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Pasadena Sees More Than 1,100 New COVID-19 Infections This Week

City’s coronavirus crisis surpasses 8,000 cumulative COVID-19 infections since pandemic began

Published on Saturday, January 9, 2021 | 5:51 am
 

With 238 new cases of COVID-19 detected in Pasadena on Friday, the city has reported more than 200 daily infections for four days in a row and exceeded 8,000 total infections, authorities said.

Two new fatalities were also reported, city spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said. No details regarding the latest two victims were available.

Officials reported an all-time high number of new infections at 253 on Tuesday, and daily infections have not declined below 200 since, according to city data.

The new figures raised the overall tallies in Pasadena to 8,133 cases of COVID-19 and 173 deaths.

Exceeding 8,000 deaths represented “a milestone we hoped we’d never have to report,” Derderian said.

“Numbers keep climbing and will continue as holiday cases keep getting reported,” she said. “We plead for the public to get vaccinated when eligible, get tested, stay home as much as possible, wash hands often and wear masks when outside your home.”

Huntington Hospital officials reported treating 197 COVID-19 patients on Friday, with 29 of them being treated in intensive care units.

Pasadena’s average daily infections over the prior week reached a record of 179 on Friday, city data shows.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported the county’s deadliest single day of the pandemic, with 318 fatalities documented on Friday, along with 18,313 new cases of the virus.

“For comparison, the County on average has approximately 170 deaths each day from all other causes combined, including heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, car crashes, suicides and homicides,” according to an L.A. County Department of Public Health statement.

“Of the 318 new deaths reported today, 114 people that passed away were over the age of 80, 107 people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79, 61 people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64, 24 people who died were between the ages of 30 and 49 and two people who died were between the ages of 18 and 29,” the statement said.

Officials reported 8,074 hospitalized COVID-19 patients county-wide. Twenty percent of them were being treated in ICUs.

At the state level, the California Department of Public Health announced 50,030 new infections and 492 new deaths on Friday.

In total, 2,568,641 cases of COVID-19 have been documented in the state, along with 28,538 deaths.

The state’s average positivity rate over the prior 14 days grew to 13.3%, according to the CDPH.

As of Friday, L.A. County accounted for 35% of California’s COVID-19 infections and 42% of the state’s fatalities.

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