Bucks Coronavirus Death Toll Hits 110

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Bucks County's death toll from the new coronavirus crossed 100 and rose to 110 on Tuesday, with 11 more deaths reported.

All 11 deaths were of residents of long-term care facilities, Bucks County Health Department Director Dr. David Damsker said, and four of them happened earlier this month but were not reported to the department until Tuesday.

In Bucks County, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities have been among the hardest hit by the coronavirus, in terms of both infections and deaths.

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Damsker said spread elsewhere in the community remains low and that up to three-quarters of all new cases are among healthcare workers and people who live in long-term care facilities.

Positive cases at the Bucks County prisons also have increased in recent days. Damsker said 19 employees and 33 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19.

Staff members, some of whom have recovered and returned to duty, have been isolated at home with mild symptoms, while inmates have been isolated, almost all with mild symptoms. Since March 11, the county prisons have reduced the inmate population by almost one-third to make it easier to isolate those who have coronavirus and those showing possible symptoms of illness.

Bucks County reported 92 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, raising the overall total to 2,067.

At least 459 people who have had the virus in Bucks County have recovered and have been released from isolation. There were 169 patients hospitalized on Tuesday, 26 of them in critical condition and on ventilators.

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

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