Los Angeles County Officially Lifts Indoor Mask Mandate this Friday .

Businesses can choose to keep their mask requirement in place for both customers and employees.

L.A. County will still be requiring masks — regardless of vaccination status — for everyone on public transit, at emergency shelters, health care settings, correctional detention facilities, homeless shelters and long term care facilities.

Indoor masking is strongly recommended but not required for vaccinated & unvaccinated people. Masks are required in schools & childcare facilities until 3/12, when they become strongly recommended. Visit ph.lacounty.com/coronavirus for more info.

Vaccination verification will still be required at indoor mega events, and at health care and congregate care settings. However, it will only be a recommendation now for entry to outdoor mega events and indoor portions of bars, nightclubs, lounges wineries, distilleries and breweries.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) today released the latest data on COVID-19.

• 1,605 New COVID-19 cases (2,800,741 cases to date)

• 59 New deaths due to COVID-19 (30,911 deaths to date)

• 852 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19

• More than 11,450,000 individuals tested; 22% of people tested positive to date