Westmoreland County edges up with 23 new coronavirus cases

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Westmoreland County edges up with 23 new coronavirus cases

Steven Adams | Saturday, August 8, 2020 12:08 p.m.

Sean Stipp | Tribune-Review

The Doughboy, one of the most recognizable veterans monuments in Westmoreland County is a life size granite statue of a World War I U.S. Army soldier. It is located on the traffic diamond along Main Street in Mt. Pleasant.

Westmoreland County on Saturday reported 23 new coronavirus cases, the most in more than a week.

The county had been reporting less than 20 new cases per day in August. The current 7-day average is 14 cases per day in the county, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Westmoreland County coronavirus by dayInfogram

There were no new deaths attributed to covid-19 in the county, keeping the total deaths at 46 for more than a week.

Of the total 1,523 cases, 1,480 are confirmed and 43 are probable. There have been 31,424 negative cases in the county.

According to Pennsylvania’s covid-19 dashboard, six people are currently hospitalized in Westmoreland County. One of them is on a ventilator.

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