Pennsylvania added 705 new covid-19 cases and 12 deaths on Wednesday.
Wednesday marks the eighth straight day the state has posted new cases below 1,000. In that eight-day span, they have averaged 791 new cases a day, which is 17.3% less than the previous eight days (956 between July 21-28).
The state’s department of health puts the total number of cases at 115,714 with 7,244 deaths.
In Southwestern Pennsylvania, Allegheny’s 70 new cases raised its total to 8,512.
Here’s a look at the total positive cases (as of Wednesday) for neighboring counties, the growth from Tuesday, as well as the overall positivity rate:
- Armstrong 196 (+4), 4.68%
- Beaver 1,269 (+8), 9.42%
- Butler 624 (+9), 4.48%
- Fayette 431 (+8), 4.53%
- Indiana 283 (+4), 4.69%
- Somerset 127 (-1), 2.01%
- Washington 785 (+12), 4.75%
- Westmoreland 1,475 (+11), 4.64%
More than 20% of the state’s coronavirus cases can be attributed to residents and employees of nursing and personal care homes. There were 19,740 cases among residents and 23,787 among employees of 867 facilities in the state.
Every county in the state has seen a death attributed to coronavirus, with 11 counties reporting 200 or more. Of those, the majority have taken place in eastern counties:
- Philadelphia — 1,688
- Montgomery — 853
- Delaware — 693
- Bucks — 580
- Lancaster — 408
- Berks — 367
- Chester — 346
- Lehigh — 335
- Northampton — 291
- Allegheny — 239
- Lackawanna — 212
