Coronavirus

Covid-19 cases:

World 103,221,369 (2,232,563 deaths)

U.S. 26,215,984 (441,722)

Pa. 846,078 (21,687)

Allegheny 69,537 (1,453)

Westmoreland 24,766 (606)

Pandemic’s deadliest month in U.S. ends with signs of progress

Pennsylvania’s new covid cases, deaths, hospitalizations all decline in January

New covid cases down nearly 47% in Westmoreland County in January

Allegheny Co. saw nearly 40% drop in new covid cases in January

EU: AstraZeneca to supply 9 million more vaccine doses

Resources about coronavirus

Here are some key sources for regularly updated information on the coronavirus pandemic, both locally and nationally.

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Pennsylvania Department of Health: health.pa.gov

Allegheny County Health Department: alleghenycounty.us

Westmoreland County: co.westmoreland.pa.us

City of Pittsburgh: pittsburghpa.gov

UPMC: upmc.com

Allegheny Health Network: ahn.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: cdc.gov

John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center: coronavirus.jhu.edu

Vaccine registration is ‘wild west’ for people without computers

Stephie Byars and her husband were in a Giant Eagle parking lot when they got the Allegheny Alert. “We turned off the car. I had my husband call up his parents on his phone and put it on speaker, and I went onto my phone and did the tech stuff,”...

Biden to meet with GOP lawmakers to discuss virus relief

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to meet Monday with a group of 10 Republican senators who have proposed spending about one-third of the $1.9 trillion he is seeking in coronavirus aid, though congressional Democrats are poised to move ahead without Republican support. An invitation to the White House...

CDC to require face masks on airlines, public transportation to curb covid-19 spread

ATLANTA — Travelers on airplanes and public transportation like buses and subways will be required to wear face masks starting next week to curb the spread of covid-19. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a mask-wearing rule late Friday that builds on an order announced Jan. 21...

Hundreds of Pa. senior-living facilities haven’t received vaccine as widened eligibility, low supply slow rollout

Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — After a sluggish start, the vast majority of nursing homes in Pennsylvania have hosted at least one covid-19 vaccine...

Industrial masks tested at Allegheny Health Network hospitals

A research project at Allegheny Health Network aims to facilitate the widespread use of elastomeric masks — reusable respirators typically used in industrial settings — in health systems far and wide. AHN made headlines earlier in the pandemic for sidestepping the country’s widespread shortage of personal protective equipment, thanks to...

Fauci sees covid vaccination for kids by late spring or the summer

WASHINGTON — The government’s top infectious disease expert said Friday he hopes to see children being vaccinated starting in the next few months. It’s a needed step to securing widespread immunity to the coronavirus. “Hopefully by the time we get to the late spring and early summer we will have...

Pennsylvania’s vaccine allocation could increase slightly by next week

Pennsylvania’s vaccine allocation is expected to increase in the next week, a Department of Health spokeswoman said Friday. President Joe Biden said this week that his administration is working to buy another 200 million doses of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, and announced steps to increase the allocations going to...

Western Pa. dentists: Delaying dental care during pandemic can lead to problems

Dentists in Western Pennsylvania are worried about the pandemic’s impact on people’s dental health, saying there’s no good reason for delaying check-ups, cleanings or more serious procedures. “It’s troubling to hear that patients have that perception and are feeling that anxiety,” said Andrew Matta, co-founder and chief medical officer of...

Westmoreland County reports 8 additional covid deaths, the most in a week

Westmoreland County on Friday reported 120 new cases of coronavirus, above the seven-day average of 108 cases. The number of total cases reported in the county is now 24,576, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Of the newly reported cases, 69 were confirmed from PCR tests and 51 are...

Covid cases in Pennsylvania surge with 9,643 newly reported, the most in 3 weeks

Pennsylvania on Friday reported 9,643 additional cases of coronavirus, the most in nearly three weeks. Many of the newly reported cases were attributed to Berks, Lancaster and Montgomery counties, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The state notes that today’s cases include backlogged antigen testing data from urgent care...

Allegheny County adds 364 new coronavirus cases, 39 new deaths

Allegheny County on Friday reported 364 additional cases of coronavirus, slightly above the seven-day average of 352, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Of the newly reported cases, 287 are confirmed from 1,314 new PCR tests and 77 are recorded as probable, according to the Allegheny County...

Covid vaccine misinformation target of Pitt study

University of Pittsburgh researchers are investigating online misinformation relating to the covid-19 vaccines, thanks to a grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation. The goal is to create “beneficial and educational messaging about vaccines,” the university said. “We wanted to see what are some of the reasons why we’re seeing...

AstraZeneca covid vaccine authorized for all adults by European Union

BERLIN — Regulators authorized AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for use in adults throughout the European Union on Friday, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population. The European Medicines Agency licensed the vaccine to be used in people 18 and over, though concerns had been raised...

Canada to quarantine travelers, suspend flights south

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced stricter restrictions on travelers in response to new, likely more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus — including making it mandatory for travelers to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense when they arrive in Canada and suspending airline service to Mexico...

Hungary 1st in EU to approve Chinese covid-19 vaccine

Hungary’s medicine and food safety regulator on Friday approved China’s Sinopharm covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, making it the first country in the European Union to do so. The decision followed a government decree Thursday that streamlined Hungary’s vaccine approval procedure. Any vaccine that has been administered to at least...

Remdesivir, given to half of hospitalized covid-19 patients in U.S., is big win for Gilead — boosted by taxpayers

It was the end of April — just as the U.S. confirmed its millionth covid-19 case and 50,000 deaths — when White House adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci announced “highly significant” news about a drug called remdesivir. That was surprising because the antiviral drug, owned by Gilead Sciences and developed with...

Will double-masking better protect you from covid?

When it comes to face masks, are two better than one? Some health experts — including Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert — have recently suggested wearing two face masks for extra protection during the covid-19 pandemic. “It just makes common sense that it likely would be more...

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