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Coronavirus: Most Pittsburgh-Area Deaths Have Nursing Home Link

The coronavirrus has hit southwestern Pennsylvania nursing homes and personal care facilities hard.

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The Kane Regional Center in Hazelwood, where four residents have died of coronavirus.
The Kane Regional Center in Hazelwood, where four residents have died of coronavirus. (Image: Google Maps)

SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA - The vast majority of coronavirus deaths in the greater Pittsburgh area have been people associated with nursing homes and personal care facilities, according to information provided by the state Department of Health.

As of Thursday,51 of the 69 people who have succumbed to COVID-19 in the five-county southwestern Pennsylvania region have been either residents or employees of such facilities. A county-by-county breakdown:

ALLEGHENY COUNTY

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  • Facilities: 18
  • Resident cases: 121
  • Employee cases: 34
  • Deaths: 26

BEAVER COUNTY

  • Facilities: 2
  • Resident cases: 61
  • Employee cases: 9
  • Deaths: 10

BUTLER COUNTY

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  • Facilities: 3
  • Resident cases: 9
  • Employee cases: 8
  • Deaths: 2

WASHINGTON COUNTY

  • Facilities: 1
  • Resident cases: 0
  • Employee cases: 1
  • Deaths: 0

WESTMORELAND COUNTY

  • Facilities: 4
  • Resident cases: 51
  • Employee cases: 19
  • Deaths: 13

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