Allegheny County adds 45 coronavirus cases, total tops 100

There are now more than 100 active cases of covid-19 identified in Allegheny County, according to figures released by the Allegheny County Health Department on Thursday.

The county added 45 new cases Thursday, bringing the total to 133, up from 88 on Wednesday.

Of those cases, 20 are hospitalized.

That total does not include two Allegheny County residents who have died from complications from covid-19.

County health department officials started releasing some demographic information about local covid-19 cases Wednesday.

Females make up 70 cases, or 52.63%, and males account for 47.37%, 63 cases.

The most cases were reported in the 25- to 49-year-old age bracket.

Here is an age breakdown of covid-19 cases in Allegheny County:

• 0-4: 1 case

• 5-12: 1 case

• 13-18: 3 cases

• 19-24: 21 cases

• 25-49: 52 cases 

• 50-64: 37 cases

• 65 and older: 18 cases

Pennsylvania reported 1,687 cases of covid-19 statewide Thursday, along with 16 deaths, including the two from Allegheny County. The state reported 560 new cases Thursday.

The most recent death in Allegheny was reported Tuesday.

The victim, Ofelia Rousseva, 78, of Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood, died March 19, according to a report from the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The first coronavirus-related death in Allegheny County, a Clairton resident in their late 60s who was being treated at Jefferson Hospital, was reported Saturday.