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Allegheny County attributes low number of new covid cases to limited testing
Allegheny County saw its lowest number of new coronavirus cases since November, according to new data from the county’s health department. On Monday the health department reported 193 new cases, the lowest number since 189 were added on Nov. 5. The county also added 401 cases on Sunday. (State and...
Pennsylvania reports 9,605 new coronavirus cases, 230 deaths
The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Wednesday reported 9,605 new coronavirus cases and 230 deaths in the state. The new positive tests bring the state’s total to 581,156 and the newly added deaths raise the state’s total to 14,442. Pennsylvania’s seven-day average of new cases dropped to 8,827 after hitting...
Westmoreland County adds 327 new coronavirus cases
Westmoreland County added 327 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, the 44th straight day of triple-digit new cases. The new cases bring the county’s total to 17,406, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Of those new cases, 270 are confirmed and 57 are probable. The PCR test positivity rate of the...
Allegheny County adds 830 coronavirus cases, could hit 50K later this week
Allegheny County’s coronavirus case total grew by 830 on Wednesday, putting the county on pace to reach 50,000 later this week. At its current pace — after averaging 819 cases per day over the past week — the county’s total will hit 50,000 on Christmas Day. Only Philadelphia has reached...
Westmoreland County surpasses 15K coronavirus cases
Westmoreland County became the state’s 11th county to reach 15,000 coronavirus cases on Wednesday. The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 346 new cases, bringing the county’s total to 15,148. Of those new cases, 210 are confirmed and 136 are probable. In the past month, coronavirus cases in Westmoreland County have...
Pennsylvania reports over 10K coronavirus cases for 5th time in 7 days
Pennsylvania’s coronavirus case total grew by 10,049 on Wednesday, the fifth time in the past seven days with a total above 10,000. The new cases reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health bring the state’s total to 519,369. On Wednesday, Pennsylvania surpassed 500,000 cases, becoming the seventh state to reach...
Allegheny County sees most new coronavirus cases in state
Allegheny County saw the highest total of new coronavirus cases in the state Wednesday. The Allegheny County Health Department reported 1,074 new cases, bringing the county’s total to 43,007. Allegheny County was followed by Philadelphia (807), Luzerne (485), Montgomery (422) and York (421). Of the new cases, 761 were confirmed...
Westmoreland County sets new coronavirus mark with 228 additional cases
Westmoreland County added more than 200 new coronavirus cases for the second time in a week, setting a new high with 228 on Wednesday. The new cases bring the county’s total to 6,649, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The previous high was 207 reported last Thursday. Of the...
6 Western Pa. counties set new highs as Pa. reports record new coronavirus cases
Six counties in southwestern Pennsylvania experienced their highest single-day coronavirus case totals, as the state set another record for most new cases in a single day on Wednesday. Pennsylvania added 6,339 new positive cases, raising the state’s total to 281,852. The previous high of 5,900 was set Tuesday. Allegheny, Armstrong,...
Allegheny County sets another record for new coronavirus cases
Allegheny County set another high for new coronavirus cases on Wednesday. There were 620 new covid-19 cases, bringing the county’s total to 21,434, according to the Allegheny County Health Department. Of the new cases, 506 are confirmed and 114 probable from 2,797 PCR tests. The new cases put the daily...
Allegheny County reports ‘beyond concerning’ record 527 new coronavirus cases
Allegheny County added a record 527 new coronavirus cases to its total on Sunday, shattering the previous high by more than 100. The new cases bring the county’s total to 20,026, becoming the second county in the state with more than 20,000. (Philadelphia has the most with 48,817 and surpassed...
Westmoreland County sees 2nd-highest report of new coronavirus cases
Westmoreland County saw 138 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the second highest total since the pandemic began in March. The new cases — 89 confirmed and 49 probable — bring the county’s total to 5,431, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The county’s previous of 148 was set on...
