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COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: State Reports 5,012 New Cases, 170 More Deaths

By: KDKA-TV News Staff

HARRISBURG (KDKA) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 5,012 new coronavirus cases and 170 additional deaths.

This brings the statewide total to 1,491,146 cases and 30,228 total COVID-19 related deaths since the pandemic began.

There are 3,031 people across the state in the hospital with COVID-19, with 678 in ICUs.

The state says 13,169,965 total vaccine doses have been administered, and 6,305,483 people are fully vaccinated. So far, 69.9% of Pennsylvanians age 18 and older are fully vaccinated.

All Pennsylvanians 16 or older are eligible to get vaccinated, and eligibility for the Pfizer vaccine expanded to children ages 12 to 15 on May 10.

If you have concerns about the virus, you can check out the state's COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring System Dashboard

There are 5,581,106 people who have tested negative for COVID-19 to date.

There have been 77,714 cases among residents and 16,680 cases among employees of licensed nursing and personal care homes statewide. Out of all total deaths, 14,224 have been in residents of nursing or personal care facilities.

The state also reports xxxx healthcare workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 during the pandemic.

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