Jul 28, 2021 San Diego County health officials recommend following CDC's new guidelines on masks. After weeks of insisting fully vaccinated people could shed face coverings in most situations, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reversed course Tuesday and recommended mask-wearing indoors for everyone, regardless of vaccination status, in areas experiencing "high" or "substantial" COVID-19 transmission. San Diego County along with Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties are all currently listed by the CDC as having "high" transmission rates. Los Angeles County implemented a mask-wearing mandate in indoor public settings for everyone earlier this month, citing spiking cases attributed to spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19. After Tuesday's announcement, San Diego County said it would recommend following the CDC's recommendation: