Pa. COVID-19 cases surpass 100,000 mark
Pennsylvania topped 100,000 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, with Allegheny County reporting 135 new cases, no new hospitalizations and one death.
After the state registered more than 1,000 new cases Friday, total cases in Pennsylvania climbed Saturday by 763 to 100,241. Those represent tests reported to the state Department of Health up to midnight Friday. Of those, 97,388 are confirmed and 2,853 are probable.
Statewide, there were 15 additional deaths, bringing the death toll to 7,007. Of those 15, five were in Western Pennsylvania. There were two deaths in Washington County and one each in Beaver and Mercer counties, besides the one Allegheny County death.
The county’s latest numbers bring the total cases of COVID-19 to 6,125. There have been 5,933 confirmed cases and 192 probable cases, the county reported. Beaver County reported the next-highest number of positive cases with 31. Fayette County reported 20.
Allegheny’s positive cases cover a 15-day span from July 3 through July 17 and are out of 1,661 tests.
Those infected as part of the newest batch of cases range in age from 9 months to 99 years old.
Hospitalizations remained steady at 507. The additional death brings the number of COVID-19 fatalities in the county to 207, of which 195 are confirmed as being because of the coronavirus.
The most recent victim died July 9 and was 81, according to the county.
People who have died from COVID-19 in the county range in age from 23 to 103.
Here are the total number of positive cases reported Saturday in Western Pennsylvania:
• Allegheny: 6,125 (up 135 from Friday)
• Armstrong: 97 (no change)
• Beaver: 949 (up 31)
• Butler: 474 (up 9)
• Cambria: 164 (up 1)
• Clarion: 68 (up 1)
• Clearfield: 99 (up 1)
• Crawford: 107 (up 2)
• Erie: 769 (up 6)
• Fayette: 255 (up 20)
• Forest: 7 (no change)
• Greene: 80 (up 1)
• Indiana: 178 (up 2)
• Jefferson: 46 (up 5)
• Lawrence: 225 (up 4)
• Mercer: 223 (up 7)
• Somerset: 92 (up 1)
• Venango: 51 (down 1; confirmed case removed from data)
• Washington: 540 (up 5)
• Westmoreland: 1,135 (up 18)
Here are the total number of
deaths reported Saturday in Western Pennsylvania:
• Allegheny: 207 (up 1 from Friday. The state is reporting 203)
• Armstrong: 6 (no change)
• Beaver: 81 (up 1)
• Butler: 13 (no change)
• Cambria: 3 (no change)
• Clarion: 2 (no change)
• Clearfield: 0 (no change)
• Crawford:1 (no change)
• Erie: 13 (no change)
• Fayette: 4 (no change)
• Forest: 0 (no change)
• Greene: 0 (no change)
• Indiana: 6 (no change)
• Jefferson: 1 (no change)
• Lawrence: 9 (no change)
• Mercer: 7 (up 1)
• Somerset: 1 (no change)
• Venango: 0 (no change)
• Washington: 9 (up 2)
• Westmoreland: 40 (The Westmoreland County coroner, whose numbers were last updated July 3, is reporting 33)
Here’s a look at demographic data in Allegheny County, based on data reported Saturday:
• 0-4: 71 (1%)
• 5-12: 101 (2%)
• 13-18: 196 (3%)
• 19-24: 1,059 (17%)
• 25-49: 2,531 (41%)
• 50-64: 1,131 (18%)
• 65 and over: 1,036 (17%) Cases by gender:
• Female: 3,274 (53%)
• Male: 2,851 (47%) Deaths by gender:
• Female: 122 (59%)
• Male: 85 (41%) Cases by race:
• White: 3,459 (56%)
• Black: 1,660 (27%)
• Asian: 225 (4%)
• Other: 78 (1%)
• Race unknown: 703 (11%)
Deaths by race:
• White: 162 (78%)
• Black: 41 (20%)
• Asian: 1 (0%)
• Race unknown: 3 (1%) Nursing and personal care homes
The state has released data — organized by county — about cases and deaths at nursing and personal care homes. Here’s information about Western Pennsylvania, based on Saturday’s figures, with changes in deaths noted in parentheses:
• Allegheny: 61 facilities, 634 cases among residents, 200 cases among employees, 160 deaths (no change)
• Armstrong: 4 facilities, 11 cases among residents, 8 cases among employees, 5 deaths (no change)
• Beaver: 7 facilities, 422 cases among residents, 48 cases among employees, 83 deaths (no change)
• Butler: 12 facilities, 20 cases among residents, 15 cases among employees, 2 deaths (no change)
• Cambria: 3 facilities, 9 cases among residents, 4 cases among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Clarion: 2 facilities, 11 cases among residents, 4 cases among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Clearfield: 3 facilities, 2 cases among residents, 2 cases among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Crawford: 2 facilities, 9 cases among residents, 15 cases among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Erie: 17 facilities, 64 cases among residents, 58 cases among employees, 10 deaths (no change)
• Fayette: 5 facilities, 10 cases among residents, 6 cases among employees, 1 death (no change)
• Greene: 1 facility, 2 cases among residents, 1 case among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Indiana: 9 facilities, 23 cases among residents, 8 cases among employees, 4 deaths (no change)
• Jefferson: 1 facility, 4 cases among residents, 4 case among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Lawrence: 5 facilities, 35 cases among residents, 11 cases among employees, 1 death (no change)
• Mercer: 7 facilities, 13 cases among residents, 8 cases among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Somerset: 2 facility, 1 cases among residents, 1 case among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Washington: 8 facilities, 12 cases among residents, 15 cases among employees, 2 deaths (no change)
• Westmoreland: 18 facilities, 157 cases among residents, 49 cases among employees, 29 deaths (no change)
• Pennsylvania: 782 facilities, 18,597 cases among residents, 3,587 cases among employees, 4,802 deaths (up 18)