Murrysville-Export-Delmont covid figures tallied for the week of May 26, 2021

The most recent data from the state Department of Health shows 1,494 coronavirus cases in the Murrysville area since the pandemic started in March 2020.

In the past week, four new cases were reported.

The health department this week released updated figures for the three ZIP codes that comprise the area.

The largest number, 695, are from residents in the 15668 area, which is strictly Murrysville. That represents an additional two cases since May 10.

In the 15632 area, which encompasses Export, much of eastern Murrysville and a slice of Washington Township, there were 504 cases — no new cases reported.

And there have been 295 cases in the 15626 area, which includes Delmont along with small slivers of Murrysville and Salem, which is up two.

Probable cases across the three ZIP codes have numbered 790 since last March.

There have been 7,573 negative test results in those areas, figures show. Of the total tests administered — 9,857 — the region has seen just over 15% come back positive.

That percentage has stayed consistent for nearly two months now.

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 May 26, there were four active cases, two each at Sloan Elementary School and Franklin Regional Middle School.

According to the state’s tracking website, in Westmoreland County there have been 22,925 confirmed cases, 11,098 probable cases, 99,036 negative tests and 765 deaths since the outbreak began.

Despite a spike in late June and early July, the county’s daily confirmed positive test counts had remained relatively low until a sharp uptick beginning in late September. That number went back and forth, but skyrocketed far beyond the pandemic’s early stages, reaching a record single-day high of 747 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 case counts begun rising since early March, mirroring a nationwide trend in cases, but peaked in mid-April and have trended back downward.