Westmoreland County adds 8 new coronavirus cases
Westmoreland County saw eight new cases of covid-19 added to its total Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported.
There were 15 new cases on Monday, eight on Sunday and 17 on Saturday. The seven-day average for the county is 12 cases.
There were no new deaths announced, making it 27 days since any covid-related deaths were added in the county.
According to the state’s covid-19 tracking website, there are four Westmoreland County residents currently hospitalized for the virus, one of them on a ventilator.
A total of 1,993 county residents have tested positive since the pandemic began in March, with 39,941 testing negative.
Westmoreland County’s overall positivity rate stands at 4.75%.
Frank Carnevale is the TribLive multimedia editor. He started at the Trib in 2016 and has been part of several news organizations, including the Providence Journal and Orlando Sentinel. He can be reached at fcarnevale@triblive.com.
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