COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: State Reports 5,130 New Cases, 72 Additional Deaths
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
HARRISBURG (KDKA) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 5,130 new coronavirus cases and 72 additional deaths.
This brings the statewide total to 1,585,476 cases and 31,855 total COVID-19 related deaths since the pandemic began.
There are 2,571 people across the state in the hospital with COVID-19, with 606 in ICUs.
The state says 14,094,751 total vaccine doses have been administered, and 6,479,912 people are fully vaccinated. So far, 72.2% 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.
Eligibility expanded to children ages 5 to 11 on Tuesday, November 2.
If you have concerns about the virus, you can check out the state's COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring System Dashboard
There are 5,752,490 people who have tested negative for COVID-19 to date.
There have been 79,250 cases among residents and 17,449 cases among employees of licensed nursing and personal care homes statewide. Out of all total deaths, 14,437 have been in residents of nursing or personal care facilities.
The state also reports 32,710 healthcare workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 during the pandemic.
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