Allegheny Co. Health Department reports lowest daily COVID-19 increase since June

PITTSBURGH — Allegheny County reported 45 new positive COVID-19 cases Tuesday, and some of those then are from test results dating back more than a month, according to the Allegheny County Health Department. Despite the length of time, this marks the daily lowest total since late June.

The agency will also transition to reporting hospitalizations from the virus on a weekly basis instead of each day.

With Tuesday’s new cases, the county’s total positive cases is now at 9,549. In the last 24 hours, the new positive cases come from 810 test results from from July 14 through Aug. 17. Of those results, 85% were from tests collected in the past two weeks and 66% or two-thirds were from tests conducted since Friday.

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New cases range in patient age from 17 years to 91 years with an average patient age of 45 years.

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One additional death was reported Tuesday. The newly reported death is of a person in their 70s whose date of death was August 17, 2020. The case was associated with a long-term care facility. Since March, 291 people have died of COVID-19 complications.

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