COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: State Health Department Reports Over 4,000 New Coronavirus Cases, Bringing Statewide Total To 1,126,850
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
HARRISBURG (KDKA) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 4,188 new Coronavirus cases and 59 additional deaths.
This brings the statewide total to 1,126,850 cases and 25,938 total COVID-19 related deaths since the pandemic began.
The Health Department says the statewide percent positivity for the week of April 9-15 stood at 9.6%.
There are 2,808 people across the state in the hospital with COVID-19 and 571 patients are in ICUs.
The state says 7,788,830 vaccine doses have been administered so far, and 3,076,391 people are fully vaccinated. All Pennsylvanians 16 or older are eligible to get vaccinated.
If you have concerns about the virus, you can check out the state's COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring System Dashboard
There are 4,332,764 individuals who have tested negative for COVID-19 to date.
There have been 70,383 cases among residents and 14,692 cases among employees of licensed nursing and personal care homes statewide. Out of all total deaths, 13,067 have been in residents of nursing or personal care facilities.
The state also reports 27,451 healthcare workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 during the pandemic.
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