8 New Bucks Coronavirus Deaths, All In Care Facilities

UPDATE: 11 More Die From Coronavirus In Bucks Co.

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Eight new deaths from the COVID-19 coronavirus were reported in Bucks County on Sunday — all of them residents of long-term care facilities or medical rehabilitation centers.

The deaths brought Bucks County's total from the coronavirus to 88. Another 94 positive cases of the virus were reported Sunday in Bucks, bringing the county's total to 1,886.

The deaths on Sunday were of four men, ages 97, 88, 79 and 50, and four women, ages 98, 88, 84 and 70.

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Officials said Sunday that more than half of those who have died from the virus in Bucks County lived in long-term care facilities.

As of Sunday, there were 147 people with coronavirus hospitalized in Bucks County, 25 of them in critical condition and on ventilators. A total of 379 are confirmed to have recovered and been released from isolation.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 1,215 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the statewide total to 32,284.

The state also reported 276 new deaths, but Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine said the increase was largely due to reconciling state data with other sources, including county and municipal health departments. The statewide total is now 1,112.

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

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