Pa. As the number of covid cases increases, hospitalization will decrease for the first time in nearly three weeks

Coronavirus cases continue to grow state-wide, with the latest figures released Friday by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

However, covid’s hospitalization in the state declined for the first time in almost three weeks. It provided a little more positive news, coupled with the fact that more than 20% of the state’s population is fully vaccinated.

Case

In Pennsylvania, a total of 5,048 new covid-19 cases were added on Friday. This is the second time that more than 5,000 cases have been reported in one day in April. The state’s seven-day average jumped to 4,384, with a seven-day total of 30,686, the highest since February 4.

Of the new cases in the state, 4,072 were confirmed by PCR and 976 were listed as possible cases. Health officials have defined patients who are positive for viral antigens or who may be present with “high-risk exposure” to those who have been confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus. I have.

Since the beginning of last year’s pandemic, Pennsylvania has had a total of 1,064,092 covid-19 cases.

In Allegheny County, 593 new cases were added, averaging 442 for 7 days and 3,097 for 7 days. This is the highest number since January 20th. Of the county’s new cases, 433 were identified and 160 were listed as possible. The age of the new cases ranged from 7 months to 96 years, with a median age of 29 years.

The age breakdown of the latest cases in Allegheny County (318 women and 275 men) is as follows:

• 0-4 years: 23
• 5-12 years: 63
• 13-18 years old: 67
• 19-24 years: 72
• 25-49 years old: 245
• 50-64 years: 82
• 65 years old and over: 41 years old

There are a total of 89,545 covid-19 cases in Allegheny County, with 68,925 confirmed by PCR.

There were 165 new cases in Westmoreland County. This is the second highest number this month. The county’s 7-day average of cases is currently 129, and the total number of 7-day cases is 905, the highest number since January 25. Of the county’s new cases, 97 were identified and 68 were listed as possible.

A total of 30,300 covid-19 cases were found in Westmoreland County, with 20,869 confirmed by PCR.

Allegheny outperformed all counties in Pennsylvania on Friday and slightly outperformed Philadelphia (590) in 593 proceedings. This was followed by Bucks (307), Montgomery (285) and Burks (201). Fifty-three counties reported less than 100 new cases, 40 of which were less than 50.

Other Western Pennsylvania Countys reporting cases:

• Washington 15,732 (+94)
• Butler 15,797 (+82)
• Fayette 11,602 (+67)
• Beaver 13,681 (+65)
• Ellie 19,064 (+55)
• Indiana 5,537 (+23)
• Somerset 7,088 (+22)
• Armstrong 5,325 (+19)
• Lawrence 6,834 (+16)

Dead (number)

There were 35 covid-related deaths reported by the state on Friday, with a total of 214 deaths over the seven days, the highest ever in April. Over the last three weeks, that number has fluctuated between 172 and 226. To date, there have been 25,362 covid-related deaths in the state.

The Allegheny County Health Department added 10 deaths on Friday, mostly due to state data imports from electronic death reporting systems. Three of the fatalities were associated with long-term care facilities. Allegheny County health officials have killed a total of 1,807 people, while the state reports a total of 1,838 people. There is no explanation for the difference.

Allegheny County’s death date ranges from March 30th to Wednesday. Of the fatalities, one was in their thirties, one was in their fifties, two were in their sixties, two were in their 70s, three were in their 80s, and one was in their 90s.

No new deaths have been reported in Westmoreland County for the fourth time this month. The total number of deaths there remains 712.

Hospitalization

In Pennsylvania, the number of residents hospitalized for covid-19 has declined for the first time in 20 days.At the time of Latest data On Friday, the hospital had 2,439 people, a decrease of 12 people. Of those hospitalized, 496 are in the intensive care unit. There are 21 fewer than 517 on Thursday. There are 251 ventilators throughout the state.

In Allegheny County, hospitalizations have declined for the first time in the last 12 days, and 275 people are currently being treated at the institution. The number has decreased by 13 since Thursday. Of the hospitalized patients, 83 are in the ICU and 32 are on ventilator.

There are 43 people in Westmoreland County hospitals (two more than Thursday), 10 in the ICU and 6 in the ventilator.

vaccination

Look at the Latest data, 1 in 5 Pennsylvania is fully vaccinated from covid-19. According to Friday’s data, at least 2,559,001 (20.15%) citizens have been vaccinated with the Johnson & Johnson single-shot vaccine or both Pfizer or Moderna. The data does not yet include the latest Philadelphia figures, which provide unique information about vaccination.

Currently, at least 4,594,900 (36.17%) citizens have been vaccinated with at least one Covid vaccine.

In Allegheny County, 257,541 (21.05%) are fully vaccinated, while 477,395 (39.02%) are vaccinated at least once. In Westmoreland County, 67,644 (18.52%) are fully vaccinated, while 121,207 (33.19%) are vaccinated at least once.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Data tracker, Pennsylvania received 8,911,635 vaccinations, of which 6,819,136 (76.52%) were administered. This puts Pennsylvania 27th out of 50 states in terms of the proportion of covid vaccines given.

On Monday, Pennsylvania will move to Phase 1C and be vaccinated. Transportation and logistics, water and sewage, food services, housing construction, finance (including bank tellers), information technology, telecommunications, energy (including nuclear) reactors), legal services, federal, state, county and municipal labor Persons (including county elected workers, elected officials and judicial members and their staff), media, public safety and public health workers.