COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: State Reports 3-Day Total Of 12,223 Cases, 87 Deaths
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
HARRISBURG (KDKA) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 12,223 new coronavirus cases and 87 additional deaths over the past three days.
This brings the statewide total to 1,415,049 cases and 29,151 total COVID-19 related deaths since the pandemic began.
There are 2,691 people across the state in the hospital with COVID-19, with 660 in ICUs.
The state says 12,706,667 total vaccine doses have been administered, and 6,195,256 people are fully vaccinated. So far, 68.5% of Pennsylvanians age 18 and older are fully vaccinated.
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 5,424,046 people who have tested negative for COVID-19 to date.
There have been 76,093 cases among residents and 16,275 cases among employees of licensed nursing and personal care homes statewide. Out of all total deaths, 14,094 have been in residents of nursing or personal care facilities.
The state also reports 30,979 healthcare workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 during the pandemic.
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