Pennsylvania coronavirus total reaches another high mark with 4,711 new cases
Pennsylvania recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases for the third time in the past five days. The 4,711 new cases reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on Wednesday eclipsed the records set Tuesday (4,361) and Saturday (4,035). The state’s total now sits at 243,368, with 35,341 reported just...
Allegheny County reports record 366 new coronavirus cases
Allegheny County reported a record 366 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday. The new additions tallied by the Allegheny County Health Department bring the total to 18,339 cases since the pandemic began in March. It’s the third time the county has reported more than 300 cases, with 317 on Tuesday and...
Pa. reports 2nd-highest coronavirus case total
Pennsylvania’s Department of Health reported 2,795 new positive cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, the second-highest total since the pandemic began in March. The new cases bring the state’s total to 217,666, following Tuesday’s record high total of 2,875 new cases. The health department had 49,087 test results reported through 10...
Westmoreland County adds 90 new coronavirus cases, 2 deaths
Westmoreland County reported 90 new coronavirus cases and two deaths on Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The 90 new cases — 68 confirmed and 22 probable — bring the county’s total to 4,761 since the first cases were reported in March. Wednesday’s PCR test positivity rate —...
Allegheny County reports 200 new coronavirus cases
Allegheny County added 200 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the first time the county has hit 200 cases since Oct. 4. The new cases — 121 confirmed and 79 probable — bring the county’s total to 16,410, according to the Allegheny County Health Department. The 121 confirmed cases came from...
Pennsylvania surpasses 200K coronavirus cases
Pennsylvania surpassed 200,000 coronavirus cases Wednesday with its second straight day of more than 2,000 new cases. The state Department of Health reported 2,228 cases, bringing the state total to 200,674. On Tuesday, the state added a record 2,751 cases. According to The Covid Tracking Project, 12 other states have...
Westmoreland County reports 5 new coronavirus deaths, 91 new cases
Westmoreland County added five new coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The five deaths bring the county’s total to 93 and are the highest single-day total since six deaths were reported on May 18. The county also added 91 new covid-19 cases, bring the case...
Allegheny County reports 2nd-highest new covid-19 case total in nearly 3 months
Allegheny County reported its second-highest daily total of new coronavirus cases in nearly three months Wednesday. The Allegheny County Health Department added 199 new cases (137 confirmed and 62 probable) out of 1,577 PCR tests. Of the probables, 42 are from positive antigen tests. Since August, the county has had...
Pennsylvania adds 1,425 coronavirus cases, 48 hospitalizations
Pennsylvania reported more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases for the 16th straight day Wednesday. The Pennsylvania Department of Health added 1,425 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total to 186,297. For comparison, in the past 16 days, there have been 22,090 new covid-19 cases, while in the 16 days prior to...
Westmoreland County reports 89 new coronavirus cases, 24 new hospitalizations
Westmoreland County added 89 new coronavirus cases and 24 hospitalizations on Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Those new cases bring the county’s total of covid-19 cases to 3,703 with a seven-day average of 93 new cases per day. The 89 cases — 67 confirmed and 22 probable...
Allegheny County adds 119 coronavirus cases, 10 deaths
Allegheny County added 119 new coronavirus cases and 10 deaths Wednesday. The new covid-19 cases bring the total to 14,396 cases, according to the Allegheny County Health Department. Of the 119 new cases, 91 are confirmed and 28 probable, with 24 of the probables coming from positive antigen tests. The...
Pennsylvania tops 1,000 coronavirus cases for 9th straight day
Pennsylvania reported 1,276 new coronavirus cases and 27 deaths on Wednesday, marking the ninth straight day with more than a thousand cases. Those new additions bring respective totals to 175,922 cases and 8,411 deaths since the first cases were reported in March, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The...
Westmoreland County tops 3K coronavirus cases
Westmoreland County on Tuesday became Pennsylvania’s 16th county to surpass 3,000 coronavirus cases. The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 60 new cases in the county, bringing the total to 3,053. The state didn’t add any new deaths, leaving the county’s total at 64. The county added 309 test results, with...
