9 Western WA counties now recommend mask use indoors Sign In July 26, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Asian man business owner reopening a restaurant after quarantine and preparing food while wearing a face mask and glovestaticnak1983/Getty Images SEATTLE (AP) — Health officials in more than a half-dozen western Washington counties are now recommending mask-wearing in indoor public spaces regardless of vaccine status because of a rise in COVID-19 cases and the highly infectious delta variant. Public Health Seattle & King County officials said on Monday in a joint statement with the counties that local health officers from around the Puget Sound region were joining together in the recommendation after King County health officer, Dr. Jeff Duchin, issued the guidance on Friday.