• Pennsylvania reports 850 new cases,
County reports 77 new cases, 1 death
The Pennsylvania Department of Health added 850 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, raising the statewide total to 123,800.
Another 20 deaths also were reported, increasing the figure to 7,465 since the pandemic began in March.
The new cases came from 24,713 test results reported through 10 p.m. Friday. From Aug. 7 to Aug. 14, the state reported 6,450 positive results from 167,267 tests.
The Allegheny County Health Department reported 77 new cases Saturday and one new death — the ninth time in the past 11 days the county has reported fewer than 100 cases. Beaver County had the second-highest new cases with 19, and Westmoreland County reported 16.
Allegheny County said new cases range in age from 3 months to 93 years old with a median age of 44.
The positive tests came from 1,321 results from Aug. 10-14.
The county said the new death involved a person in their 70s who died Aug. 9, bringing the death total in the county to 284. There were four additional deaths reported Saturday — one each in Armstrong, Beaver, Indiana and Washington counties.
There also were 11 new hospitalizations reported Saturday in Allegheny County.
Overall, the county has reported 9,359 cases of the virus and 777 hospitalizations since March 14.
Here is the total number of positive cases reported Friday in Western Pennsylvania:
• Allegheny: 9,359 (up 77 from Friday)
• Armstrong: 244 (up 2)
• Beaver: 1,401, (up 19)
• Butler: 712 (up 2)
• Cambria: 370 (up 5)
• Clarion: 88 (up 4)
• Clearfield: 187 (up 1)
• Crawford: 166 (up 1)
• Erie: 1,200 (up 18)
• Fayette: 613 (up 4)
• Forest: 12 (no change)
• Greene: 126 (up 3)
• Indiana: 356 (up 5)
• Jefferson: 75 (no change)
• Lawrence: 422 (up 2)
• Mercer: 490 (up 10)
• Somerset: 142 (up 2)
• Venango: 68 (up 1)
• Washington: 899 (up 8)
• Westmoreland: 1,609 (up 16)
Here is the total number of deaths reported Friday in Western Pennsylvania:
• Allegheny: 284 (up 1 from Friday; the state reports 269)
• Armstrong: 9 (up 1)
• Beaver: 94 (up 1)
• Butler: 17 (no change)
• Cambria: 3 (no change)
• Clarion: 2 (no change)
• Clearfield: 1 (no change)
• Crawford: 1 (no change)
• Erie: 27 (no change)
• Fayette: 6 (no change)
• Forest: 0 (no change)
• Greene: 1 (no change)
• Indiana: 8 (up 1)
• Jefferson: 1 (no change)
• Lawrence: 16 (no change)
• Mercer: 12 (no change)
• Somerset: 3 (no change)
• Venango: 0 (no change)
• Washington: 17 (up 1)
• Westmoreland: 48 (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 Friday’s figures, with changes in deaths noted in parentheses:
• Allegheny: 90 facilities, 1,049 cases among residents, 360 cases among employees, 202 deaths (no change)
• Armstrong: 7 facilities, 41 cases among residents, 9 cases among employees, 7 deaths (no change)
• Beaver: 8 facilities, 485 cases among residents, 74 cases among employees, 93 deaths (no change)
• Butler: 16 facilities, 30 cases among residents, 18 cases among employees, 3 deaths (no change)
• Cambria: 5 facilities, 21 cases among residents, 10 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, 10 cases among residents, 14 cases among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Erie: 19 facilities, 158 cases among residents, 97 cases among employees, 26 deaths (up 5)
• 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: 4 facilities, 7 cases among residents, 6 case among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Lawrence: 8 facilities, 47 cases among residents, 39 cases among employees, 7 deaths (no change)
• Mercer: 8 facilities, 41 cases among residents, 32 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, 36 cases among residents, 8 cases among employees, 4 deaths (no change)
• Westmoreland: 22 facilities, 190 cases among residents, 51 cases among employees, 31 deaths (no change)
• Pennsylvania: 890 facilities, 20,285 cases among residents, 4,209 cases among employees, 5,056 deaths (up 19)