25 new COVID-19 cases reported in Berks County
Twenty-five new coronavirus positives were reported Tuesday for Berks County by the state Department of Health, one of the higher numbers over the past month.
For the outbreak, the count of positives was up to 4,606.
The state’s reporting was through Monday.
The state came in just short of 1,000 new positives
Tuesday at 995, the most since May 10. The state outbreak total was nearly 91,300.
The state said this about the 995: “Philadelphia County increased by 288 cases, but those cases represent cases over several weeks, and are not all people recently tested. This is because of a lag time in reporting from the Philadelphia Department of Health.”
The southwest part of Pennsylvania continues to be the hot spot in the state.
It has overtaken the southeast, which had been the center of the outbreak until last week.
Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, had 204 of the state’s new cases Tuesday. That county’s health department reported six new deaths on its Facebook page.
The positives ranged from 1 month to 98 years old with a median of 30 years old, also reported on the Facebook page.
That county has rolled back operating hours for many businesses where people gather.
The number of daily tests across the state was at about 15,000, down from the outbreak high of nearly 20,000.
The state health department reported one more death of a Berks resident, pushing that total at 353.
The county coroner’s office on reported no new deaths, keeping that total to 346.
The coroner’s tally differs from the state’s total
of deaths of Berks residents because some residents died elsewhere and the coroner’s office counts 13 nonresidents in its total.
Last week, the Wolf administration extended the requirement to wear a mask to crowded public places where it is consistently impossible to remain 6 feet away from other people, as well as on public transportation and any indoor location where the public is generally permitted.
There are exceptions, children under age 2, workers for whom it would be unsafe, those communicating with the hearing impaired and people with a disabilities, mental health conditions or respiratory illnesses.
The coronavirus causes COVID-19, a respiratory illness that can cause fever, chills, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing and muscle pains, among other symptoms.