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From Provincetown to Apple to L A County, reversing course on COVID-19 relaxations
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Some lawmakers are calling on New York City to follow Los Angeles in reinstating a mask mandate for vaccinated people as the highly contagious delta variant fuels a fourth wave of COVID-19 nationally.
But Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday resisted the mounting pressure to once again require mask wearing in indoor settings, citing the ongoing effort to boost vaccinations that have proven highly effective at preventing severe illness and death caused by coronavirus infections.
“Masks have value, unquestionably. But masks are not going at the root of the problem, vaccination is,” he said during a media briefing.
“We do not intend to mask mandate,” he added. “We do intend to double down on vaccination.”
COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rate Increases in L.A. County
Jul. 20, 2021 at 1:00 pm
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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) is reporting a significant increase in the number of people hospitalized each day for COVID-19 illness. There are 528 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized; last Monday, there were 372 people hospitalized and on June 15, there were 218 people hospitalized. Unfortunately, because cases increased 700% since June 15, we are now beginning to see corresponding increases in hospitalizations.
Test positivity increased 10-fold from the 0.4% on June 15, to today’s test positivity rate of 4.1%.
Due to the significant increased circulation of the more infectious Delta variant, the intermingling of unmasked individuals where vaccination status is unknown, and the risks to the almost 4 million people in L.A. County who have not been or are not eligible to be vaccinated, including 1.3 million children under 12 years of ag
Public Health reported a significant increase in the number of people hospitalized each day for COVID-19 illness.
There are 528 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized; last Monday, there were 372 people hospitalized and on June 15, there were 218 people hospitalized.
Unfortunately, because cases have increased 700% since June 15, the County is now beginning to see corresponding increases in hospitalizations.
Test positivity increased 10-fold from 0.4% on June 15, to today’s test positivity rate of 4.1%.
Of the two new deaths reported today, one person that passed away was over the age of 80 and one person who passed was between the ages of 65 and 79.
The number of cases and deaths likely reflect reporting delays over the weekend. To date, Public Health identified 1,269,090 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 24,585 deaths.
Should vaccinated New Yorkers wear masks? The latest COVID debate
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