Seven New Coronavirus Cases Reported in Pasadena

[UPDATED] The city recorded seven new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and no new deaths.

The new numbers bring the city’s total cases to 2,845.

Currently, Huntington Hospital is treating 24 people infected by the virus.

County and health officials are concerned that a demonstration or celebration could become a super spreader event.

Fans have congregated to celebrate sports championships by the Dodgers and the Lakers, and protests for racial justice have occurred involving the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, where people often come into close contact with each other amid shouting and chanting.

This week’s presidential election could also lead to massive protests in L.A. County if incumbent President Donald Trump wins re-election.

Hundreds of thousands protested in L.A. County, including Pasadena, after Trump’s 2016 victory.

“The stakes are high since our case numbers have already been steadily increasing for the past two weeks,” said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, who leads the county’s Health Department. “We can’t really afford to repeat what we went through after the July 4th holiday when we saw surges in cases followed by alarming increases in hospitalizations and deaths.”

The county and Pasadena remain locked down as long as they cannot escape the state’s restrictive purple level of the state’s coronavirus economic-reopening matrix.

The county had reached that benchmark in September, raising hope that it might advance to the less-restrictive “red”’ tier, but it was unable to maintain those case levels.