Californians Flock to Pasadena Restaurants Over Thanksgiving As State Breaks Record for COVID Infections - Newsweek

The state's seven-day average of daily cases reached 14,320 on November 26, according to Johns Hopkins University.

On the same day, Californians were seen celebrating Thanksgiving at restaurants in Pasadena, the only city in Los Angeles County where outdoor dining has resumed.

A recent county health order has banned in-person dining, but the city has its own health department so is not obliged to comply.

The restriction will be in place for three weeks and was issued as the number of new infections reached "alarming levels," according to the County of Los Angeles Public Health.

Long Beach is the only other city in the county that has its own health department, but it too has banned in-person dining.

The seven-day average of confirmed cases in Pasadena has been rising since early November, after remaining flat for most of the outbreak since late March, according to the latest report from the Pasadena Public Health Department.

In Los Angeles County, the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations (including confirmed and suspected patients) and confirmed COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit have both risen sharply since early November, according to the County of Los Angeles Public Health.