If the county is moved into the "high" category, it will reimpose a mandatory indoor mask-wearing mandate.
The county has now identified four patients showing symptoms of monkeypox virus, but health officials do not anticipate an outbreak.
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The newest patient was described only as an adult who had recently traveled, although further details were not released.
With coronavirus cases again surging in Los Angeles, the county could become the state's second to resume indoor masking this month.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health says it confirmed the county's first presumptive case of monkeypox infection.
Hospitalizations are climbing too, and health officials reminded people to take precuations amid holiday gatherings.
Due to COVID outbreaks at nursing facilities across LA County, staff at such facilities are now required to wear masks and undergo testing.
Los Angeles County's health director has voiced concern about rising numbers of COVID-19 cases at schools in its latest data.
It was a year in which the coronavirus became the county's second-leading cause of death claiming 11,101 Angelenos.
Los Angeles surged back into a heightened coronavirus risk level, prompting health officials to recommend increased masking and testing.
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Further spikes in infections and hospitalizations could push Los Angeles into a higher risk category and a possible return of mandates.
The number of coronavirus patients in Los Angeles County hospitals is holding steady, falling by one person to 318, according to state data.
Nearly 3,000 more COVID-19 infections and seven more virus-related deaths were reported in Los Angeles County in its latest data.
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Though the number of daily new COVID-19 cases has tripled in a month, hospitalizations remain low in Los Angeles County.
Bacteria levels are exceeding state standards, prompting an ocean use warning for surfers and swimmers at several LA beaches.
With cases doubling across Los Angeles County, officials confirmed the first case of BA.4 which can reinfect people who already had Omicron.
The increase in cases and school outbreaks comes as federal officials report that 75 percent of American children have already had COVID-19.
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The number of COVID-positive patients in LA County hospitals has increased by nine people to 218, according to the state.
In a series of whiplash policy reversals, Los Angeles County allowed masks in mass transit settings this week before banning them again.
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The number of COVID-positive hospital patients in Los Angeles County has fallen by 28 people to 213.
The move means many parents reluctant to get their child vaccinated will have another school year before the state mandate kicks in.
Amid slowly rising COVID numbers, LA County officials said they want to provide additional boosters to nursing facility residents.
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The increase in cases has been blamed on rising spread of the infectious BA.2 subvariant of the virus.
The number of COVID-positive patients in Los Angeles County hospitals has decreased slightly, dropping by five people to 262.
Over 1,000 people gathered in downtown Los Angeles Sunday to protest COVID vaccine mandates.
The county has seen a daily rise in COVID infections, correlating with the local spread of BA.2.
As the contagious Omicron subvariant BA.2 drives numbers up, authorities are watching for the even more contagious Omicron subvariant XE.
Los Angeles County vaccination sites and some pharmacies are already offering second doses of the Pfizer and Moderna booster shots.
The City Council passed an urgency ordinance to end proof of COVID-19 vaccination requirements to enter clubs, gyms, theaters and eateries.
Eligible Angelenos will be able to get a second vaccine shot as soon as this week after federal regulators approved the additional shots.
According to state figures, there were 329 such patients in county hospitals as of Monday, down from 341 on Sunday.
The county Department of Public Health reported an uptick in COVID infections attributed to the BA.2, an offshoot of the Omicron variant.
More contagious than omicron, the subvariant BA.2 doubled its share of local cases in a week, but another surge isn't an inevitability.