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Los Angeles, CA - July 14: Sustained jumps in cases and hospitalizations fueled by the hyper-infectious BA.5 subvariant pushed Los Angeles County into the high COVID-19 community level Thursday, a shift that could trigger a new public indoor mask mandate by the end of this month unless conditions improve. Shoppers in mask and without masks in a very congested market Santee Alley on Thursday, July 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Why it’s taking people with COVID-19 so long to finally get a negative test

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LYNWOOD, CALIF. - MAR. 16, 2022. Paolo Canizales, 10, winces as he gets a shot of the Pfizer vaccine at Hellen Keller Elementary School in Lynwood on Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2022. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

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A Health worker showing a vial polio vaccine

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Los Angeles, CA - July 14: Sustained jumps in cases and hospitalizations fueled by the hyper-infectious BA.5 subvariant pushed Los Angeles County into the high COVID-19 community level Thursday, a shift that could trigger a new public indoor mask mandate by the end of this month unless conditions improve. Shoppers in mask and without masks in a very congested market Santee Alley on Thursday, July 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. COVID surge appears to be cresting, but the picture is still far from good

Los Angeles, CA - July 12: With California suffering through another intense coronavirus wave, the stunning proliferation of the BA.5 subvariant is becoming a growing focus of scientific scrutiny, with experts saying it may replicate itself far more effectively than earlier versions of Omicron. Some commuter choose to use at Union Station on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

More people are catching coronavirus a second time, heightening long COVID risk, experts say

U.S. rules out summer COVID boosters to focus on fall campaign

L.A. County won’t impose new mask mandate as coronavirus cases decline

Necessary or excessive? Debate intensifies over potential mask rule for L.A. County

Should you wait for the Omicron booster? Why experts say you should ‘get it now!’

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Los Angeles, CA - July 14: Sustained jumps in cases and hospitalizations fueled by the hyper-infectious BA.5 subvariant pushed Los Angeles County into the high COVID-19 community level Thursday, a shift that could trigger a new public indoor mask mandate by the end of this month unless conditions improve. Shoppers in mask and without masks in a very congested market Santee Alley on Thursday, July 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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L.A. County could avoid mask mandate this week as coronavirus cases decline

Recent declines in cases and coronavirus-positive hospitalizations could pull Los Angeles County back from the brink of a new universal public indoor mask mandate.

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Tracking vaccinations in California

Experts say about most Americans will need to be vaccinated to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control. Track California’s progress toward that goal.