Pennsylvania sees 2-day increase of 967 in coronavirus cases

In the past two days, there were 967 new coronavirus cases added in the state, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported Monday.

On Sunday, the state added 733 new cases, while on Monday it added 234. All but 21 of those cases are confirmed. From Sept. 14-20, the state reported 180,596 tests were processed, yielding 6,135 positive cases.

Over the past two days, the state added 48 covid-related deaths: 12 from September, eight from August, 13 from July, seven from June and eight from May. In all, a total of 8,004 deaths have been attributed to covid-19 in Pennsylvania.

Of the state’s positive cases, the largest portion (36%) are ages 25-49. Other age groups: ages 0-4 (1%), ages 5-12 (2%), ages 13-18 (4%), ages 19-24 (13%), ages 50-64 (22%), ages 65 and older (22%).

In 960 nursing and personal care homes in Pennsylvania, there are 22,279 resident cases of covid-19, with 4,882 cases among employees. Out of the state’s total deaths, 5,353 have occurred in residents from nursing or personal care facilities.

Centre County, which includes Penn State and the State College metro area, has seen its covid cases rise more than 56% in the past eight days — from 1,175 on Sept. 13 to 1,836 on Monday.

Other counties reporting significant new cases over that same eight-day period include Philadelphia (634), Allegheny (566), Chester (373), Montgomery (365) and York (353).

According to the state’s covid-19 tracking website, there are currently 418 state residents hospitalized for the virus, with 59 of them on a ventilator. According to the state, there are a total of 4,969 ventilators in Pennsylvania, with 1,023 (20.6%) currently in use for all illnesses.

There have been 150,812 cases of covid-19 in Pennsylvania since the pandemic began in March. To date, 1,767,181 patients have tested negative for the virus.