3 New COVID-19 Deaths Reported in Pasadena as City Tops 200 New Infections in a Single Day for First Time

For a second day in a row, Pasadena saw a record number of COVID-19 infections detected in the city Thursday at 201, along with three fatalities.

And while the all-time high record of 135 cases reported on Wednesday was partially bolstered by backlogged data, no backlog was believed to be affecting the data on Thursday, according to city officials.

Two of the newly reported deaths were those of members of the general community, city spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said. One of them was believed to have acquired the virus from a family member, while the other was described as a “caregiver.”

The third death was that of a resident at a skilled nursing facility, she said.

Information regarding the ages and genders of the latest victims was not available.

Thursday’s tallies raised the city’s overall totals to 5,271 COVID-19 infections and 142 deaths, according to city data.

Huntington Hospital reported treating a record of 147 COVID-19 patients, with 26 of them being housed in the hospital’s 30 available intensive care units.

The recent holiday can no longer be credited with the spread of the virus, as the cases being seen this week are believed to have taken place well after Thanksgiving, according to Derderian.

While younger populations had been seeing the largest numbers of infections in recent weeks, officials were noticing an uptick lately in cases among older, and therefore higher-risk, people.

Available ICU capacity in the 11-county Southern California region including Los Angeles County reached 0%, according to state data.