However, agency officials noted some masks are harder to tolerate than others, and urged people to choose good-fitting masks that they will wear consistently.
In updated guidance posted on its website, CDC officials removed concerns related to supply shortages and more clearly said that properly fitted N95 and KN95 masks offer the most protection.
County reported 23,796 new cases and 101 new deaths, Jan. Q&A: What’s the gameplan for staying COVID-free at SoFi for NFC title game, Super Bowl?Ĭoronavirus: L.A. Omicron US death toll higher than fall’s delta surge LA County COVID hospitalizations dip below 4,000, latest sign omicron has peakedĬoronavirus: UCLA students to return to campus Monday But they were in short supply previously, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials had said they should be prioritized for health care workers. Those kinds of masks are considered better at filtering the air. health officials earlier this month encouraged more Americans to wear the kind of N95 or KN95 masks used by health-care workers to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The push toward wearing higher-grade masks is a nationwide trend and has also been endorsed by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. On Friday, the seven-day test-positivity rate was 6.3% among the district’s staff and 9.1% among students. Ten days ago, on the first day of second semester, the test-positivity rates were 15% and 17% among staff and students, respectively. It’s also possible that some students were out for non-COVID-related reasons. It’s unclear how many of the more than 103,000 students who were absent Friday were out because they were isolating or quarantining versus missing school simply because they’re still reluctant to return to in-person schooling amid this winter’s COVID-19 surge. The district reported that the student absentee rate on Friday was 25%, according to preliminary figures - an improvement over the roughly 33% absentee rate last week but still higher than normal.
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