COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: State Reports 5,583 New Cases, 93 More Deaths
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
HARRISBURG (KDKA) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 5,583 new coronavirus cases and 93 additional deaths.
This brings the statewide total to 1,469,847 cases and 29,907 total COVID-19 related deaths since the pandemic began.
There are 2,930 people across the state in the hospital with COVID-19, with 680 in ICUs.
The state says 13,045,836 total vaccine doses have been administered, and 6,264,513 people are fully vaccinated. So far, 69.4% 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 5,539,301 people who have tested negative for COVID-19 to date.
There have been 77,244 cases among residents and 16,517 cases among employees of licensed nursing and personal care homes statewide. Out of all total deaths, 14,176 have been in residents of nursing or personal care facilities.
The state also reports 31,403 healthcare workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 during the pandemic.
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