State reports 829 new cases of COVID-19, 208 in region

The Pennsylvania Health Department on Friday reported an increase of 829 new cases of the COVID-19 virus and 36 related deaths, with the Pittsburgh region accounting for 208 of those cases.

Allegheny County saw the highest single-day increase, with 90 new cases for Friday, followed by Erie County with 19 additional cases.

The statewide COVID-19 cases now stand at 122,950 people who have tested positive for the virus.

In eight of the past 10 days, Allegheny County has seen daily case counts of under 100 cases per day. The county now has 9,282 reported cases.

Health officials said the 90 new infections reported Friday come from 1,237 tests that were taken between July 31 and Aug. 13. Of those, 90% of the results were from the last week, according to the county Health Department.

Those who have recently tested positive range in age from 1 to 96, with a median age of 43.

The Health Department also is reporting that 41 of the 90 new cases are from a “one-time surge” of probable cases that have been identified but were not entered into the state tracking system, NEDSS.

“During the case surge in July, the Health Department made decisions to prioritize efforts on reaching contacts and providing guidance. Due to the volume, NEDSS information was not updated,” it reported.

As cases have been lower in the last week, the Health Department staff reviewed the probable cases from July and entered the ones that met their definition of a probable case.

Allegheny also reported 11 new hospitalizations and five additional deaths. The five deaths occurred from July 31 to Aug. 12. Three are related to long-term care facilities. The deaths were two people in their 70s and three people in their 80s.

As of Friday, 283 people in

Allegheny County have died as a result of the virus since the pandemic began in midMarch.

Statewide, there were 36 new deaths reported for Friday, bringing the state toll to 7,445. Total hospitalizations are now at 766 since the pandemic began in March.

Statewide the number of patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 is 585, according the state Health Department.

Here is the total number of positive cases reported Friday in Western Pennsylvania:

• Allegheny: 9,282 (up 90 from Thursday)

• Armstrong: 242 (up 5)

• Beaver: 1,382 (up 8)

• Butler: 710 (up 3)

• Cambria: 365 (up 12)

• Clarion: 84 (no change)

• Clearfield: 186 (up 4)

• Crawford: 165 (up 4)

• Erie: 1,182 (up 19)

• Fayette: 609 (up 14)

• Forest: 12 (up 1)

• Greene: 123 (up 2)

• Indiana: 351 (up 8)

• Jefferson: 75 (no change)

• Lawrence: 420 (up 6)

• Mercer: 480 (up 12)

• Somerset: 140 (up 2)

• Venango: 67 (no change)

• Washington: 891 (up 11)

• Westmoreland: 1,593 (up 7)

Here is the total number of deaths reported Friday in Western Pennsylvania:

• Allegheny: 283 (up 5 from Thursday; the state reports 265)

• Armstrong: 8 (no change)

• Beaver: 93 (no change)

• Butler: 17 (up 1)

• Cambria: 3 (no change)

• Clarion: 2 (no change)

• Clearfield: 1 (no change)

• Crawford: 1 (no change)

• Erie: 27 (up 5)

• Fayette: 6 (no change)

• Forest: 0 (no change)

• Greene: 1 (no change)

• Indiana: 7 (no change)

• Jefferson: 1 (no change)

• Lawrence: 16 (no change)

• Mercer: 12 (no change)

• Somerset: 3 (no change)

• Venango: 0 (no change)

• Washington: 16 (up 2)

• Westmoreland: 47 (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 (up 3)

• 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)