By LAURA OLSON THE MORNING CALL JUN 15, 2020
Pennsylvania reported 323 more cases of COVID-19 across the state Monday and 28 new deaths, according to daily data released by the state Health Department.
Since the pandemic reached Pennsylvania in March, there have been 79,121 people infected with the virus and 6,243 who died from it.
The Lehigh Valley added another 10 cases, for a total of 7,203. As of Monday, there have been 512 total deaths between Lehigh and Northampton counties, an increase of four additional deaths.
Most of the deaths have occurred in people 65 years old or older, including 4,268 among residents of nursing or personal care facilities.
“With more than half of the state now in the green phase of the process to reopen, it is essential that we continue to take precautions to protect against COVID-19,” Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine said in a statement. “The commonwealth’s careful, measured approach to reopening is working as we see case counts continue to decline even as many other states see increases. But the virus has not gone away.”
Nationwide, there have been nearly 2.1 million infections and nearly 116,000 deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University researchers. Globally, more than 7.9 million people have been infected with the virus, with more than 434,000 people dying from it.
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