PA Covid-19 Cases Stll Rising

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

Cases of the coronavirus continue to rise in Pennsylvania with a new total of 41,165 victims, with many living in nursing homes or personal care homes.
State health officials disclosed today that an additional 1,116 new cases were reported since Saturday.
The department also provided a county by county breakdown of the numbers of cases reported from nursing homes and personal care facilities. The report does not identify the specific nursing homes.
Montgomery County in suburban Philadelphia had the highest total coming from the long term care facilities.
Overall the state has reported 6,812 cases of Covid-19 among residents of nursing homes and personal care facilities. In addition 822 employees of those 431 facilities also have tested positive. A total of 952 deaths of patients occurred in those long term facilities. Those deaths account for more than half of the state's overall Covid-19 death toll, 1550
The county breakdown shows a total of 1,182 Covid-19 victims were residing at 72 different Montgomery County facilities. Thirty-two employee at those facilities also tested positive for the disease. The report shows there were 168 deaths.
In neighboring Philadelphia 1,115 patients tested positive along with four employees of the 50 long term care facilities. According to the report 91 deaths were reported from the Philadelphia facilities.

At the opposite end of the state Allegheny county reported 254 residents of 32 long term facilities were sickened along with 82 employees. There were 52 deaths.
In Lancaster County 361 long term care patients were sickened with the virus along with 78 employees. There were 57 deaths.
Bucks County facilities reported 518 patients were infected along with 91 employees from a total of 43 facilities. There were 42 deaths.
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