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Jefferson County Reports Two New COVID-19 Cases

HARRISBURG, Pa. (EYT) – The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed that Jefferson County reported two new COVID-19 cases as of June 15.

The county’s total number of cases has reached 3,342, and the death toll remains at 99.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed that as of 12:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 15, there were 453 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 1,209,136.

New Statewide Positive Cases Last Seven Days

06/15/21 – 453
06/12/21 through 06/14/21 – 808
06/11/21 – 380
06/10/21 – 560
06/09/21 – 496
06/08/21 – 450

LOCAL REGION

County Previous Total New Cases Total Cases Deaths
Armstrong 6005 3 6008 148
Butler 17565 10 17575 418
Clarion 3203 -1* 3202 95
Clearfield 8635 2 8637 151 (1 new)
Crawford 7525 3 7528 153
Elk 2868 0 2868 41
Forest 1433 0 1433 21
Indiana 6400 12 6412 178 (1 new)
Jefferson 3340 2 3342 99
McKean 3805 1 3806 74
Mercer 9673 10 9683 261
Venango 4084 3 4087 99
Warren 2637 0 2637 103

 

*EDITOR’S NOTE: The total number of COVID-19 cases in Clarion County decreased from 3,203 on 6/14/21 to 3,202 on 6/15/21. The Pa. Dept. of Health previously offered the following explanation in response to Explore’s inquiry on discrepancies:

“The department is continually reviewing the cases reported to the department to ensure that the county of residence is correct. Sometimes lab submission reports may not have the right address of residence, which is corrected once we have the right address. We are working to ensure the information presented is accurate.”

There are 512 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. Of that number, 130 patients are in the intensive care unit with COVID-19. Most of the patients hospitalized are ages 65 or older, and most of the deaths have occurred in patients 65 or older. More data is available here.

The trend in the 14-day moving average number of hospitalized patients per continues to drop, after peaking at 2,661 patients which is slightly below what it was at the height of the spring 2020 peak of 2,751 patients on May 3, 2020. The full 14-day moving average since the start of the pandemic can be found here.

Statewide percent positivity for the week of June 4 – June 10 stood at 1.9%.

The most accurate daily data is available on the website, with archived data also available.

As of 11:59 p.m. Monday, June 14, there were 24 new deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, reported for a total of 27,514 deaths attributed to COVID-19. County-specific information and a statewide map are available on the COVID-19 Data Dashboard.

COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

Pennsylvania hospitals began receiving shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine the week of Dec. 14 and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine the week of Dec. 21. The Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine was first allocated to Pennsylvania the week of March 1. On Friday, April 23, the CDC and FDA notified all COVID-19 vaccine providers that the pause in administering doses of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) vaccine has been lifted. Following the announcement, Pennsylvania resumed Janssen vaccinations. Vaccination numbers for Pennsylvania do not include Philadelphia, which is its own jurisdiction, or federal facilities, which are working directly with the federal government.

Vaccine highlights

Federal data representing all 67 counties:

Statewide data representing the 66 counties within the Department of Health’s vaccine jurisdiction:

Fully vaccinated people may choose not to wear a mask indoors or outdoors unless the business or organization requires it, following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

There are 163,101 individuals who have a positive viral antigen test and are considered probable cases and 638 individuals who have a positive serology test and either COVID-19 symptoms or a high-risk exposure.

There are 4,686,041 individuals who have tested negative to date.

In licensed nursing and personal care homes, there are 71,922 resident cases of COVID-19, and 15,486 cases among employees, for a total of 87,408 at 1,596 distinct facilities in all 67 counties. Out of total deaths reported to PA-NEDSS, 13,331 have occurred in residents from nursing or personal care facilities. A county breakdown can be found here.

Note that the number of deaths reported to NEDSS is not exactly the same as the COVID-19 related deaths reported by the death registry. The number of deaths among nursing and personal care home residents and employees is taken from the PA-NEDSS death data, as this information is not available in the death registry data.

Approximately 28,910 of the total cases are among health care workers.

The Department of Health is working to ensure the vaccine is provided in a way that is ethical, equitable and efficient to all Pennsylvanians:

The Wolf Administration stresses the role Pennsylvanians play in helping to reduce the spread of COVID-19: