Pennsylvania reports 760 more cases of coronavirus
The Pennsylvania Department of Health added 760 more cases of coronavirus and one death to their totals on Sunday.
The new cases bring the state’s total to 118,852 coronavirus cases and 7,314 deaths since the first cases were reported in March. Of those cases, 115,505 are confirmed and 3,347 are probable.
The deaths continue to strike the state’s elderly population the hardest, with nearly 93 percent of deaths occurring in people 60 or older:
- 20-29 — 0.15%
- 30-39 — 0.34%
- 40-49 — 1.63%
- 50-59 — 5.09%
- 60-69 — 13.85%
- 70-79 — 21.4%
- 80-89 — 31.19%
- 90-99 — 24.77%
- 100+ — 1.58%
There have been more than 24,000 cases reported among residents and employees of nursing and personal care homes — 19,968 among residents and 4,153 among employees. Nearly 5,000 of the state’s death have come from residents of those facilities.
The state also reported that there have been 8,644 cases among health care workers.
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