The most recent data from the state Department of Health shows 883 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Murrysville area since the pandemic started in March.

Of those, 54 cases were reported in the past seven days, a 61% drop following 141 cases reported last week.

The health department on Monday released figures for the three ZIP codes that comprise the region.

The largest number of cases, 403, are from residents in the 15668 area, which is strictly Murrysville. That represents an additional 16 cases since Dec. 22.

In the 15632 area, which encompasses Export, much of eastern Murrysville and a slice of Washington Township, there were 323 confirmed cases — up an additional 25.

And there have been 157 confirmed cases in the 15626 area, which includes Delmont along with small slivers of Murrysville and Salem, which is up 13 from last week.

Probable cases across the three ZIP codes number 311 since March.

There have been 5,609 negative test results in those areas, figures show. Of the total tests administered, 6,803, the region has seen just under 13% come back positive. That percentage had climbed steadily since numbers began rising nationwide in the fall, and this is the first week it has decreased.

Across its five buildings, the Franklin Regional School District saw seven active cases of covid-19 up through the Thanksgiving holiday, none of which caused schools to close. And, despite switching over to remote learning district-wide during the week after Thanksgiving, active cases began popping up in all district schools by early December.

School directors joined several other districts in mid-December in once again switching to fully remote learning during the week that will follow the holiday break.

According to the state’s tracking website, in Westmoreland County there have been 14,188 confirmed cases, 4,667 probable cases, 72,859 negative tests and 394 deaths since the outbreak began.

Westmoreland has seen more than 2,500 cases since the start of December. For purposes of comparison, for the first six months of the pandemic, March through August, the county registered 1,815 cases total.

Despite a small spike in late June and early July, the county’s daily confirmed case counts had remained relatively low until a sharp uptick beginning in late September. That number went back and forth, but has skyrocketed far beyond the pandemic’s early stages, reaching an all-time single-day high of 746 positive cases reported on Dec. 10.

Half of the county’s covid-related deaths have come in December, and the county registered its highest single-day spike of 480 cases on Tuesday.

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