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The Allegheny County Health Department reported 276 new COVID-19 cases and three new deaths Saturday.
Of the reported cases — from positive tests dated Dec. 5 to March 5 — individuals ranged in age from 3 months to 90 years, with a median age of 34. Five positive tests were more than a week old; 206 of the cases are confirmed and 70 are probable.
The deaths reported Saturday ranged in date from Oct. 15 to Dec. 9. Two were associated with a long-term care facility. One person was in their 80s and two were in their 90s.
To date, the Allegheny County Health Department has reported 78,079 cases, 1,700 deaths from the virus and 5,143 past and present hospitalizations.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 2,789 new COVID-19 cases and 55 new deaths Saturday, bringing the totals since the start of the pandemic to 946,985 cases and 24,317 deaths.
Nursing and personal care home residents and employees represent about 8.6% of the state’s cases and approximately 52% of the state’s deaths. Healthcare workers represent about 2.7% of the state’s cases.
Pennsylvania set to administer Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday that Pennsylvania will administer its doses of the newly FDA-approved one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to public and private school staff as a priority in an effort to more quickly reopen schools.
“Getting students back into classrooms is a priority for our COVID task force,” Wolf said in a Wednesday press briefing. “We all know that in-person education is absolutely important for students, and we all want to give our students the tools they need to succeed.”
In the new vaccine’s first week of distribution, the federal government will distribute 94,600 doses directly to Pennsylvania and 30,000 to CVS pharmacies in the state. Wolf said all of the more than 120,000 doses will go to teachers and other public and private school staff such as janitors and bus drivers.
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