The most recent data from the state Department of Health shows 1,431 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Murrysville area since the pandemic started in March 2020.
Twenty two new 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, 660, are from residents in the 15668 area, which is strictly Murrysville. That represents an additional nine cases since April 5.
In the 15632 area, which encompasses Export, much of eastern Murrysville and a slice of Washington Township, there were 492 confirmed cases — up an additional eight.
And there have been 279 confirmed cases in the 15626 area, which includes Delmont along with small slivers of Murrysville and Salem, which is up five.
Probable cases across the three ZIP codes have numbered 723 since last March.
There have been 7,228 negative test results in those areas, figures show. Of the total tests administered, 9,382, the region has seen just over 15% come back positive. That percentage has stayed consistent over roughly the past month.
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 eight active cases, three each at the senior high school and Sloan Elementary, and two at the district’s middle school.
According to the state’s tracking website, in Westmoreland County there have been 21,0554 confirmed cases, 9,981 probable cases, 94,000 negative tests and 724 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 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.
