Allegheny County Coronavirus: A Dozen More Deaths Reported

PITTSBURGH, PA - Twelve more coronavirus deaths were reported in Allegheny County, the county health department announced Thursday. That raises the county death toll from 26 to 38.

The health department said the increase in the number of deaths does not reflect a jump in deaths in the past 24 hours. Instead, it reflects a delay in deaths being added to the surveillance system.

The number of coronavirus cases in Allegheny County stood at 925 as of 11 a.m. Thursday. That's up from 904 on Wednesday and 893 on Tuesday.

One hundred and sixty-two people have been hospitalized in the county during the outbreak, up from 146 on Wednesday and 142 on Tuesday.

With 237 confirmed cases in Westmoreland County, 158 in Beaver County, 150 in Butler County and 71 in Washington County, that brings the total number of cases in the five-county
southwestern Pennsylvania region to 1,541 as of Thursday. That's up from 1,504 on Wednesday and 1,486 on Tuesday.

According to the state Department of Health, there have now been been 69 coronavirus deaths
thus far in the five-county region: Thirty-eight in Allegheny County, 14 in Beaver County, 11 in Westmoreland County, five in Butler County and one in Washington County. That's up from 52 on Wednesday and 47 on Tuesday.

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According to state Department of Health figures, Allegheny County has recorded the ninth-most coronavirus cases in the state behind Berks, Bucks, Delaware, Lehigh, Luzerene, Montgomery, Northampton and Philadelphia counties.

All Pennsylvania counties remain under a stay-at-home order through at least April 30. Gov. Tom Wolf has ordered schools closed through the remainder of the academic year, and all non-life-sustaining businesses are closed indefinitely.