COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: State Health Department Reports 4-Day-Total Of 574 New Coronavirus Cases
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
HARRISBURG (KDKA) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 574 new coronavirus cases and 13 additional deaths over the last four days.
This brings the statewide total to 1,213,135 cases and 27,708 total COVID-19 related deaths since the pandemic began.
There are 293 people across the state in the hospital with COVID-19, and 53 patients are in ICUs.
The state says 11,759,994 total vaccine doses have been administered and 5,446,961 people are fully vaccinated. So far, 60.5% of Pennsylvanians age 18 and older are fully vaccinated, and 75.8% of Pennsylvania's entire population has received the first dose.
All Pennsylvanians 16 or older are eligible to get vaccinated, and eligibility for the Pfizer vaccine expanded to children ages 12 to 15 on May 10.
If you have concerns about the virus, you can check out the state's COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring System Dashboard
There are 4,790,260 people who have tested negative for COVID-19 to date.
There have been 72,070 cases among residents and 15,558 cases among employees of licensed nursing and personal care homes statewide. Out of all total deaths, 13,358 have been in residents of nursing or personal care facilities.
The state also reports 29,038 healthcare workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 during the pandemic.
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