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Allegheny County covid cases continue to trend lower than past months
Allegheny County added 376 new coronavirus cases to its totals on Wednesday, the second-highest total in the state, but far removed from where it stood a month ago.
Allegheny’s new cases trailed only Luzerne County, which added 468, yet the numbers have declined greatly in recent weeks.
Just one month ago, the county was averaging 704 cases a day, while two months ago, the average stood at 613. But Allegheny County recorded its lowest average number of new cases over the past seven days with 359. It’s the lowest seven-day average since Nov. 14 when the county averaged 339 cases.
The 376 new cases bring the county’s total to 68,087, second-highest in the state behind Philadelphia’s 102,375.
The county health department added eight deaths to bring its total to 1,278. The deaths ranged from Dec. 5 to Tuesday, with five of the deaths associated with long-term care facilities. The age range of the people who died was one person in their 50s, two in their 70s, three in their 80s and two in their 90s. Nearly 86% of the county’s deaths have been reported in people 70 or older (1,097).
The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 17 new deaths in the county to bring its total to 1,471. Reasons for the discrepancy of almost 200 deaths between the two health departments haven’t fully been explained.
According to the state’s covid-19 dashboard, there are currently 325 coronavirus patients hospitalized in the county, down 14 from Tuesday’s 339. The county has 1,171 ventilators, with 301 in use, 41 by covid-19 patients. There are 103 coronavirus patients in Allegheny County ICUs, with 12.6% of county ICU beds available.
Of the new cases, 197 are confirmed from 1,034 new PCR tests, with 179 probables. Health officials define a probable case as one in which a patient has a positive viral antigen test or covid symptoms with a “high-risk exposure” to someone who has been confirmed to have coronavirus.
The new cases — 195 male and 181 female — range from 2 months to 98 years old with a median age of 45. The positive tests range from Jan. 5-26, with 14 tests more than a week old.
Here’s how the ages broke down for the new cases:
0-4: 4 5-12: 16 13-18: 20 19-24: 35 25-49: 141 50-64: 86 65+: 74
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