Hirt for congress issued the following announcement on September 26.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 1,029 new coronavirus cases Saturday, raising the statewide total to 155,232.
It’s the first time in a week the state has reported more than 1,000 new cases in a day, a mark the state has hit a few times in September. The health department reported more than 1,100 cases on Sept. 19. By comparison, the state didn’t register 1,000 new cases in day in the month of August.
The state has reported 5,520 positive cases over the previous seven days, an average of 788 per day. That’s below the peak in the spring, when the state regularly reported well over 1,000 new infections each day.
Across Pennsylvania, 8,103 deaths have been tied to COVID-19, including 22 newly reported fatalities Saturday. More than two-thirds of the state’s deaths have occurred in long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes.
More younger adults are contracting the coronavirus, according to the health department. Health officials say they’re particularly concerned about the spike in adults between the ages of 19 and 24. Officials have also been concerned about the number of college students being infected.
In southeastern Pennsylvania, 29% of the new cases in September have occurred among those between 19 and 24 years old. In April, only 5% of cases came in that age group. In northcentral Pennsylvania, more than two-thirds of the new cases in September have involved those 19-24.
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