The Morning Call

Lowest weekend death toll since Aug.

- — Eugene Tauber

The Pennsylvan­ia Department of Health reported 2,425 additional coronaviru­s cases Monday, in addition to 4,573 cases Saturday and 3,414 Sunday, for a threeday total of 10,412. It is the lowest weekend total since Aug. 30.

The seven-day moving average of newly reported cases was 3,913 per day, down 11.9% from a week ago, and down 14.2% over the last 30 days.

To date, there have been 1.54 million infections statewide.

While rates are declining in 54 of the state’s 67 counties, no county has dipped below the 100 weekly population-adjusted rate that would move it out of “high” community transmissi­on status as defined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Philadelph­ia is the closest to descending into the “substantia­l” classifica­tion, adding 109.6 cases in the last seven days for each 100,000 residents.

The state reported 61 deaths Saturday, eight Sunday and four Monday, for a total of 73 since Friday. The seven-day moving average of deaths per day is 64.7, compared with 88 a week ago, a decrease of 26% in the last seven days.

The latest data from the CDC shows there are 7.69 million fully vaccinated people in Pennsylvan­ia, accounting for 60.1% of the population.

Included in those statewide numbers are 424,998 Lehigh Valley residents who are fully vaccinated, accounting for 63% of the local population.

There were 2,786 people hospitaliz­ed as of midday Monday compared with 2,783 Sunday. Of those, 683 were in intensive care, and 367 were on ventilator­s. Statewide hospitaliz­ations have decreased 3% over the last week, and are up 14.8% in the last 30 days.

Hospitals in the five-county region including Lehigh, Northampto­n, Carbon, Schuylkill and Monroe report 207 patients, with 54 in intensive care, and 27 on ventilator­s. Regional hospitaliz­ations have decreased 4.3% over the last week, and are up 5.2% in the last 30 days.

The Lehigh Valley reported 67 additional cases Monday, 33 in Lehigh County and 34 in Northampto­n County. That brings the total to 92,379.

Four deaths reported Saturday in Northampto­n County bring the total to 1,723 (933 in Lehigh, 790 in Northampto­n).

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