From BillyPenn – September 4, 2020
At a glance (vs. a week ago)
Pennsylvania: cases ↑, positivity rate ↔
Philadelphia: cases ↑, positivity rate ↑
- Pennsylvania’s rolling average is 802 new cases/day, 23% higher than a week ago. The state has recorded 137k positives out of 1.70M tested. The average statewide positivity rate over the past week is 3.0%, one-tenth of a point higher than a week ago. [health.pa.gov]
- Philadelphia is averaging 117 new cases/day (up 26% from a week ago) out of about 2,660 daily tests. The average positivity rate is 4.4%, more than a point up from a week ago. Philly has recorded 34.3k cases out of 325k residents tested. [phila.gov]
- In the city, 1,759 people are known to have died of COVID-19, with a rolling average of 1 person lost each day. Statewide, there have been 7,712 related deaths. The average of 14 lives lost daily is the same as a week ago. [phila.gov]
- Health Commissioner Farley said colleges probably account for rising case counts in Philadelphia and across the state. He recommended students move back to wherever they stayed over the summer, to decrease neighborhood density. [@billy_penn]
- With 236 positives, Temple has canceled in-person teaching for the rest of the fall semester. Students can get a refund on housing + meal plan if they decide to leave by Sept. 13, per the university. [Billy Penn/Temple]
- Weekly reports from the Pa. Dept. of Health are missing death data for up to 100 of the state’s 693 nursing homes. Officials say they’re working with care facilities to fix the reporting process. [Spotlight PA]
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