One more person in Allegheny County died from the coronavirus, county health officials said Saturday, bringing the countywide total to 19.
Of those who died, 18 were white and one was black, officials said. All of those people were over the age of 65, according to a statement released by the Allegheny County Health Department.
The 48 new cases reported Saturday bring the county’s running total to 836.
Of those who tested positive for the virus, 130 have been hospitalized at some point. Of those hospitalized, 80 were white and 22 were black, according to a health department statement.
County officials started monitoring the data by race, “because the health department knows that communities of color already have poorer health outcomes in Allegheny County, and it is critical to know if COVID-19 is affecting those communities to a greater degree,” Health Department Director Dr. Debra Bogen said in a statement.
A new county health department web page includes additional information about the total number of tests administered countywide and a map showing the municipalities and city neighborhoods in which people diagnosed with covid-19 live.
Within Pittsburgh, Squirrel Hill South has the highest number of cases at 18. Among other municipalities, Richland has reported the highest number of cases at 38. There are 23 reported cases in McCandless and 21 in Penn Hills.
The map does not include the number of tests administered in each neighborhood.
