Pa. reports about 600 new virus cases
Allegheny County registers 75 more
The Pennsylvania Health Department reported 601 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, with the Pittsburgh region accounting for 174 of those latest infections.
In Western Pennsylvania, Allegheny County saw the highest single-day increase for Monday — with 75 new cases — followed by Westmoreland County with 16 new positive cases and Washington County, 15. However, Monday marked the fourth straight day that Allegheny saw fewer than 100 new daily cases.
The new statewide total is 119,453 cases since the pandemic started in mid-March.
Allegheny’s total number of positive cases now stands at 8,932. The newly reported cases in the county come from 1,331 tests that were administered between Aug. 3 and 9. Those who have recently tested positive for the virus range in age from 10 to 94 years old, with a median age of 46, according to health officials.
One additional county resident was admitted to the hospital for treatment since Sunday, bringing the total to 735 county residents hospitalized since the pandemic began.
The state reported four more COVID-19 related deaths, two of which were in Western Pennsylvania — one each in Washington and Erie counties — for a statewide total of 7,317 deaths. Allegheny County reported no new deaths on Monday; the county death toll remains at 259.
Here is the total number of positive cases reported Monday in Western Pennsylvania:
• Allegheny: 8,932 (up 75 from Sunday)
• Armstrong: 216 (up 4)
• Beaver: 1,326 (up 10)
• Butler: 671 (up 10)
• Cambria: 341 (up 5)
• Clarion: 80 (no change)
• Clearfield: 174 (up 2)
• Crawford: 154 (up 10)
• Erie: 1,110 (up 8)
• Fayette: 501 (up 7)
• Forest: 10 (no change)
• Greene: 116 (no change)
• Indiana: 322 (up 2)
• Jefferson: 73 (up 2)
• Lawrence: 392 (up 1)
• Mercer: 442 (up 5)
• Somerset: 135 (up 1)
• Venango: 64 (up 1)
• Washington: 855 (up 15)
• Westmoreland: 1,553 (up 16)
Here is the total number of deaths reported Monday in Western Pennsylvania:
• Allegheny: 259 (no change from Sunday; the state reports 247)
• Armstrong: 7 (no change)
• Beaver: 92 (no change)
• Butler: 15 (no change)
• Cambria: 3 (no change)
• Clarion: 2 (no change)
• Clearfield: 0 (no change)
• Crawford: 1 (no change)
• Erie: 19 (up 1)
• Fayette: 5 (no change)
• Forest: 0 (no change)
• Greene: 1 (no change)
• Indiana: 6 (no change)
• Jefferson: 1 (no change)
• Lawrence: 16 (no change)
• Mercer: 9 (no change)
• Somerset: 3 (no change)
• Venango: 0 (no change)
• Washington: 13 (up 1)
• Westmoreland: 46 (no change; the Westmoreland County coroner, whose numbers were last updated on Monday, is reporting 44.)
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 Monday’s figures, with changes in deaths noted in parentheses:
• Allegheny: 88 facilities, 1002 cases among residents, 343 cases among employees, 187 deaths (no change in deaths)
• Armstrong: 7 facilities, 38 cases among residents, 9 cases among employees, 5 deaths (no change)
• Beaver: 7 facilities, 481 cases among residents, 70 cases among employees, 92 deaths (no change)
• Butler: 15 facilities, 25 cases among residents, 17 cases among employees, 3 deaths (no change)
• Cambria: 5 facilities, 19 cases among residents, 8 cases among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Clarion: 3 facilities, 11 cases among residents, 6 cases among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Clearfield: 4 facilities, 2 cases among residents, 3 cases among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Crawford: 2 facilities, 11 cases among residents, 15 cases among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Erie: 18 facilities, 144 cases among residents, 96 cases among employees, 19 deaths (no change)
• Fayette: 6 facilities, 9 cases among residents, 11 cases among employees, 1 death (no change)
• Greene: 2 facilities, 2 cases among residents, 2 cases among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Indiana: 11 facilities, 29 cases among residents, 10 cases among employees, 4 deaths (no change)
• Jefferson: 3 facilities, 7 cases among residents, 5 case among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Lawrence: 8 facilities, 46 cases among residents, 38 cases among employees, 7 deaths (no change)
• Mercer: 8 facilities, 41 cases among residents, 31 cases among employees, 2 deaths (no change)
• Somerset: 4 facilities, 4 cases among residents, 3 cases among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Venango: 1 facility, 5 cases among residents, 0 cases among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Washington: 10 facilities, 34 cases among residents, 8 cases among employees, 3 deaths (no change)
• Westmoreland: 22 facilities, 190 cases among residents, 50 cases among employees, 31 deaths (no change)
• Pennsylvania: 883 facilities, 20,011 cases among residents, 4,161 cases among employees, 4,974 deaths (no change)