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The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Wednesday reported 9,605 new coronavirus cases and 230 deaths in the state.
The new positive tests bring the state’s total to 581,156 and the newly added deaths raise the state’s total to 14,442.
Pennsylvania’s seven-day average of new cases dropped to 8,827 after hitting a peak of 10,579 on Dec. 16.
Allegheny County had the most new cases in the state, followed by Philadelphia (624), York (565), Montgomery (470) and Lancaster (469). Here’s how the rest of the region fared, with change from Tuesday:
Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review
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Allegheny County’s coronavirus case total grew by 830 on Wednesday, putting the county on pace to reach 50,000 later this week.
At its current pace after averaging 819 cases per day over the past week the county’s total will hit 50,000 on Christmas Day. Only Philadelphia has reached that total, crossing 50,000 on Nov. 17. It now has 82,788 cases.
The new cases bring the county’s total to 48,738, according to the Allegheny County Health Department. The new cases 621 confirmed and 209 probable stem from 2,224 new PCR tests.
Westmoreland County added 327 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, the 44th straight day of triple-digit new cases.
The new cases bring the county’s total to 17,406, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Of those new cases, 270 are confirmed and 57 are probable. The PCR test positivity rate of the latest cases was 42.86%.
The county has averaged 323 new cases per day over the past week, with a seven-day total of 2,258.
The county also added seven new deaths, raising that total to 365. State data puts the county’s adjusted death rate per 100,000 residents at 104.1.
According to the state’s covid-19 dashboard, there are currently 176 coronavirus patients hospitalized in the county, a decline of two from Tuesday’s 178. The county has 100 ventilators, with 27 in use, 12 by covid-19 patients. There are 21 coronavirus patients in Westmoreland County ICUs at the moment, with 21.1% of county ICU beds available.
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Mayor Mike Palm can clearly recall the first time he was elected in 2012, and after nine years have passed by quickly, he said this term will be his last.
âI think itâs important for people to realize, in my view, nobody should serve forever,â Palm said.
Palmâs life in public service began during his private career, when he worked for MSA and municipalities throughout the state for 23 years. When he and his family moved to Baraboo in 1988, Palm said they didnât know a single person, but the family quickly adopted the city as home and that the city did the same.