Fewer vaccine doses for state

The state Health Department reported 1,518 additional coronavirus cases Monday. The sevenday moving average of newly reported cases was 2,413, down 7% from 2,607 a week ago.

To date, there have been 950,161 infections statewide since the start of the pandemic last March 6.

A news release announced that 480,040 first and second doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines would be shipped to the state this week. That is down from 526,280 last week.

Last week’s vaccine shipments included more than 94.000 doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not allocating any of that formulation this week. Pennsylvania is sequestering shipments of the new vaccine for use in the arms of education and childcare employees.

Combined numbers from the state and Philadelphia health departments show that 3.39 million vaccinations have been administered to 2.31 million Pennsylvanians, accounting for 22% of the age 16-and-over population that is approved to be vaccinated. More than 1 million Pennsylvanians are now fully vaccinated against COVID19.

More than 74,000 Lehigh Valley residents have been fully vaccinated.

The state reported seven deaths Monday and 32 Sunday. The seven-day moving average of deaths per day is 47, compared with 59 a week ago.

There were 1,502 people hospitalized as of midday Monday, compared with 1,587 Sunday. Of those, 170 were on ventilators, and 303 were in intensive care beds.

Hospitals in the Lehigh Valley reported 114 COVID patients at midday Monday, with 16 in intensive care beds and 15 on ventilators.

In the Lehigh Valley, Monday say 79 additional case reports, with 42 in Lehigh County and 37 in Northampton County. That brings the total to 58,787. One new death was reported in Northampton County on Monday and Sunday. That brings the total to 1,433, (780 in Lehigh County, and 653 in Northampton County).