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Pennsylvania adds 672 new covid cases, 11 new deaths
There were 672 new cases of coronavirus announced in Pennsylvania on Monday, according to a report from the state’s Department of Health. In the past seven days, 7,381 covid cases have been added to the state’s total of 164,207. It’s the fourth day the seven-day total has surpassed 7,000 cases,...
Allegheny County adds 46 new coronavirus cases
Allegheny County added 46 cases of coronavirus to its tally Monday, according to a report from the county Health Department. In the past seven days, the county has seen 543 new cases. The new positives come from 848 PCR tests conducted from Sept. 30-Oct. 4. The new cases range in...
Allegheny County adds 133 new covid cases in 2 days
Allegheny County’s covid cases increased by 133 over the past two days, the Health Department reported Monday. On Sunday, the county added 61 new cases, with all but one being confirmed. On Monday, there were 72 new cases added, with all but three being confirmed. In total, there were 1,867...
Westmoreland County adds 43 coronavirus cases over past 2 days
Westmoreland County saw its coronavirus case count increase by 43 over the past two days, according to a report Monday from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The county had 22 new cases on Sunday and 21 new ones on Monday, the department figures showed. One new Westmoreland County death related...
Pennsylvania adds more than 1,500 new covid cases in past 2 days
Pennsylvania’s coronavirus cases increased by 1,594 over the past two days, according to a report Monday from the state’s Department of Health. The department said 918 cases were added Sunday and 676 were announced Monday. The state has seen 156,826 covid-19 cases since the pandemic began in March. From Sept....
Westmoreland sees highest week of covid cases in 2 months
With 34 new cases of coronavirus added Friday, Westmoreland County saw its highest seven-day total of cases since late July. From Saturday through Friday, 152 new cases were found in the county, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Prior to that, the largest seven-day total was 157, found from...
Pennsylvania adds 806 new covid cases, 2 new deaths
Pennsylvania added 806 new cases of coronavirus to its tally Friday, according to the state’s Department of Health. It marks the sixth day in a row new cases have been under 1,000. In the past week, there have been 5,520 cases, a nearly 5% decline from the previous seven days...
Allegheny County nears 12,000 covid cases
Allegheny County closed in on 12,000 coronavirus cases Friday, adding 68 new positive residents to its total, the Allegheny County Health Department reported. With the new cases, the county now has seen 11,995 cases of the virus since the pandemic began in March. The new cases come from 1,035 tests...
Pennsylvania sees 2-day increase of 967 in coronavirus cases
In the past two days, there were 967 new coronavirus cases added in the state, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported Monday. On Sunday, the state added 733 new cases, while on Monday it added 234. All but 21 of those cases are confirmed. From Sept. 14-20, the state reported...
Allegheny County posts 116 new covid cases over past 2 days, no new deaths
The Allegheny County Health Department announced 42 new covid-19 cases Monday, in addition to 74 cases from Sunday. Monday’s new cases are the lowest daily addition in the past 13 days. In the past 48 hours, the department said 2,175 PCR tests were processed, and all 116 positive cases were...
Disney debuts ‘Mandalorian’ Season 2 trailerVideo
Just when we needed it most, Disney delivered a Season 2 trailer for its mega hit series “The Mandalorian” on Tuesday. Din Djarin (aka “Mando”) and The Child (aka “Baby Yoda”) are back — this time with the bounty hunter (Pedro Pascal) getting his latest mission statement: Reunite the child...
Pennsylvania posts 1,258 new coronavirus cases over past 2 days, 7 more deaths
The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced a two-day total of 1,258 new coronavirus cases Monday — with 638 coming on Sunday, 620 on Monday. This was the first weekend in which the state did not release a Sunday covid update, choosing instead to release both numbers on Monday. From Sept....
Allegheny County posts 142 new covid cases over past 2 days
On Monday, the Allegheny County Health Department announced 142 new covid-19 cases — but over a two-day span. Pennsylvania’s Department of Health said last week it will begin skipping a Sunday update on cases, choosing instead to publish a two-day report on Mondays. The result could lead to a seemingly...
