Dec. 30: 400 deaths
The previous high for reported deaths (15) was reached three times, on Dec. 2, 9 and 30.
The county also added 331 new cases, raising the county’s total to 20,724. Of those, 143 are confirmed and 188 are probable. Overall, the county has seen 15,390 confirmed cases and 5,334 probable cases from 90,207 total tests.
According to the state’s covid-19 dashboard, there are currently 179 coronavirus patients hospitalized in the county, up one from Tuesday’s 178. The county has 100 ventilators, with 23 in use, 11 by covid-19 patients. There are 16 coronavirus patients in Westmoreland County ICUs, with 24.4% of county ICU beds available.
The state vaccine dashboard shows that 4,914 doses of covid vaccines have been administered in the county.