Daniel Patrick Sheehan reports for The Morning Call
The state Department of Health on Thursday reported 980 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 65,392.
The death toll rose by 102 to 4,869.
The state reported 303,514 people have tested negative for the coronavirus, which has killed more than 93,600 Americans and about 330,000 people worldwide since emerging in China late last year. The first Pennsylvania cases were reported March 6.
In Lehigh County, 192 people have died of the illness. Northampton County has recorded 186 deaths.
The age breakdown of positive cases:
- Nearly 1% are ages 0-4;
- Nearly 1% are ages 5-12;
- Nearly 2% are ages 13-18;
- Nearly 6% are ages 19-24;
- Nearly 37% are ages 25-49;
- Nearly 26% are ages 50-64; and
- Nearly 29% are ages 65 or older.
Most of the patients hospitalized are 65 or older, and most of the deaths have occurred among patients in that age category.
Nursing and personal care homes report 14,113 resident cases of COVID-19, and 2,306 cases among employees, for a total of 16,419 at 570 distinct facilities in 44 counties.
Of total deaths, 3,234 have been residents from nursing or personal care facilities. Approximately 4,871 cases are in health care workers.
Non-life-sustaining businesses in the red phase are ordered to be closed and schools are closed statewide through the remainder of the academic year. Currently, 37 counties are in the yellow phase of reopening; 12 more will move to the yellow phase Friday.
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