Pennsylvania reported 18,264 new cases of COVID-19 in the past week, the lowest number in more than a month.
The state Department of Health has reported at least 20,000 new cases of the virus in a week to the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The U. S. has been in the U. S. since at least July 25.
The positivity rate for the week ending Aug. 29 remains between 15% and 19. 9%, according to the CDC.
However, the number of Pennsylvania counties at a major point in the COVID-19 network declined this week. The CDC marked 10 counties in the main points, up from 12 last week.
The metric takes into account new instances and hospitalizations consistent with 100,000 people, as well as the consistent percentage of staffed beds open to care for COVID-19 patients.
The counties that scored first in the CDC’s weekly Thursday update were Mercer, Clarion, Armstrong, Washington, Fayette, Fulton, Mifflin, Juniata, Northumberland and Bradford.
A number of counties in the middle level.
In counties where CDC scores so high, federal fitness officials continue to recommend wearing masks in public and indoor places. For other people at serious risk of severe illness, wearing masks somewhere in between is recommended.
Regardless of the network level, the CDC recommends keeping up with vaccines and getting them if you have symptoms.
A dwindling number of new cases in Pennsylvania comes as the federal government seeks to expand eligibility for withdrawals.
On Thursday, the CDC recalls that other people 12 and older in the U. S. U. S. citizens are eligible for a temporary COVID-19 circular, this time with an updated formula. to date vaccines, one from Pfizer-BioNTech and the other from Moderna.
Modern jab was only for those over 18 years old.
Companies have reformulated vaccines for greater protection against strains of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, which has shown greater resistance to initial injections.
The federal government is also ending its mail-in loose home kit program. As of Friday, Americans can no longer request that the kits be shipped home free of charge.
There have been more than 94. 6 million COVID in the United States and more than a million deaths.
As for Keystone State, the public fitness company has recorded more than 3. 1 million apparent and probable deaths since the pandemic began, with 46,716 deaths.
In the past seven days, the state has reported new deaths, according to the CDC, a jump from the 102 deaths reported for the subsequent period.
About 70. 5 percent of the state’s population is fully vaccinated and 87. 6 have gained at least one dose.
As of Thursday’s update, the central county remains at a low point of the COVID-19 network for a week in a row, with 309 new cases reported there.
The positivity rate rose from 16. 92 to 19. 12 on Monday, with more than 1,700 registered tests conducted.
At State College, Penn State officials have expanded the isolation area for students on campus in anticipation of an increase in cases at the university.
Central County citizens are vaccinated at a lower rate than the rest of the state, with 61. 2% of others fully immunized.
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