Bucks Co. Coronavirus Case Count Tops 4,000

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Twenty new coronavirus-related deaths were reported in Bucks County on Monday, as county officials continued their push to speed up reopening.

The Bucks County Health Department reported 82 new cases of the virus on Monday. Of those, 49 were among residents of long-term care facilities, three were employees of those facilities and eight were the result of community spread.

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Eight people caught the virus from someone in their household, four were infected at work, two are healthcare workers and one is a prison inmate, county health officials said.

"While we continue to sympathize with the families of those who have lost loved ones, we remain on a positive and consistent track with regard to low numbers of community spread in Bucks County," said health department Director Dr. David Damsker.

Over the weekend, Bucks County officials met with state Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine and staff from Gov. Tom Wolf's office over the weekend, pushing to have coronavirus-related social distancing measured relaxed soon.

Bucks County officials said they've asked for an answer from state officials by Wednesday.

Workers doing contact tracing were unable to reach seven of the newly infected people, but will make further attempts, officials said.

The new cases pushed Bucks County’s total to 4,003. Of those, 1,765 have been residents or employees of long-term care facilities, officials said.

The deaths reported Monday were of 11 men and nine women, between the ages of 58 and 100. Seventeen of the 20 lives in long-term care facilities.

A total of 332 Bucks County residents have now died in the coronavirus outbreak — 274 of them in long-term care faciliites.

On Monday, 183 people remained hospitalized with the coronavirus in Bucks County, with 19 in critical condition and on ventilators. A total of 1,071 people in the county have been confirmed to have recovered from the virus.

Also Monday, county-run Neshaminy Manor Nursing Home said that a total of 35 residents who tested positive for the coronavirus have died there since the pandemic began.

County officials recently conducted mass testing at Neshaminy Manor, resulting in 82 residents testing positive and 141 testing negative. Eight of those who tested positive have fully recovered, while "most of our other residents are slowly improving," the facility said Monday.

Fifty-eight staff members at Neshaminy Manor have tested positive for COVID-19, 46 of whom have fully recovered. The others are still being monitored by the county health department.

Statistics, charts and other coronavirus-related information for Bucks County can be found on the county's coronavirus data portal.

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