Update: 3/26/2020 2:30 PM
The Pa Department of Health held its Daily Health Update. Notes from the stream are below. You can watch the full update HERE.
Dr. Levine:
- Cases have now been seen in 48 counties.
- Still seeing an exponential rise in new cases.
- Most positive cases are in 50 and over age bracket.
- This is approx. 46% of all cases.
- 39% of cases are in the 25-49 year age bracket.
- More than 170 people have required hospitalizations since March 6th.
- That is about 10% of individuals who have tested positive.
- 56 have needed care in ICU.
- 32 have required the help of breathing machines.
- We now have 16 deaths in the state.
- 68% of deaths have been over the age of 65.
- The state continues to distribute PPE to hospitals, counties, care centers, etc.
- 678,630 N95 Masks
- 207,600 Procedure Masks
- 380,000 Gloves
- 36,870 PPE Gowns
- 44,000 Goggles and Face Protection Shields
- Know someone having a mental health crisis? Text 'PA' to 741741.
- Stay Calm. Stay Home. Stay Safe.
- Dept. of Health is re-evaluating the closure of dental care offices.
Gov. Wolf:
- We are just now seeing people who contracted the virus about two weeks ago.
- To get through this crisis, we will need to work together to slow the spread of this virus.
- The hospitals will face capacity issues.
- Yesterday, the state legislature approved a $50 Million funding infusion to our state healthcare system.
- Continue to distance ourselves socially to do our part to buy our healthcare system time.
- This virus can hide for 14 days before you show symptoms, so we must act as if we all have it.
- Just about 650,000 Pennsylvanians have submitted unemployment claims.
- The state is working hard to process these claims as quickly as possible.
- By the end of tomorrow they are expecting that number to be over 800,000 claims.
Update: 3/26/2020 12:30 PM
The PA Dept. of Health have released updated COVID-19 numbers for 3/26/20. They've added 560 additional cases since yesterday, brining the statewide total to 1,687. Five more deaths have been reported for a total of 16. 16,441 Pennsylvanians have tested negative. There is a 2pm scheduled video update. We will update this page with notes from it.
Reported Western Pennsylvania counties:
- Allegheny: 133
- Fayette: 8
- Washington: 12
- Beaver: 13
- Butler: 19
- Lawrence: 1
- Westmoreland: 24
- Mercer: 3
- Greene: 3
- Armstrong: 1
- Indiana: 1
Original Article: 3/26/2020 11:24 AM
The Allegheny Health Department has announced forty-five New Cases of COVID-19 in the County brining the total to 133 cases. Of those cases twenty were hospitalized. There have been two deaths.
Breakdown of cases by age group:
- 0-4 years: 1
- 5-12 years: 1
- 13-18 years: 3
- 19-24 years: 21
- 25-49 years: 52
- 50-64 years: 37
- 65+ years: 18
"The department continues to conduct contact tracing with those who have tested positive, making recommendations for self-quarantine as appropriate. Residents are encouraged to comply with the Governor’s stay-at-home order in order to slow the spread of the virus in our community"
We will update this page after the State's Daily Health Update this afternoon.
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