29 New Coronavirus Cases, 1 Death In Bucks Co.

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Bucks County health officials reported 29 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, a small bump upward after days of new case counts being in the teens.

Of the 29, six of the cases actually were delayed reports of cases that are weeks old, the Bucks County Department of Health reported.

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One new death also was reported from COVID-19 in Bucks County on Tuesday — an 89-year-old man who was in long-term care and had underlying health conditions. That brought Bucks County's death toll from the coronavirus to 503 since the outbreak began.

On Friday, Bucks County is scheduled to move to the green phase of Gov. Tom Wolf's COVID-19 plan. Restaurants will be allowed to open their dining rooms and businesses like barber shops, gyms and nail salons will be allowed to open for the first time since March.

Safety restrictions at those businesses will be in place under the plan and Bucks County officials say they'll be enforcing them strictly to try to keep infection numbers low in the county.

Prior to Tuesday, Bucks County had averaged about 14 new coronavirus cases per day over the past three days, with no new deaths reported. Of the 29 cases reported on Tuesday, just three were attributed to pure community spread, which is when the patient does not know how they got sick.

On Tuesday, 77 people remained hospitalized with the virus in Bucks County, with 12 of them in critical condition and on ventilators.

In all, 5,284 people in Bucks County have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak began.

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