Health officials encourage mask-wearing in crowded indoor spaces and emphasize vaccination as a key measure to prevent severe illness from COVID-19.
- COVID levels in wastewater are high across California, with health officials urging residents to consider wearing masks in indoor public settings due to rising case numbers and positivity rates.
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Rise in COVID cases has one CA leader recommending masks
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COVID masks are back in Newsom's California · American Wire News
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Health commissars are pushing masking again in Newsom's California
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People Are Masking up in California
(Los Angeles, CA) — Health officials are asking some California residents to consider wearing face masks as COVID cases continue to increase there. In Los Angeles County, the positive test rate for COVID is more than 13-percent. That’s up five-percent from a few weeks ago. It’s up nine-percent in Orange County. Yolo County Health Officer Aimee Sisson tells the L.A. Times she’s seeing a six-percent increase in positive COVID tests. Coronavirus le…
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