Pasadena’s COVID-19 Full Vaccination Rate Surpasses 85%

The rate of Pasadena residents over the minimum eligible age of 12 who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 increased to 85.3% on Tuesday, with another 8.1% of Pasadenans having received at least one dose, according to the latest figures released by the Pasadena Public Health Department.

Meanwhile, the city continued to see a gradual decline in new infections, with 14 new cases of the virus detected. No fatalities were reported.

In total, Pasadena public health officials had documented 12,737 COVID-19 infections and 354 deaths.

The average number of daily infections over the prior week dropped for a 10th straight day to 19.4, according to city data.

At Huntington Hospital, officials reported treating 29 COVID-19 patients on Tuesday, with 10 of them housed in intensive care units.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced 1,938 new infections and 33 deaths, raising the county-wide totals to 1,407,317 COVID-19 cases and 25,284 fatalities.

Authorities listed 1,709 patients being treated for the virus at hospitals across L.A. County, with 26% of them requiring placement in ICUs.

“Today’s test positivity rate is 2.5%, a decrease from last week’s same-day rate of 2.8%,” the agency said in a written statement. “This likely reflects the increases in routine screening testing, which occurs primarily among asymptomatic people.

With the increased spread of the Delta variant, L.A. County Director of Public Health said masking is vital to help control transmission.

“Over the last few weeks and months, as we have issued revisions and modifications to guidelines that affect so many aspects of our lives, we’ve heard from people all over our L.A. County community who are frustrated by the changes in our guidance, and sometimes confused by recommendations that seem to contradict their expectations, or interfere with what they were hoping would be a return to a more normal way of life,” she said.

“The reality is that the recent changes we make to our guidance are all tied to the Delta variant, which changed what we know about COVID-19,” according to Ferrer. “And as the science on COVID-19 has changed, we have been forced to adapt our guidance on how we keep each other safe. We will continue to follow the science and the data in the guidance we create to help keep ourselves and our loved ones safe, and when we need to make changes, we will do our best to explain why.”

California Department of Public Health officials listed 9,606 new infections and 16 deaths in Tuesday’s data update.

In all, the state had recorded 4,222,663 cases of COVID-19 and 65,287 deaths, according to CDPH data.

The statewide weekly positivity rate stood at 4.6%.

As of Tuesday, L.A. County accounted for 33% of California’s COVID-19 infections and 39%of the state’s fatalities.

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