Pennsylvania adds 891 new covid cases, 10 new deaths
Pennsylvania continued to see elevated new instances of coronavirus Friday, with 891 cases added by the state’s Department of Health. In the past week, the state has posted 5,671 new cases, a 30% jump in cases from the previous week (Aug. 21-28). This week, Pennsylvania has averaged 810 new cases...
Westmoreland County sees lowest week of new covid cases in nearly 3 months
Westmoreland County saw 10 new cases of coronavirus added to its total Friday, capping a week in which the county saw the lowest number of new instances since mid-June. The new cases, reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, make 72 new coronavirus cases in the county in the past...
Allegheny County caps week of uptick in covid infections with 92 new cases
Allegheny County capped a week of higher covid-19 cases by adding another 92 cases Friday, according to a report from the county’s health department. The new cases — 79 of which were confirmed, 13 probable — bumped the county’s seven-day average to 73 per day, 20 more than the average...
Old Navy will pay its employees to work polls on Election Day
Old Navy said it will pay its 50,000 workers to not come into the stores this Election Day. That is if they head to the polls instead — as workers. The San Francisco-based retailer announced Tuesday — National Poll Worker Recruitment Day — that it will encourage workers in its...
Allegheny County sees sharp decline in covid cases from July to August
Allegheny County saw a stark decline in covid-19 cases from July to August. The county’s health department announced 37 new coronavirus cases Monday, bringing the total for the month to 2,253. The county’s overall case numbers stand at 10,347. The month of August saw 58% fewer new covid-19 cases than...
Westmoreland had nearly 50% fewer covid cases in August than July
Westmorland County experienced nearly 50% fewer cases of covid-19 in August than in July. The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Tuesday added six new cases, bringing the county’s total for August to 406. That total is 47% less than July’s 763 cases. Westmoreland County has seen a total of 1,815...
Pennsylvania adds 521 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
Pennsylvania saw more than 13% fewer cases of covid-19 in August than in July. On Monday, the state’s Department of Health announced 521 new covid-19 cases in Pennsylvania, bringing August’s total to 21,977 cases. In July, the state had 25,442 cases. The state processed fewer unique tests in August (441,348),...
Westmoreland continues to see drop in average new covid cases
Westmoreland County saw 11 new cases of covid-19 added to its total Friday, further reducing its seven-day average of new cases. The new cases, all of which have been confirmed, were announced by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Westmoreland County’s seven-day new case average now stands at 13. Westmoreland County...
Pennsylvania adds 835 new covid-19 cases, 20 new deaths
By adding 835 cases, Pennsylvania on Friday posted its highest new covid-19 case count in nearly two weeks. The Pa. Department of Health also announced 20 new deaths related to the coronavirus, bringing the state total to 7,655. The state said there were 156,317 individuals tested from Aug. 21-27, with...
Allegheny County’s 7-day new covid case average drops to lowest point since June
Continuing a trend in recent weeks, Allegheny County’s seven-day average new covid case count dropped to its lowest point since June 26. The county’s Health Department announced 62 new coronavirus cases Friday from a total of 1,605 tests conducted Aug. 17-27. Of the new cases, all but three have been...
Westmoreland County reports 9 new covid cases, no deaths
For the sixth time this month, Westmoreland County saw a new covid-19 case count in single digits, according to Monday’s report from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Posting nine new cases — all of which were confirmed, Westmoreland was among 33 counties in the state to add less than 10...
Pennsylvania adds 426 new covid cases, 1 new death
On Monday, Pennsylvania added the second lowest number of new cases of coronavirus since mid-July. The state’s Department of Health added 426 new covid-19 cases, with 415 of them confirmed and 11 probable. The state reports 157,052 tests were conducted from Aug. 17-23, producing 4,588 positive cases. The state added...
