More Coronavirus Deaths Reported In Allegheny County

PITTSBURGH, PA - Coronavirus now has claimed the lives of 87 people in Allegheny County, the county health department announced Tuesday. That's up from 79 on Monday and 73 on Sunday.

The number of confirmed or probable coronavirus cases in the county was 1,235 as of 11 a.m. Tuesday. That's up from 1,224 on Monday and 1,211 on Sunday.

Two hundred and twenty two people have been hospitalized in the county during the outbreak, up from 213 on Monday and Sunday.

With 387 confirmed cases in Beaver County, 377 in Westmoreland County, 366 in Beaver County, 170 in Butler County and 107 in Washington County, that brings the total number of cases in the five-county southwestern Pennsylvania region to 2,376. That's up from 2,235 on Monday and 2.197 on Sunday.

According to the state Department of Health, there have now been been 160 coronavirus deaths
thus far in the five-county region: Eighty-seven in Allegheny County, 46 in Beaver County, 19 in Westmoreland County, six in Butler County and two in Washington County. That's up from 152 on Monday and 146 on Sunday.

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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.