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The Allegheny County Health Department [ACHD] reported 1,074 new COVID-19 cases and 13 new deaths from the virus Wednesday.
The new cases, coming from tests ranging from Dec. 4 to Dec. 15, occurred in individuals from 1 week old to 100 years old, with a median of 46. The deaths occurred in five people in their 70s, four in their 80s, three in their 90s and one older than 100. Seven deaths are linked to long-term care facilities.
To date, ACHD has reported 43,007 cases, 688 deaths and 2,669 past and present hospitalizations.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 10,049 new COVID-19 cases and 278 new deaths from the virus Wednesday, bringing the new totals to 519,369 cases and 13,168 deaths.
Additionally, 6,295 patients are currently hospitalized with the virus, about 20% of which are in intensive care units. The number of hospitalizations is now double the peak in the spring, according to a press release.
Nursing and personal care home residents represent about 10% of the state’s total caseload and about 57% of the state’s deaths. Healthcare workers represent about 3.3% of the state’s caseload.
Deaths from the virus across the United States have surpassed 300,000. U. S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Scranton, urged Americans to practice social distancing and listen to the experts.
“While the delivery of a vaccine provides some light at the end of this dark tunnel, nothing can account for the pain of losing a family member, a friend or a neighbor,” Casey said in a Wednesday press release. “We can still save lives.”
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