Pennsylvania coronavirus total reaches another high mark with 4,711 new cases

Pennsylvania recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases for the third time in the past five days.

The 4,711 new cases reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on Wednesday eclipsed the records set Tuesday (4,361) and Saturday (4,035).

The state’s total now sits at 243,368, with 35,341 reported just this month.

The department of health also reported 59 new deaths on Wednesday, with 54 from November and five from October. That puts the state’s death total at 9,145, with 191 occurring in November.

Six of those deaths are from Westmoreland County, with four in Butler, two in Washington and one each in Allegheny and Indiana.

According to the state’s covid-19 dashboard, there are currently 2,080 coronavirus patients hospitalized in the state, an increase of 142 from Tuesday’s 1,938. The state has 5,055 ventilators, with 1,269 in use, but only 193 by covid-19 patients.

Here’s how hospitalizations break down in Western Pennsylvania, compared to Tuesday:

• Allegheny: 249 (+35)
• Armstrong: 10 (no change)
• Beaver: 16 (+7)
• Butler: 26 (+3)
• Fayette: 3 (-1)
• Indiana: 19 (+1)
• Somerset: 1 (no change)
• Washington: 34 (-7)
• Westmoreland: 62 (+6)

Allegheny County reported its highest ever total for new coronavirus cases on Wednesday with 366. Here’s how Southwestern Pennsylvania fared, with total cases and the change from Tuesday:

• Allegheny: 18,339 (+366)
• Armstrong: 1,051 (+50)
• Beaver: 2,637 (+87)
• Butler: 2,566 (+90)
• Fayette: 1,247 (+33)
• Indiana: 1,578 (+57)
• Somerset: 755 (+63)
• Washington: 2,693 (+57)
• Westmoreland: 5,431 (+138)

For comparison’s sake, the state reports there have been 383 laboratory-confirmed influenza cases in Pennsylvania since the state’s official flu season began on Sept. 27. Flu cases have been confirmed in 26 of the state’s 67 counties, with nine flu-related hospitalizations and one death through Nov. 7.