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Westmoreland County added 397 additional covid cases and 9 new deaths Thursday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported.
The additional deaths bring the county’s death toll to 326. There have been 122 deaths attributed to the disease this month in the county. The county ranks as the 12th-highest death toll in the state.
After topping the 15,000 mark on Wednesday, the total number of cases in the county now stands at 15,545, with 11,917 confirmed and 3,628 probable since the first cases were reported in March.
The Department of Health defines a probable case as one in which a patient has “a positive serology (antibody) test and either covid-19 symptoms or a high-risk exposure” to someone who has been confirmed to have coronavirus.