Pennsylvania adds 3,378 covid cases; Fayette County surpasses 10,000 cases
Fayette County became the 27th county in Pennsylvania to surpass 10,000 coronavirus cases on Wednesday.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 29 additional cases to bring Fayette’s total to 10,022. In the region, Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington and Westmoreland have already surpassed that mark.
Overall in the state, 3,378 additional covid cases were added to bring the state’s total to 880,291. That daily increase falls below the seven-day average of new cases of 3,811.
Philadelphia had the most new cases (563), followed by Allegheny (239), Bucks (216), Montgomery (200) and Lancaster (196).
The state added 125 deaths to bring the total to 22,275. Of those deaths newly reported on Wednesday, officials report 100 are from February, 23 from January and two from December. According to the state, Allegheny had the most newly added deaths locally with eight, followed by Westmoreland and Butler with three apiece, Somerset with two and Beaver and Indiana with one each.
Data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health shows the number of hospitalized coronavirus patients has dropped by more than 400 in the past week to 2,789 on Wednesday.
There are currently 569 coronavirus patients in intensive care units around the state, with 20.1% of the state’s ICU beds available. The state has 6,106 ventilators, with 1,598 in use, including 293 by covid-19 patients.
Mike Palm is a TribLive digital producer who also writes music reviews and features. A Westmoreland County native, he joined the Trib in 2001, where he spent years on the sports copy desk, including serving as night sports editor. He has been with the multimedia staff since 2013. He can be reached at mpalm@triblive.com.
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