As Allegheny County draws nearer to reaching the 100,000 mark for covid-19 cases, it’s doing so at a slower pace in May than it has the rest of the year.

The Allegheny County Health Department reported 183 additional cases on Wednesday, with the county’s total reaching 99,567.

For May, the county has averaged 193 cases per day. April saw an average of 386 cases per day, while March (291), February (261) and January (502) were also higher than this month.

Of those 183 cases reported Wednesday, 124 are confirmed and 59 are probable. Cases ranged from 8 months to 89 years with a median age of 39, with males accounting for 95 and females 88.

Westmoreland County added 45 cases — 17 confirmed and 28 probable — with its total climbing to 33,471, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Health officials define a probable case as one in which a patient has a positive viral antigen test or covid symptoms with a “high-risk exposure” to someone who has been confirmed to have coronavirus.

Westmoreland’s average daily case total for May (69) is lower than the rest of the year: April (116), March (78), February (74) and January (173).

Here’s a look at other counties in the region, with their changes from Tuesday:

Armstrong: 5,877 (+10) Beaver: 15,095 (+36) Butler: 17,137 (+27) Fayette: 12,798 (+34) Indiana: 6,151 (+17) Somerset: 7,761 (+20) Washington: 17,358 (+45)

Pennsylvania’s covid-19 case total grew by 2,179 to hit 1,179,251 since the pandemic began in March 2020. Philadelphia had the most newly reported cases in the state with 296, followed by Allegheny (183), Bucks (131), Montgomery (130) and Lancaster (97).

Deaths

The state added 52 deaths to its total Wednesday, bringing it to 26,659. Of those newly reported deaths, 44 are from May and eight are from April.

The Allegheny County Health Department reported four deaths to bring its total to 1,912. The deaths ranged from April 30 to May 10, with one person in their 60s, two in their 70s and one in their 90s. The state health department also reported four additional deaths in Allegheny County, with its total reaching 1,931. The discrepancy between the two health departments hasn’t fully been explained.

Westmoreland County added one death to reach 750, while Somerset had two and was the only other county in the region to report a death.

Long-term care facilities continue to account for nearly 50% of the state’s covid deaths, with 13,198 having occurred in nursing and personal-care homes in the state. Montgomery (1,104) and Allegheny (1,032) each have seen more than a thousand deaths in those facilities.

Hospitalizations

Covid-19 hospitalizations in Pennsylvania dropped for the eighth straight day, this time decreasing by 39 to 1,712. Covid patients in the ICU (397) and those requiring ventilators (231) also declined.

Allegheny County covid hospitalizations have yo-yoed this month with eight days of decreases and four days of increases. There are currently 154 covid patients — down nine — hospitalized in the county, which is a drop of 130 since a month ago on April 12. There are 44 covid patients in a county ICU and 27 needing a ventilator.

Westmoreland County saw its covid patients shrink to 22 with five in an ICU and only one on a ventilator.

Vaccinations

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 36.9% of all Pennsylvanians (4.72 million) are considered fully vaccinated and 53.1% (almost 6.8 million) have at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine. Among adults — those 18 and older — there are 46.2% (almost 4.7 million) who are considered fully vaccinated. Pennsylvania’s mask mandate can be lifted when 70% of the state’s adults are fully vaccinated.

Allegheny County is nearing 40% of its population fully vaccinated, with 486,157 done with their shots and another 211,263 partially vaccinated.

In Westmoreland County, 33.2% of the population (121,265) is fully vaccinated with 37,938 partially vaccinated.

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