The most recent data from the state Department of Health shows 1,409 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Murrysville area since the pandemic started in March 2020.
Of those positive results, 33 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, 651, are from residents in the 15668 area, which is strictly Murrysville. That represents an additional 16 cases since April 5.
In the 15632 area, which encompasses Export, much of eastern Murrysville and a slice of Washington Township, there were 484 confirmed cases — up an additional 14.
And there have been 274 confirmed cases in the 15626 area, which includes Delmont along with small slivers of Murrysville and Salem, which is up three.
Probable cases across the three ZIP codes have numbered 701 since last March.
There have been 7,171 negative test results in those areas, figures show. Of the total tests administered, 9,281, the region has seen just over 15% come back positive.
The Franklin Regional School District has installed a covid-19 tracking feature on its website, FRSDk12.org, under the “Covid-19 Information” tab. As of April 12, there were four active cases, two each in the senior high school and middle school.
According to the state’s tracking website, in Westmoreland County there have been 21,096 confirmed cases, 9.570 probable cases, 92,870 negative tests and 713 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.
After a handful of single-day spikes in the days following the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, countywide numbers had been slowly decreasing since early December. Daily positive case counts have once again begun rising since early March, mirroring a nationwide trend in cases.
