The governor’s temporary COVID-19 restrictions will expire on Monday.
by PublicSource Reporters
The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 7,714 new cases of COVID-19 on New Year’s Day and 9,253 new cases on Saturday, Jan. 2 for a two-day total of 16,967 new cases. The statewide total now stands at 657,292 cases of COVID-19 reported since March 8.
There were 261 new deaths reported statewide; 236 on Dec. 31 and 25 on Jan. 1, bringing the total to 16,239.
Allegheny County reported 1,601 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, Jan. 2, from the previous 48 hours, bringing the county total to 55,410 reported cases.
Of the newly reported cases in the county, 1,224 are confirmed from 4,151 new PCR tests and 377 are probable cases. New cases range in age from 5 months to 104 years with a median age of 49 years. The dates of positive tests ranged from Nov. 18 to Jan. 1 with 122 more than a week old.
There were 22 new deaths reported in the county, with the dates of death ranging from Dec. 10 to 27. Of the newly reported deaths: Two people were in their 60s, four people were in their 70s, 10 people were in their 80s, six people were in their 90s and 13 deaths were associated with long-term care facilities.
County-specific information and a statewide map are available on the COVID-19 Data Dashboard.
Gov. Tom Wolf confirmed Wednesday that mitigation orders announced a few weeks ago that temporarily banned in-door dining, extracurricular school events and gyms, among other restrictions, will expire as planned on Jan. 4. These orders were intended to be targeted specifically to control the virus’ transmission during the holiday season, Wolf said.
“Our mitigation efforts over the past several weeks have done what they were intended to do, and I thank everybody who abided by the restrictions put in place to protect us,” Wolf said.
Wolf made clear that there are still several other orders in place that must be followed.
“I keep saying, we can’t ignore the reality that the virus is out there,” Wolf said. “And whatever we do, this is not me, this is not Secretary Levine talking, this is the virus, saying ‘I’m gonna getcha!’”
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