Westmoreland continues to see drop in average new covid cases
Westmoreland County saw 11 new cases of covid-19 added to its total Friday, further reducing its seven-day average of new cases.
The new cases, all of which have been confirmed, were announced by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Westmoreland County’s seven-day new case average now stands at 13.
There were 360 new individual tests added Friday, with 349 testing negative, which makes for a 3% positivity rate.
According to the state’s covid-19 tracking website, there are two Westmoreland County residents currently hospitalized for the virus, with one of them on a ventilator.
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.
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