New Coronavirus Cases In Bucks Dip Slightly Thursday

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — The number of new cases of the novel coronavirus in Bucks County dipped slightly on Thursday — the first time in four days that number went down.

Thursday's 18 new cases brought the county's total to 128, officials said late Thursday.

Nine people in Bucks County are now hospitalized with the new coronavirus, with four of them in critical condition.

Dr. David Damsker, director of the Bucks County Health Department, said the other five hospitalized patients are in stable condition. He also said that at least 10 COVID-19 patients in Bucks County are known to have fully recovered, having spent seven days in isolation after symptoms started and being symptom-free for at least 72 consecutive hours.

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Several other patients likely will be released from isolation soon but need to be contacted first for confirmation, Damsker said.

He said most of Bucks County's new cases are people have had contact with someone known to be infected, including family members. The few new community-spread cases were mostly among people who work essential jobs and come into frequent contact with others, such as first responders and medical professionals, according to Damsker.

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"We didn’t get any new cases of community spread among people who were staying at home and only going out to the grocery store or the pharmacy," Damsker said.

Statewide, at least 18 Pennsylvanians have died from coronavirus, and 1,722 cases had been recorded statewide by late Thursday afternoon.

Milford Township was added Thursday to the list of Bucks County municipalities where at least one case of the virus has been reported, bringing the total to 29.

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