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In Allegheny County, health officials announced seven new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a single hospitalization and three additional deaths. This brings the county tally to 2,034 infections, 352 past and current hospitalizations and 172 deaths. All deaths involved patients aged 42 to 103, with a median age of 84.
For Pennsylvania, the Department of Health on Wednesday confirmed 410 additional COVID-19 cases and 48 deaths, bringing the statewide infection total to 76,846 and 6,062 fatalities. Roughly 5,837 of the Pennsylvania infections are among healthcare workers.
Long-term care facilities, which include nursing homes, continue to be hard hit by the pathogen with 16,309 cases among residents and 2,845 cases among employees. Those have occurred at 623 facilities in 45 counties, including Allegheny. Of the state’s COVID-related deaths, 4,199 were residents in these facilities.
To date, 467,329 Pennsylvanians have tested negative for the virus. More than half of the infections across the state have been among those 50 and older.
On the heels of the Republican-controlled General Assembly’s passage of a resolution Tuesday to end the state’s emergency declaration, Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration vowed Wednesday to fight the resolution in court. Without the emergency declaration, evictions could proceed, utility shutoffs would resume and telehealth would end, Wolf, a Democrat, said. The disaster declaration was issued in March and extended on June 3.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (along with a sign language interpreter) speaks during a press conference in which he vowed to fight a General Assembly effort to end the state’s disaster declaration. (Screenshot)
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Wolf vows court fight to maintain disaster declaration after legislators vote for an end
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