Covid figures tallied for the week of Feb. 2, 2021, for Murrysville area
The most recent data from the state Department of Health shows 1,171 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Murrysville area since the pandemic started in March.
Of those positive results, 65 cases were reported in the past seven days.
The health department on Monday released figures for the three ZIP codes that comprise the region.
The largest number of cases, 531, are from residents in the 15668 area, which is strictly Murrysville. That represents an additional 25 cases since Jan. 26.
In the 15632 area, which encompasses Export, much of eastern Murrysville and a slice of Washington Township, there were 401 confirmed cases — up an additional 15.
And there have been 239 confirmed cases in the 15626 area, which includes Delmont along with small slivers of Murrysville and Salem, which is up 25 from last week.
Probable cases across the three ZIP codes number 496 since March.
There have been 6,300 negative test results in those areas, figures show. Of the total tests administered, 7,967, the region has seen just over 14.5% come back positive.
After a start to the school year which saw just seven positive cases up through the Thanksgiving holiday, the Franklin Regional School District has joined others in battling to ensure positive cases are identified and quarantined and school buildings can remain open as much as possible.
The district has installed a covid-19 tracking feature on its website, FRSDk12.org, under the “Covid-19 Information” tab. As of Feb. 2, there are four active cases, two from Sloan Elementary and one each at Heritage Elementary and the senior high school.
According to the state’s tracking website, in Westmoreland County there have been 17,925 confirmed cases, 6,958 probable cases, 81,564 negative tests and 610 deaths since the outbreak began.
Despite a small spike in late June and early July, the county’s daily confirmed case counts had remained relatively low until a sharp uptick beginning in late September. That number went back and forth, but has skyrocketed far beyond the pandemic’s early stages, reaching an all-time single-day high of 747 positive cases reported on Dec. 10.
Despite a handful of single-day spikes in the days following the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, countywide numbers have been slowly decreasing since early December. Daily positive case counts have recently dropped back to early
October levels.
Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.
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