Los Angeles County may once again bring back the indoor mask mandate.

According to Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer, if the county reaches the CDC’s high transmission and hospitalization categories, masking may be required indoors – again.

According to the LA County Public Health’s new COVID-19 numbers from Wednesday, Dec. 1, the county reports 4,493 new cases, 1,164 new hospitalizations and 14 new deaths.