COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: State Health Dept. Reports 496 New Cases, 22 Additional Deaths
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
HARRISBURG (KDKA) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 496 new Coronavirus cases and 22 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.
This brings the statewide total to 1,206,935 cases and 27,417 total COVID-19 related deaths since the pandemic began.
There are 710 people across the state in the hospital with COVID-19, and 175 patients are in ICUs.
The state says 10,967,544 total vaccine doses have been administered and 4,945,265 people are fully vaccinated. So far, 56.3% of Pennsylvanians age 18 and older are fully vaccinated, and 59.8% of Pennsylvania's entire population has received the first dose.
Pennsylvania is adopting the CDC's newly relaxed mask-wearing guidelines, meaning fully vaccinated people don't have to wear masks in most places.
The Department of Health says the mask mandate will be lifted on June 28, or even sooner if 70% of adults are fully vaccinated before then.
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 4,652,121 people who have tested negative for COVID-19 to date.
There have been 71,857 cases among residents and 15,457 cases among employees of licensed nursing and personal care homes statewide. Out of all total deaths, 13,325 have been in residents of nursing or personal care facilities.
The state also reports xxxx healthcare workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 during the pandemic.
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