Pasadena’s COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Reaches 81.2%

Public health officials in Pasadena reported 81.2% of city residents over 12 years old had been vaccinated.

Another 8.5% of eligible Pasadenans had received single doses of two-dose vaccine courses, according to the Pasadena Public Health Department.

Meanwhile, 25 new infections were detected in the city on Tuesday, but no new deaths were documented.

In all, the city had recorded 11,756 COVID-19 infections and 352 deaths.

At Huntington Hospital, officials reported treating 18 COVID-19 patients as of Tuesday, with three being treated in intensive care units. Last week, the facility reported treating 12 COVID-19 patients.

COVID-19 hospitalization numbers continued trending upward in Los Angeles County on Tuesday, with the latest state figures showing nearly 900 people being treated for the virus, with unvaccinated people overwhelmingly more likely to wind up admitted to medical centers.

According to state numbers released Tuesday, there were 891 people hospitalized due to COVID in the county, up from 825 the previous day. That’s the highest number since March 13, and more than double the number from July 12, when the county reported 372 people hospitalized.

There were 195 people in intensive care, up from 182 reported on Monday, according to the state.

The numbers, while increasing, are still well below the more than 8,000 people hospitalized during the winter surge.

The county reported another 2,067 COVID infections on Tuesday, lifting the cumulative county total from throughout the pandemic to 1,287,831.

Another 15 deaths due to COVID were also reported, raising the county’s death toll to 24,643.

Speaking to the county Board of Supervisors, Public Health Directorn Barbara Ferrer said the county has been averaging daily new cases between 2,000 and 2,500 over the past week.

“We are accustomed to seeing hospitalizations rise as a lagging indicator compared with cases, usually increasing two to three weeks after we begin to see our case numbers increase,” she said. “… Because of this lag, it probably is too early to say with certainty whether the uptick we’re seeing in hospitalizations is the beginning of a small wave of hospitalizations or whether it’s the start of a more devastating surge.’”

She said that given the numbers of people who are vaccinated in the county, she remains hopeful the county won’t see a repeat of the winter surge in cases, which led to more than 8,000 people being hospitalized.

According to Ferrer, of all the people hospitalized in the county in June, 92% were either unvaccinated entirely or not fully vaccinated. The figure was 95% in May. For the first 10 days of July, the rate is 91%.

Among people dying from the virus, 99.8% of the COVID fatalities in the county during the first six months of the year occurred among the unvaccinated, Ferrer said. The rate was 96% from April 1 to June 30, a period during which vaccines were more widely available.

The California Department of Public Health reported 7,731 new infections and five fatalities, on Tuesday, raising the state’s totals to 3,815,702 cases of the virus and 63,811 deaths.

The statewide average positivity rate over the prior week stood at 5.4%, according to California Department of Public Health data.

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