Allegheny County reports 35 new coronavirus cases as total tops 300

Allegheny County reported 35 new cases of the coronavirus Tuesday, bringing the countywide total to 325.

That’s compared to 25 new cases added to the Allegheny County case count Monday, 46 added Sunday and 61 added Saturday.

It’s still too soon to tell if changes in the daily case count indicate that some parts of Pennsylvania, like the Pittsburgh region, are seeing changes in the spread of the coronavirus, state officials said during a press briefing Monday.

“We’re looking at case counts and rate of increase and change, both across the commonwealth and regionally and within counties,” said Dr. Sharon Watkins, state epidemiologist with the Pennsylvania Department of Health. “Although we are seeing some positive indicators, it’s too soon to say.”

Those changes need to be measured over a period of time longer than a few days, Watkins said.

More than 42,000 people across Pennsylvania have been tested for covid-19, according to figures released Tuesday by the state health department.

Of that total, 4,843 people have tested positive and 63 people, including the two in Allegheny County, have died from complications from covid-19.

While at least 41% of infections statewide are occurring in people between the ages of 25 and 49, the most hospitalizations — at least 51% — are occurring among people over the age of 65.

Cases in Allegheny County match those trends.

Of the 325 cases reported Tuesday, 140 — or 43% — were found in people ages 25 to 49.

Most of the county’s 51 hospitalizations have been among older adults, officials said.

The cases are split evenly between genders: 165 females and 160 males.

The age breakdown of cases in Allegheny County is as follows:

The City of Pittsburgh has the most cases in the county, with at least 103 as of Monday, according to a map displaying the locations of cases throughout the county updated daily by the Allegheny County Health Department.

That map does not include a breakdown of cases by city neighborhood or ZIP code.

Among other municipalities, the map showed McCandless had at least 17 cases and Mt. Lebanon had nine.