Health & Fitness
Bucks Co. Coronavirus Cases Down Over Long Weekend
The four-day total of 103 new cases was the county's lowest since March.
BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Over the Memorial Day weekend, Bucks County reported some of its lowest single-day totals for the coronavirus since the outbreak began.
The reports came in the days after Gov. Tom Wolf announced that Bucks and other southeastern Pennsylvania counties would be moving out of the most-restrictive red phase of his reopening plan and into the yellow phase.
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The Bucks County Department of Health reported 30 new infections on Saturday, 22 on Sunday, 24 on Monday and 27 on Tuesday. The four-day total of 103 new cases was the county's lowest since March.
"We’re seeing the true payoff of the difficult sacrifices our residents and businesses have made to stop COVID-19," said health department Director Dr. David Damsker. "If we all keep doing the little things like masking, hand sanitizing and social distancing, we will be able to keep the case numbers down. That’s how we will get to 'green' in the next several weeks."
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Eighteen new deaths were reported over the same four-day period in Bucks County. All of those people had underlying health conditions and all but four lived in long-term care facilities, officials said. Sixteen were age 70 or older, one was 52 and one was 32.
To date, 436 people have died with COVID-19 in Bucks County.
On Tuesday, 105 people remained hospitalized with the virus, 23 of them in critical condition and on ventilators. Bucks has had 4,672 residents infected with the virus. Of those, 1,473 are confirmed to have recovered.
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Wolf announced on Friday that all counties that are still under the red phase of his reopening plan are scheduled to move to yellow by June 4. Under the yellow phase, most businesses that are now closed will be allowed to reopen with certain safety restrictions.
Statistics, charts and other coronavirus-related information for Bucks County can be found on the county's coronavirus data portal.
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