Cases: Pasadena reported 20 new cases of COVID on Thursday. There were no new fatalities. LA County reported 1,233 new cases on Thursday and 14 deaths related to COViD-19.
New Variants: Signs hint at a winter COVID wave. Coronavirus cases tied to subvariants are rising as a long decline in infections flattens. By Luke Money and Rong-Gong Lin II for the LA Times.