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As the Delta variant has made its way to the most prevalent COVID-19 variant in the state, other indicators of the pandemic have been rising as well. Statewide, case rates and positivity rates are four to five times higher than they were a month ago, and hospitals are slowly seeing a rise in COVID-positive patients as well.
That’s partly why, earlier this month, Los Angeles County became the first to reinstate a mask mandate for all people, regardless of vaccination status. Health officials in Fresno County have also joined many others to strongly recommend that people vaccinated against COVID-19 people to mask up indoors, though they stopped short of a mandate.