Latest PA Coronavirus Data: 711 More Cases, 706 Hospitalized

HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania health officials on Monday reported 711 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 101,738 cases. Of those, 75 percent of patients have recovered.

Also Monday, three new deaths were reported, bringing the statewide coronavirus death toll to 7,018.

Hospitalizations have ticked up slightly: one week ago, there was an average of 634 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 over a 14-day period. As of Monday, there are 706 people with COVID-19 hospitalized in Pennsylvania. More than 1,150 are available ICU beds in the state.

Those 80 and older make up the largest portion of deaths: more than 2,200 people in their 80s and 1,700 people in their 90s have died from the virus.

Pennsylvania's statewide percent-positivity rate — a key metric used to show the prevalence of COVID-19 cases — remained under 5 percent last week, but officials say they continue to monitor elevated levels in 10 counties.

The latest percent-positivity data, released Friday as part of Gov. Tom Wolf's weekly status update, shows "cause for concern with case increases and percent-positivity above 5 percent in multiple counties," the governor said.

Those counties are Beaver (8.2 percent), Allegheny (7.5 percent), Washington (6.2 percent), Indiana (6.1 percent), Lawrence (6.1 percent), York (6.1 percent), Lebanon (6.0 percent), Philadelphia (5.5 percent), Dauphin (5.1 percent) and Westmoreland (5.0 percent).

The World Health Organization has said positivity rates should be under 5 percent.

Pennsylvania on Saturday surpassed 100,000 total COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.