Allegheny County adds 133 new covid cases in 2 days
Allegheny County’s covid cases increased by 133 over the past two days, the Health Department reported Monday.
On Sunday, the county added 61 new cases, with all but one being confirmed. On Monday, there were 72 new cases added, with all but three being confirmed. In total, there were 1,867 PCR tests reported in the past two days.
The county said there were no new covid-related deaths over the past two days.
New cases range from 2 to 95 years old, with a median age of 36.
According to the state’s covid-19 tracking website, there are currently 58 county residents in the hospital for the virus, with 10 of them on ventilators. According to the state, there are 816 operational ventilators in the county, with 198 (24.3%) currently in use for all illnesses. To date, 1,200 residents have been hospitalized for the virus, with one new hospitalization announced by the county on Monday.
The county’s website is reporting outcomes in 9,208 cases — where 8,828 are assumed to be recovered, with 380 deaths. That makes the recovery rate nearly 96% in cases with an outcome. Out of the county’s 12,234 total covid-19 cases, there remain 3,026 cases without an assumed outcome. Individuals are considered to be “recovered” based on one of two conditions: It’s been 32 days since the person was hospitalized for covid-19 and not deceased; or, if they were not hospitalized, 14 days since they tested positive.
Officials continue to report no new cases at the Allegheny County Jail, and no inmates with covid in the facility. To date, 503 inmates have been tested, with 38 of them testing positive — all of whom have either recovered or been released. Among the jail’s employees, the county reports there have been a total of 15 positive cases, with 14 having recovered. A total of 121 employees have been tested, with 105 negative and one test pending results.
Since the pandemic began in March, 184,728 county residents have been tested for the virus, with 172,494 reported negative — a 93.4% negative rate.
Monday’s number release was delayed, the health department said, “because of issues with the dataset.”
Chris Pastrick is a TribLive digital producer. An Allegheny County native, he began working for the Valley News Dispatch in 1993 and joined the Trib in 1997. He can be reached at cpastrick@triblive.com.
Remove the ads from your TribLIVE reading experience but still support the journalists who create the content with TribLIVE Ad-Free.