Pasadena Health Officials Confirm 16 New COVID-19 Cases, But No Additional Fatalities

City officials reported 16 additional cases of the Coronavirus on Thursday and no deaths.

The new numbers takes the city’s case count to 1,099 and 86 deaths.

Also Thursday, the county again loosened its coronavirus health restrictions, allowing more businesses to reopen beginning Friday, provided they meet required safety protocols. The businesses cleared to reopen are:

• card rooms, satellite wagering facilities and racetracks with no spectators;
• personal care services such as nail salons, tattoo parlors, body art studios, piercing shops, massage therapy, skin care and cosmetology business; and bars, wineries, breweries and tasting rooms.

County officials stressed the need for individual businesses to meet required protocols before reopening. Employers and customers will be required to wear face coverings when around other people and maintain social distancing of at least six feet.

Los Angeles County has had a long-standing order requiring residents to wear masks whenever they are mingling with other people outside of their own households. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday codified that order statewide, mandating face masks for people in practically all situations when they are outside of their homes and near other people.