Leveling Off of New COVID-19 Infections Continues in Pasadena, as City Reports 23 New Cases on Thursday

The spread of COVID-19 remained relatively stable in Pasadena on Thursday, with health officials reporting 23 new infections and no fatalities.

The city saw 22 new infections on Wednesday, according to Pasadena Public Health Department data. The average number of new cases detected daily over the prior week held stable at 26.9.

In all, Pasadena officials have documented 12.646 COVID-19 infections and 354 deaths.

Huntington Hospital reported treating 30 COVID-19 patients as of Wednesday, down from 36 the day before. Ten of the patients were being treated in intensive care units, compared with 11 the previous day.

L.A. County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferer reported 3,226 new infections and 31 deaths on Thursday, which raised the county’s totals to 1,394,488 cases of COVID-19 and 25,181 fatalities.

Ferrer added that 1,731 patients were being treated at hospitals for the virus countywide, representing a decline of 59 patients since Thursday of last week.

The county’s daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.75%, down from 3.7% last week, Ferrer said.

Even with the extra-potent Delta variant spreading, infections, hospitalizations, and deaths among vaccinated people remained extremely low, Ferrer said.

Of more than 5.2 million fully vaccinated L.A. county residents, 32,678 have tested positive for COVID, amounting to 0.63%, she said. Of those, 881 have been hospitalized, representing 0.017%, and 95 have died, which represents 0.0018% of vaccinated residents.

“In these incremental increases, we do see this reality that the vaccines do not provide 100% protection,” Ferrer said. “However, we can also see in these numbers that vaccinated people continue to be extraordinarily well protected from hospitalization and they continue to be very unlikely to die from COVID.”

State public health officials announced 11,769 new infections and 129 deaths on Thursday. In total, the state had recorded 4,157,319 COVID-19 cases and 64,931 deaths.

The statewide average positivity held stable at 5.4%, according to California Department of Public Health data.

As of Thursday, L.A.County accounted for 34% of California’s COVID-19 infections and 39% of the state’s fatalities.