Coronavirus category, Page 161

This letter was signed by nine regional health care leaders, named below. Over the past three months, our organizations have proudly come together in an unprecedented fashion to address the enormous challenges we have faced as a community due to the novel coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic. This public health crisis is...

Pennsylvania reported nearly 1,000 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the statewide total to 91,299. The state Department of Health reported 995 new cases and 33 new deaths from covid-19, totaling 6,787 deaths statewide. Allegheny County reported 204 new coronavirus cases Tuesday and Philadelphia County reported 288 coronavirus cases...

Elementary schools in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh are set to reopen Aug. 27, and high schools have staggered start dates, the diocese announced Tuesday. Daily temperature readings will be required for students, teachers and staff; school buildings will be disinfected regularly, classrooms will honor social distancing and a mask...

Pittsburgh area doctors and blood banks are looking for blood plasma — and lots of it — from patients who have recovered from covid-19. Blood plasma from recovered patients is being used to treat those who are fighting the disease in Western Pennsylvania and across the country. Allegheny Health Network,...

The nonprofit 412 Food Rescue on Tuesday announced that, over the past five years, it has redirected 10 million pounds of food that would have otherwise been wasted by serving it to those in need. The nonprofit, which launched in March 2015, relies on a network of volunteer food recovery...

Westmoreland County reported its first new coronavirus death since May on Tuesday, bringing the death total to 39. According to the county coroner’s office, the deceased was 78-year-old white male. The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Tuesday reported 35 new covid-19 cases in Westmoreland, bringing the countywide case total to...

Allegheny County health officials reported 204 new cases of coronavirus Tuesday, marking the third day the county has surpassed 200 cases in a daily report. The county also reported seven new hospitalizations and six new deaths. The positive cases make up about 8% of the 2,404 test results the county...

ATLANTA — Georgia’s 26 public universities and colleges will mandate campus-wide mask wearing after the state university system reversed itself Monday. The University System of Georgia had previously told schools they should “strongly encourage” students and others to wear masks, but said that the system’s 26 universities couldn’t mandate face...

DiAnoia’s Eatery in the Strip District is temporarily closed after an employee tested positive for covid-19. “We feel that it’s our responsibility to you and our team, to temporarily close while we fully sanitize, deep clean, and have our entire staff tested,” the restaurant announced on its website and via...

SAO PAULO — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was tested for covid-19 after having an X-ray of his lungs on Monday. He didn’t say whether he was showing symptoms of the new coronavirus. Brazil’s presidency said in a statement the result of the test will be known on Tuesday. Earlier Bolsonaro,...

Both of Allegheny Township’s fire departments are out of service because as many as 45 people may have been exposed to coronavirus at a July 4th gathering, WPXI-TV reported. Township Manager Greg Primm told WPXI that a fire department member tested positive for coronavirus and potentially exposed those at the...

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Monday instituted a mandatory face mask order for indoor spaces after the state reported record numbers of new coronavirus cases over the weekend. The Republican’s executive order, which goes into effect at midnight, requires everyone over the age of 9 to wear the face...

An employee at the Mt. Lebanon location of Caliente Pizza & Drafthouse has tested positive for covid-19, the restaurant posted on its Facebook page Monday. The location will be closed until all team members have been tested, the post said. “The covid-19 situation is ever changing,” the post reads. “From...

Allegheny County court employees and prosecutors are among recent covid-19 cases in the county, officials confirmed Monday. Six employees have been diagnosed with the disease, according to Allegheny County court administrator Christopher Connors. Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr.’s office also posted on social media that three of...

As part of its ongoing effort to reach underserved communities, Allegheny Health Network’s mobile testing vehicle will be making stops each day this week at a variety of locations from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Monday, the mobile unit is scheduled to be at the Shop ‘n Save plaza...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Monday reported 27 new covid-19 cases and no additional deaths in Westmoreland County. This brings the countywide case total to 828 and death total to 38. Of the total cases, 801 are confirmed and 27 are probable. The department reported 27 new cases Sunday,...

Pennsylvania reported 450 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, pushing the statewide total past 90,000. The state Department of Health reported one new death from covid-19. Allegheny County reported 218 new coronavirus cases Monday, accounting for about half of the state’s total new cases. The statewide totals are now at...

Allegheny County Health Department officials reported 218 new covid-19 cases on Monday, one new death and four new hospitalizations. The new death reported Monday brings the toll to 188. This is the second time the daily report has surpassed 200 cases. It ends a trend of declining daily totals since...

Officials in Allegheny County have linked local covid-19 cases with travel to infection hot spots such as Myrtle Beach. That doesn’t seem to have deterred passengers from booking area flights to the South Carolina beach mecca or to other destinations in Florida, where cases also have been on the rise....

Earlier this year, President Donald Trump called the coronavirus fight a “war” with an “invisible enemy.” While some have argued that may not be the best analogy, no one could blame the health professionals who have risen to the task of dealing with the pandemic for feeling embattled. In Southwestern...