Nearby Cities Continuing Fight Against COVID-19

Pasadena’s neighboring cities continue their own battles against the Coronavirus.

Most of the communities have less than 500 cases.

Nearby Glendale has surpassed Pasadena in case count and deaths with 1,247 cases and 100 deaths.

Nearby Alhambra has 337 cases. Monrovia has 217 cases, and Duarte has 159. South Pasadena follows with 142 cases. Arcadia and La Canada Flintridge trail with 130 and 69 cases respectively.

Unlike Pasadena, those cities report to the County health department. On Sunday, the county confirmed 11 new deaths and 1,784 new cases.

“COVID-19 has left many families mourning a loved one. We are so sorry for your loss and keep you in our thoughts and prayers every day,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “As more businesses reopen, it is important that they follow all of the protocols and directives issued by the LA County Health Officer, and that all customers and visitors practice physical distancing and wear cloth face coverings. I want to thank all of you who are making the actions that slow the spread of COVID-19 part of your day-to-day life and your day to day business operations. These are the actions that allow us to continue our recovery journey, and these actions will be essential to ensure that we don’t overwhelm our healthcare system and see increased numbers of deaths from COVID-19. ”

Public Health continues to assess key recovery indicators on the Recovery Dashboard to understand how COVID-19 is affecting communities and capacity to treat people who may become seriously ill. Increased contact with others not in your household results in increased risk of transmission of COVID-19.  To help prevent an overwhelming surge of COVID-19 cases at healthcare facilities and to protect one another, everyone must always wear a face covering and keep six feet or more of distance from others not in your household, wash hands frequently, self-isolate if you’re positive for COVID-19, and quarantine if you’re a close contact of someone who tested positive. It is important if someone thinks they could be positive for COVID-19 and are awaiting testing results, to stay at home and act as if they are positive. This means self-isolating for 10 days and 72 hours after symptoms and fever subside, or until they receive a negative result. If a person tests positive for COVID-19, they should plan on receiving a call from a contact tracer to discuss how to protect themselves and others, to find out where they may have been, and who they were in close contact with while infectious.