The most recent data from the state Department of Health shows just under 1,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Murrysville area since the pandemic started in March.
Of those 999 positive results, 67 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, 465, are from residents in the 15668 area, which is strictly Murrysville. That represents an additional 36 cases since Dec. 29.
In the 15632 area, which encompasses Export, much of eastern Murrysville and a slice of Washington Township, there were 359 confirmed cases — up an additional 21.
And there have been 175 confirmed cases in the 15626 area, which includes Delmont along with small slivers of Murrysville and Salem, which is up nine from last week.
Probable cases across the three ZIP codes number 382 since March.
There have been 5,886 negative test results in those areas, figures show. Of the total tests administered, 7,267, the region has seen just under 14% come back positive.
Across its five buildings, the Franklin Regional School District saw seven active cases of covid-19 up through the Thanksgiving holiday, none of which caused schools to close. And, despite switching over to remote learning district-wide during the week after Thanksgiving, active cases began popping up in all district schools by early December.
School directors joined several other districts last month in once again switching to post-holiday remote learning last week. Students started back in-person on Monday.
According to the state’s tracking website, in Westmoreland County there have been 16,206 confirmed cases, 5,820 probable cases, 76,259 negative tests and 483 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.
Half of the county’s covid-related deaths occurred last month.
