Erie County reports 16 COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, 239 new cases
Erie County reported 16 deaths Thursday due to COVID-19 complications, the highest number reported in a single day since Jan. 28.
Those deaths did not all occur in a single day, however. The county tends to report COVID-19 deaths in groups once or twice a week.
County officials did not immediately know when the deaths occurred. A total of 573 county residents has died from COVID-19 since the pandemic started.
The county also reported 239 new COVID-19 cases Thursday and nine reinfections since Saturday. A total of 33,276 new cases and 280 reinfections have been reported since March 2020.
One hundred county residents with COVID-19 were hospitalized Wednesday evening, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported. The number included 52 in intensive care units and 16 who needed ventilators.
The county's 14-day moving average of daily hospitalizations rose Thursday to 78.8.
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