California Gov. Newsom says that he will let a statewide indoor mask mandate expire next week for people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19; local governments will be able to continue their own indoor masking requirements.
The state policy for masking in schools remains unchanged, a spokesperson for the governor said Monday afternoon, adding that the governor’s office will continue to monitor the data and adjust accordingly.
Newsom said Monday that hospitalizations in California have fallen by 65 percent after having peaked last month., unvaccinated people accounted for the vast majority of hospitalizations in recent months. Nearly 70 percent of Californians are vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Monday,During the week that ended Jan. 11, the rate of hospitalizations among people who were vaccinated and boosted was 9 per million, according to the data.
During the same period among the unvaccinated, the rate was nearly 13 times greater, or 114 people per million, according to the data.
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