Coronavirus in Pa.: 860 new cases, 14 new deaths reported Thursday

Gov. Wolf, Health Sec. Levine thank health care workers

Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine visit the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center to thank health care workers for their efforts during the coronavirus pandemic, June 24, 2020. Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com

The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 860 new coronavirus cases on Thursday.

This brings the statewide total to 111,078 cases of the coronavirus, according to the Department of Health.

Along with Monday’s new cases, 14 new deaths were reported in Pennsylvania today, bringing the number of statewide coronavirus fatalities to 7,176.

Allegheny County is reporting an increase of 132 cases, and Philadelphia County is reporting 127 new cases.

The breakdown of positive cases is as follows:

  • 1% are ages 0-4
  • 1% are ages 5-12
  • 3% are ages 13-18
  • 9% are ages 19-24
  • 37% are ages 25-49
  • 23% are ages 50-64
  • Nearly 25% are ages 65 or older

The state administered 163,936 cases between July 23 and July 29. There were 22,996 test results reported to the department through 10 p.m. Monday, with 6,822 of them coming back positive.

More than two-thirds of the state’s coronavirus deaths have occurred in long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes. About 8,165 of the positive cases are among health care workers.

There are 1,088,859 patients who have tested negative as of Thursday.

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