The Morning Call
Jun 23, 2020 4:58 PM
A total of 510 new cases were reported by the state Department of Health on Tuesday. That’s up slightly from Monday, when 456 new cases were reported.
To date, there have been 82,696 infections statewide since the start of the pandemic.
Here are more details from the daily update:
Overall: 38 new deaths, bringing the total to 6,464. On Monday, three deaths were reported.
Long-term care homes: 17,294 resident cases of COVID-19, and 3,082 cases among employees, for a total of 20,376. Out of the state’s total deaths, 4,410 have occurred in residents from nursing or personal care facilities.
There were 743 people hospitalized Tuesday afternoon, a decrease of three from Monday. Of those, 146 patients were on ventilators.
There were 11,255 new tests, for a positive-test rate of 4.5%, compared with a 4.2% positive rate the day before. In addition to the 82,696 positive-test cases to date, there have been 596,407 negative test results. This puts the overall positive test rate at 12.2%.
Cases: 33 new cases (18 in Lehigh County, 15 in Northampton County), which bring the total to 7,436.
Deaths: Five new deaths (two in Lehigh County, three in Northampton County), which bring the total to 536.
The Wolf administration said Tuesday that its most recent count shows about 518 contact tracers are in place to investigate and monitor the spread of infection.
Those tracers are following more than 4,000 contacts.
The Health Department said more than 2,700 cases were added to the investigation total during the week that ended Thursday.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
Morning Call reporter Jennifer Sheehan can be reached at 610-820-6628 or [email protected]
