By JENNIFER SHEEHAN The Morning Call | JUN 23, 2020 AT 12:09 PM

A total of 510 new cases were reported by the state Department of Health on Tuesday. That’s up slightly from Monday when 456 new cases were reported.

To date, there have been 82,696 infections statewide since the start of the pandemic.

Deaths  38 new deaths, bringing the total to 6,464. On Monday, 3 deaths were reported.

Long-term care homes: 17,294 resident cases of COVID-19, and 3,082 cases among employees, for a total of 20,376. Out of the state’s total deaths, 4,410 have occurred in residents from nursing or personal care facilities.

Hospitalizations 743 people are currently hospitalized Tuesday afternoon, a decrease of three from Monday. Of those, 146 patients are on ventilators.

Testing: There were 11,255 new tests, for a positive-test rate of 4.5%, compared with 4.2 percent positive the day before. In addition to the 82,696 positive-test cases to date, there have been 596,407 negative test results. This puts the overall positive test rate at 12.2 %.

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