PA Coronavirus: Nearly 5K Cases, 63 Deaths

HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania health officials said Tuesday there have been 756 new cases of the new coronavirus, bringing the state total to 4,843 in 60 counties. Fourteen additional deaths were also confirmed, bringing the state's coronavirus death toll to 63 as of Tuesday.

The state's case count is up by 4,000 in just a week. On March 24, Pennsylvania reported a total of 851 cases and seven deaths.

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Here are the totals by county as of Tuesday, according to the Pennsylvania Dept. of Health:

• Adams: 9
• Allegheny: 325 (2 deaths)
• Armstrong: 5
• Beaver: 52 (1 death)
• Bedford: 2
• Berks: 110
• Blair: 4
• Bradford: 7
• Bucks: 286 (3 deaths)
• Butler: 60 (2 deaths)
• Cambria: 2
• Cameron: 1
• Carbon: 17 (1 death)
• Centre: 26
• Chester: 159
• Clarion: 3
• Clearfield: 4
• Columbia: 7
• Crawford: 4
• Cumberland: 36 (1 death)
• Dauphin: 45 (1 death)
• Delaware: 338 (5 deaths)
• Erie: 14
• Fayette: 14
• Franklin: 19
• Greene: 9
• Huntingdon: 1
• Indiana: 6
• Juniata: 3
• Lackawanna: 78 (3 deaths)
• Lancaster: 123 (3 deaths)
• Lawrence: 13 (2 deaths)
• Lebanon: 28
• Lehigh: 272 (4 deaths)
• Luzerne: 212 (4 deaths)
• Lycoming: 6
• Mckean: 1
• Mercer: 8
• Mifflin: 2
• Monroe: 236 (7 deaths)
• Montgomery: 570 (6 deaths)
• Montour: 9
• Northampton: 245 (5 deaths)
• Northumberland: 1
• Perry: 1
• Philadelphia: 1197 (10 deaths)
• Pike: 48 (1 death)
• Potter: 2
• Schuylkill: 38
• Snyder: 2 (1 death)
• Somerset: 2
• Susquehanna: 1
• Tioga: 2
• Union: 4
• Venango: 3
• Warren: 1
• Washington: 33
• Wayne: 10
• Westmoreland: 61
• York: 66

Since March 6, more than 500 Pennsylvanians have been hospitalized due to complications from COVID-19.

As of Tuesday, here is the age range of positive cases:

Here is the hospitalization rate by age:

In response to the public health crisis, Gov. Tom Wolf last week ordered all non-life-sustaining businesses in Pennsylvania close their physical locations. Enforcement is underway.

A Stay at Home order is in place in 33 Pennsylvania counties. The order has been extended through April 30 and on Tuesday was expanded to include seven additional counties. Wolf has added Cameron, Crawford, Forest, Franklin, Lawrence, Lebanon, and Somerset counties to the order.

Wolf said Monday that school and non-essential business closures are currently "indefinite."

>>>Full coverage of coronavirus in Pennsylvania here.