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Latest PA Coronavirus Data, Updates: 839 Cases, 4 New Deaths
Pennsylvania health officials on Monday confirmed 839 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 108,264.
HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania health officials on Monday confirmed 839 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 108,264.
Allegheny County reported an increase of 180 cases and Philadelphia County reported an increase of 166 cases.
Also Monday, four new deaths were reported, bringing the statewide death toll from the virus to 7,122.
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Meanwhile, officials said Friday the percent-positivity rate of coronavirus in Pennsylvania has increased to 4.7 percent. The metric, used by officials to monitor the status of the virus statewide, stood at 4.4 percent last week.
There are now 14 counties with a "concerning" positivity level across Pennsylvania, state officials said. That's up from 10 last week.
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Those counties are Beaver (8.7%), Armstrong (8.6%), Franklin (7.7%), Mercer (7.6%), Allegheny (6.6%), Lawrence (6.2%), Chester (6.0%), Philadelphia (5.6%), Fayette (5.4%), York (5.4%), Dauphin (5.3%), Delaware (5.3%), Bedford (5.1%) and Greene (5.1%).
The World Health Organization has said positivity rates should be under 5 percent.
According to the governor's weekly status update, the state has seen a seven-day new case increase of 5,912. It's another bump over the last two seven-day increases, which have been 5,579 and 4,914.
Pennsylvania has 105,571 total cases. Friday saw the highest single-day increase in more than 10 weeks, with 1,213 new cases reported.
Meanwhile, the Phillies canceled its home game Monday due to the virus after the Marlins had 14 players and coaches who tested positive for the coronavirus in recent days. The Marlins and Phillies faced each other in the season-opening series over the weekend.
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