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procedure and test positive. well as concerning it is not reached the levels of hospitalizations that we ve seen in other surges. reporter: the good news, health leaders say widespread vaccinations and treatments are keeping the hospitalization numbers manageable. the bad news with such infectious new variants, they really can t say when we will come down from this current uptick. we are just continuing to see the continued high level of transmission in the community. reporter: both santa clara and san mateo counties say they are not considering a return to mask mandates right now. but they are both strongly urging the public to wear tight fitting face masks and public settings to help. all right, that was alyssa goard reporting. let s take a closer look at where we stand here in california. so right now our positive rate is at 15% and continues to trend up. for some context during the winter surge in january of this year we hit the peak at 22%. but last summe ....