COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: State Reports 5,198 More Coronavirus Cases And 44 Additional Deaths
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
HARRISBURG (KDKA) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 5,198 new coronavirus cases and 44 additional deaths.
This brings the statewide total to 1,370,247 cases and 28,812 total COVID-19 related deaths since the pandemic began.
There are 2,337 people across the state in the hospital with COVID-19, with 589 in ICUs.
The state says 12,538,139 total vaccine doses have been administered, and 6,120,675 people are fully vaccinated. So far, 67.5% 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
#COVID19 Update (as of 9/17/21 at 12:00 am):
• 5,198 additional positive cases of COVID-19
• 1,370,247 total cases statewide
• 28,812 deaths statewide
• 12,538,139 doses of vaccine have been administered (as of 9/17/21)More information: https://t.co/7pzosEXhEX
— PA Department of Health (@PAHealthDept) September 17, 2021
There are 5,309,189 people who have tested negative for COVID-19 to date.
There have been 75,451 cases among residents and 16,142 cases among employees of licensed nursing and personal care homes statewide. Out of all total deaths, 14,053 have been in residents of nursing or personal care facilities.
The state also reports 30,699 healthcare workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 during the pandemic.
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