3 COVID-19 Infections Detected in Pasadena on Friday

COVID-19 persisted but remained at low levels in Pasadena Friday with three new infections and no additional fatalities documented by public health officials.

The trio of new infections raised the city’s overall total number of infections to 11,328, records show. A total of 349 local deaths had been attributed to the virus.

The average number of daily infections in Pasadena inched up to 1.4.

Los Angeles County public health officials reported 336 new infections and five fatalities on Friday, bringing the county’s totals to 1,248,737 known cases of COVID-19 and 24,470 deaths.

Officials added that224 patients were being treated for the virus at hospitals throughout L.A. County, with 29% of them being housed in intensive care units.

COVID-19 is almost exclusively spreading among unvaccinated residents, L.A. County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer said.

“While COVID-19 deaths have dropped dramatically in L.A. County, the deaths that continue to occur are almost 100% among unvaccinated adults,” she said in a written statement. “Ninety-nine percent of individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 in L.A. County since January have been unvaccinated.”

“While masking and distancing remain effective means for reducing transmission, the most powerful tool we have for keeping cases down and protecting ourselves and others are the COVID-19 vaccines,” Ferrer said.

The California Department of Public Health reported 2,015 new infections and 68 deaths on Friday, noting that the statistics included 659 backlogged cases from Riverside County that were first documented in 2020.

In all, the state’s pandemic totals stood at 3,708,861 cases of COVID-19 and 62,890 fatalities, according to CDPH data.

The statewide average positivity rate over the prior week held steady at 1.1%.

As of Friday, L.A. County represented 34% of California’s COVID-19 infections and 39% of the state’s deaths.