New cases drop in Pa.; Pittsburgh region sees 130 more
Pennsylvania on Monday reported its lowest daily increase in COVID-19 cases since mid-July, with 384 new cases and no new deaths.
With the newest cases, the state now has 124,844 total cases of the virus.
Western Pennsylvania accounts for 130 of the newly reported infections, with Allegheny County having the highest increase for Monday with 71 new cases, followed by Cambria County with 10, and Washington and Westmoreland counties, seven each.
The last time the state saw a daily increase in the 300 range was on July 13.
The new infections in Allegheny were diagnosed from 944 tests taken between Aug. 11 and
16. Those testing positive range in age from 1 month to 97, with a median age of 47. The county’s total now stands at 9,504 cases of the virus since the pandemic began in mid-March.
For the fourth week in a row, the county’s average number of cases per day has decreased. The average number of cases for Aug. 4 through Aug. 10 was about 89 cases. For Aug. 11 through Aug. 17, it has decreased to about 82 cases. Over that same time frame, the state average rose from about 757 cases to 770.
The Allegheny County Health Department is reporting two additional deaths that occurred on Aug. 6 and Aug. 7, and included one person in their 80s and one in their 90s.
Statewide the death toll stands at 7,468.
The county health department did not include new hospitalization data in its daily report because the data “goes back to late June,” they said. Based on the latest state data, 101 people are hospitalized in Allegheny County with COVID-19; of those 23 currently require mechanical ventilation. In total, the county has had 870 people hospitalized with COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.
On Friday, the state updated its travel recommendations for Pennsylvania residents, removing Nebraska, North Carolina, Utah and Wisconsin from the high-risk travel list.
Here is the total number of positive cases reported Monday in Western Pennsylvania:
• Allegheny: 9,504 (up 71 from Sunday)
• Armstrong: 244 (up 2)
• Beaver: 1,410 (up 3)
• Butler: 723 (up 5)
• Cambria: 393 (up 10)
• Clarion: 90 (up 1)
• Clearfield: 194 (no change)
• Crawford: 169 (up 1)
• Erie: 1,217 (up 6)
• Fayette: 628 (up 4)
• Forest: 12 (no change)
• Greene: 126 (no change)
• Indiana: 359 (up 1)
• Jefferson: 78 (up 3)
• Lawrence: 429 (up 6)
• Mercer: 495 (up 2)
• Somerset: 143 (up 1)
• Venango: 67 (no change)
• Washington: 910 (up 7)
• Westmoreland: 1,627 (up 7)
Here is the total number of deaths reported Monday in Western Pennsylvania:
• Allegheny: 290 (up 2 from Sunday; the state reported 270)
• Armstrong: 9 (no change)
• Beaver: 94 (no change)
• 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 (no change)
• Jefferson: 1 (no change)
• Lawrence: 16 (no change)
• Mercer: 12 (no change)
• Somerset: 3 (no change)
• Venango: 0 (no change)
• Washington: 17 (no change)
• Westmoreland: 48 (no change; the Westmoreland County coroner, whose numbers were last updated on Aug. 10, is reporting 44.)
Here’s a look at demographic data in Allegheny County, based on data reported Monday: Cases by age:
• 0-9: 224 (2%)
• 10-19: 713 (8%)
• 20-29: 2,445 (26%)
• 30-39: 1,480 (16%)
• 40-49: 1,054 (11%)
• 50-59: 1,288 (14%)
• 60-69: 962 (10%)
• 70 and over: 1,338 (14%)
Deaths by age:
• 20-29: 1 (0%)
• 30-39: 1 (0%)
• 40-49: 2 (1%)
• 50-59: 12 (4%)
• 60-69: 31 (11%)
• 70 and over: 243 (84%) Cases by gender:
• Female: 5,107 (54%)
• Male: 4,395 (46%) Deaths by gender:
• Female: 161 (56%)
• Male: 129 (44%) Cases by race:
• White: 5,482 (58%)
• Black: 2,528 (27%)
• Asian: 335 (4%)
• Other: 123 (1%)
• Race unknown: 1,036 (11%)
Deaths by race:
• White: 226 (78%)
• Black: 55 (19%)
• Asian: 1 (0%)
• Race unknown: 8 (3%) 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. Changes in deaths are noted in parentheses:
• Allegheny: 92 facilities, 1,093 cases among residents, 361 cases among employees, 204 deaths (up 2)
• Armstrong: 7 facilities, 41 cases among residents, 9 cases among employees, 7 deaths (no change)
• Beaver: 8 facilities, 486 cases among residents, 74 cases among employees, 93 deaths (no change)
• Butler: 15 facilities, 29 cases among residents, 20 cases among employees, 3 deaths (no change)
• Cambria: 5 facilities, 22 cases among residents, 11 cases among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Clarion: 3 facilities, 11 cases among residents, 9 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, 161 cases among residents, 103 cases among employees, 26 deaths (no change)
• Fayette: 6 facilities, 10 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, 8 cases among residents, 6 case among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Lawrence: 8 facilities, 49 cases among residents, 39 cases among employees, 7 deaths (no change)
• Mercer: 8 facilities, 41 cases among residents, 33 cases among employees, 2 deaths (no change)
• Somerset: 5 facilities, 4 cases among residents, 4 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, 41 cases among residents, 9 cases among employees, 5 deaths (up 1)
• Westmoreland: 22 facilities, 193 cases among residents, 51 cases among employees, 31 deaths (no change)
• Pennsylvania: 895 facilities, 20,413 cases among residents, 4,244 cases among employees, 5,059 deaths (up 3)
For additional information on Allegheny County data, visit the county’s COVID-19 Dashboard. More information on statewide results can be found on the Pennsylvania Health Department’s website.