Coronavirus: Allegheny County Deaths, Cases Up Again

PITTSBURGH, PA - Coronavirus now has claimed the lives of 71 people in Allegheny County, the county health department announced Friday. That's up from 69 on Thursday.

The number of confirmed or probable coronavirus cases in the county was 1,177 as of 11 a.m. Friday. That's up from 1,149 on Thursday and 1,088 on Wednesday.

Two hundred and eight people have been hospitalized in the county during the outbreak, up from 204 on Thursday and 196 on Wednesday.

With 319 confirmed cases in Beaver County, 307 in Westmoreland County, 164 in Butler County and 92 in Washington County, that brings the total number of cases in the five-county
southwestern Pennsylvania region to 2,059 as of Friday. That's up from 2,017 as of Thursday and 1,930 on Wednesday.

According to the state Department of Health, there have now been been 142 coronavirus deaths
thus far in the five-county region: Seventy-one in Allegheny County, 46 in Beaver County, 17 in Westmoreland County, six in Butler County and two in Washington County.

That's three fewer deaths than reported Thursday. The state health department revised its death statistics yesterday, removing 201 deaths statewide previously classified as coronavirus-probable.

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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.

Gov. Tom Wolf has extended the stay-at-home order for all Pennsylvania counties until May 8, and has said the state will begin gradually reopening in May. Schools will remain closed through the end of the academic year.