Allegheny reports 61 new virus cases
Trending continues below triple digits
New daily reported cases of COVID-19 continued to decline Sunday in Allegheny County, with the Department of Health reporting 61 cases — continuing a stretch of what has mostly been days with double-digit increases.
The new cases were based on 1,195 test results. New cases range in age from 15 to 84 years with a median age of 49 years. The dates of positive tests ranged from July 13 through Aug. 8
The county also reported one new death Sunday and four new hospitalizations. The newly reported death occurred Wednesday and involved a person in their 50s who was associated with a long-term care facility.
Statewide, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 760 new cases for a total of 118,852 cases to date.
The state reported one COVID-19 related death, though the location was not known due to a delay in data reporting.
Since March 14, there have been 8,857 cases of COVID-19 involving Allegheny County residents, 734 hospitalizations and 259 deaths.
Here is the total number of positive cases reported Sunday in Western Pennsylvania:
• Allegheny: 8,857 (up 61 from Saturday)
• Armstrong: 212 (up 4)
• Beaver: 1,316 (up 4)
• Butler: 661 (up 5)
• Cambria: 336 (up 1)
• Clarion: 80 (up 2)
• Clearfield: 172 (up 6)
• Crawford: 141 (no change)
• Erie: 1,102 (up 8)
• Fayette: 494 (up 18)
• Forest: 10 (no change)
• Greene: 116 (up 2)
• Indiana: 320 (up 7)
• Jefferson: 71 (up 3)
• Lawrence: 391 (up 1)
• Mercer: 437 (up 18)
• Somerset: 134 (up 1)
• Venango: 63 (no change)
• Washington: 840 (up 11)
• Westmoreland: 1,537 (up 14)
Here is the total number of deaths reported Saturday in Western Pennsylvania (Sunday data was not available):
• Allegheny: 259 (up 1 from Saturday; the state reports 247)
• Armstrong: 7 (no change; Saturday’s figure)
• Beaver: 92 (no change)
• Butler: 15 (no change)
• Cambria: 3 (no change)
• Clarion: 2 (no change)
• Clearfield: 0 (no change)
• Crawford: 1 (no change)
• Erie: 18 (no change)
• Fayette: 5 (no change)
• Forest: 0 (no change)
• Greene: 1 (no change)
• Indiana: 6 (no change)
• Jefferson: 1 (no change)
• Lawrence: 16 (no change)
• Mercer: 9 (no change)
• Somerset: 3 (no change)
• Venango: 0 (no change)
• Washington: 12 (no change)
• Westmoreland: 46 (no change; the Westmoreland County coroner, whose numbers were last updated on Aug. 6, is reporting 43.)
Here’s a look at demographic data in Allegheny County, based on data reported Sunday:
Cases by age:
• 0-9: 210 (2%)
• 10-19: 619 (7%)
• 20-29: 2,339 (26%)
• 30-39: 1,405 (16%)
• 40-49: 992 (11%)
• 50-59: 1,187 (13%)
• 60-69: 857 (10%)
• 70 and over: 1,232 (14%) Deaths by age:
• 20-29: 1 (0%)
• 30-39: 1 (0%)
• 40-49: 2 (1%)
• 50-59: 12 (5%)
• 60-69: 27 (10%)
• 70 and over: 216 (83%) Cases by gender:
• Female: 4,750 (54%)
• Male: 4,107 (46%) Deaths by gender:
• Female: 148 (57%)
• Male: 111 (43%) Nursing and personal care homes
The state has released data — organized by county — about cases and deaths at nursing and personal care homes. Here is information about Western Pennsylvania, based on Saturday’s figures, with changes in deaths noted in parentheses:
• Allegheny: 87 facilities, 989 cases among residents, 340 cases among employees, 187 deaths (no change in deaths)
• Armstrong: 7 facilities, 38 cases among residents, 9 cases among employees, 5 deaths (no change)
• Beaver: 7 facilities, 480 cases among residents, 70 cases among employees, 92 deaths (no change)
• Butler: 15 facilities, 25 cases among residents, 17 cases among employees, 3 deaths (no change)
• Cambria: 5 facilities, 17 cases among residents, 8 cases among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Clarion: 3 facilities, 11 cases among residents, 5 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, 11 cases among residents, 15 cases among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Erie: 18 facilities, 142 cases among residents, 95 cases among employees, 19 deaths (no change)
• 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: 3 facilities, 6 cases among residents, 5 case among employees, 0 deaths (no change)
• Lawrence: 8 facilities, 47 cases among residents, 37 cases among employees, 7 deaths (no change)
• Mercer: 8 facilities, 41 cases among residents, 31 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, 31 cases among residents, 8 cases among employees, 3 deaths (up 1)
• Westmoreland: 21 facilities, 189 cases among residents, 50 cases among employees, 31 deaths (no change)
• Pennsylvania: 876 facilities, 19,944 cases among residents, 4,143 cases among employees, 4,975 deaths (no change)