Allegheny Co. reports 71 new positive COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths Monday

PITTSBURGH — Allegheny County reported 71 new positive COVID-19 cases, and 2 deaths Monday, according to the Allegheny County Health Department.

With Monday’s new cases, the county’s total positive cases is now at 9,504. In the last 24 hours, the new positive cases come from 944 test results from from Aug.11 through Aug. 16.

Since March, there has been 870 people hospitalized because of the coroanvirus.

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New cases range in patient age from one month to 97 years with an average patient age of 47 years.

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Since March, 290 people have died of COVID-19 complications. The two newly reported deaths are one person in their 80s and one in their 90s with dates of death of Aug. 6 and Aug. 7.

Across the state, 384 additional positive cases of COVID-19 were reported, bringing the statewide total to 124,844. Philadelphia’s numbers were not included in Monday’s total and will be included in tomorrow’s total.

You can find a county-by-county breakdown HERE.

There are 7,468 total deaths attributed to COVID-19. There were no new deaths reported since August 16.

There are 1,342,475 patients who have tested negative to date.

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