Apr 7, 2021
The Pennsylvania Department of Health added 4255 new cases of coronavirus to the state's overall total, which is now 1,049,655 since the pandemic began more than one year ago. 37 new deaths attributed to COVID-19 were also reported by the department, leaving the state's count at 25,237. 2247 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 427 of whom are in the intensive care unit.
Lindsey Mauldin, with the Pennsylvania Department of Health, says the state's COVID-19 vaccination program is kicking into gear.
"So far, more than 35-percent of the state's eligible population has received at least one dose. That's three percentage points above the national average of 32-percent," Mauldin says. That figures out to more than 5.7-million vaccinations. More than 2-million Pennsylvanians are considered to be fully vaccinated. About 35-percent of eligible Pennsylvanians have received at least one dose of the vaccine.