An indoor mask mandate will not be renewed this week in Los Angeles County as key COVID figures appear to be heading in the right direction, public health officials said.
, saying the move would be"heavy-handed'' and a burden on businesses that will be forced to enforce the rule.
Virus-related hospitalizations have also stabilized over the past week, she said, as well as the daily number of fatalities -- although she stressed that the latter number remained too high at about 14 fatalities per day. Another 20 deaths were reported Wednesday.
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