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Health officials in Pasadena reported 27 new detective COVID-19 infections Monday as the county continues to see record hospitalizations.
Monday’s figures bring the city’s total infections to 1,727, according to city data. With no new deaths reported, coronavirus fatalities remained at 102.
“We still continue to see a large number of (new) cases,” city spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said.
Officials have reported 183 new COVID-19 cases over the past seven days. With the exception of Wednesday, when only five new cases were reported, the city saw well over 20 cases reported each day over the past week, according to city data.
Huntington Hospital was treating 71 COVID-19 patients on Monday, more than at any time in the last month.
Infections among the Latinx community were rising faster than others, Derderian said. It rose from 12 to 12.5 per 1,000 people on Monday, while other racial and ethnic demographic groups remained “relatively” stable.
Los Angeles County again set a new record Monday for it’s number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
“For the second straight day, Public Health confirms the highest number of new hospitalizations reported in a day with 2,232 people currently hospitalized, surpassing yesterday’s count of 2,216 hospitalizations,” the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a written statement. “Twenty-six percent of these people are confirmed cases in the ICU and 19% are confirmed cases on ventilators.”
L.A. County health officials announced 3,160 new infections and 9 new deaths on Monday, bringing the county’s total to 159,045 positive cases and 4,104 deaths.
“The decrease in deaths may reflect a reporting lag from over the weekend,” the health department statement cautioned.
In an effort to improve tracking of the virus’ progress in L.A. County, the Department of Public Health announced Monday that it was providing $10 million ot community-based organizations, especially in the hardest-hit communities.
“Public Health is also piloting a $20 gift card incentive program to thank individuals for participating in the hour-long contact tracing interview,” the statement said.
In addition to social distancing, mask wearing and hand washing, researching where infected people have been and who they have been in contact with is vital in the fight against the novel coronavirus, officials said.
“Contact tracing is a valuable tool for slowing the spread of COVID-19, and that’s why we’re providing $10 million to community-based organizations and piloting a $20 gift card incentive for full participation in the interview process,” L.A. County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer said. “But contact tracing cannot slow this virus on its own. We need our residents and our businesses to heed public health directives. This is truly a community effort. Together, we have the power to slow the devastating spread of this virus.”
Health officials at the state level reported 6,846 new infections on Monday, bringing total known cases to 391,538.
Over the past week, an average of 8,911 new COVID-19 cases have been reported daily, California Department of Public Health officials said. The seven-day average from the prior week was 8,211.
Nine new deaths reported state-wide on Monday brought California’s death toll to 7,694.
As of Monday, Los Angeles County accounted for 41% of all infections in the state and 53% of all fatalities.
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