Pennsylvania reports 760 new coronavirus cases, 21 new deaths

Pennsylvania on Friday reported 760 new coronavirus cases to raise the state’s total to 148,683 since March.

There were 11,530 new negative cases reported, making the daily positivity rate 6.18%.

The state’s seven-day average of new cases is 828.

There were 172,682 tests administered in the past seven days with 6,046 positive cases.

Deaths related to covid-19 in the state now total 7,934 with 21 added Friday. Of the newly reported deaths, one is from July, three are from August and 17 are from September.

The state currently has 521 patients hospitalized with covid-19, with 50 of those on ventilators.

There have been 1,732,805 patients who tested negative since March.

Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine on Friday announced new testing clinics in Centre and Columbia counties in response to the rapid rise in covid-19 cases in those counties. In addition, the Health Department reports they are working with Centre County in regard to their increase in cases over the past several weeks.

“Since the beginning of September, we have seen an increase of 1,109 cases in Centre County and 173 cases in Columbia County, which gives us significant cause for concern,” Levine said in a release. “These testing sites will be open to anyone who feels they need a test. It is important that even people with no symptoms who test positive isolate and quarantine to stop the spread of covid-19.”

The ages of the total cases in the state break down by age like this:

Ages 0-4: Approximately 1%

Ages 5-12: Nearly 2%

Ages 13-18: Approximately 4%

Ages 19-24: Approximately 12%

Ages 25-49: Approximately 36%

Ages 50-64: Nearly 22%

Ages 65 or older: Approximately 22%

There are 22,162 resident cases of covid-19 in nursing and personal care homes with 4,839 cases among employees, for a total of 27,001 at 957 facilities, the Health Department reports. Of the total deaths, 5,343 have occurred in residents from nursing or personal care facilities.