The most recent data from the state Department of Health shows 933 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Murrysville area since the pandemic started in March.

Of those, 50 cases were reported in the past seven days.

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

The largest number of cases, 429, are from residents in the 15668 area, which is strictly Murrysville. That represents an additional 26 cases since Dec. 29. Five Murrysville police officers have also contracted covid-19 over the course of the pandemic, according to Chief Administrator Jim Morrison. All have recovered, he reported to council on Monday night.

In the 15632 area, which encompasses Export, much of eastern Murrysville and a slice of Washington Township, there were 338 confirmed cases — up an additional 15.

And there have been 166 confirmed cases in the 15626 area, which includes Delmont along with small slivers of Murrysville and Salem, which is up nine from last week.

Probable cases across the three ZIP codes number 340 since March.

There have been 5,727 negative test results in those areas, figures show. Of the total tests administered, 7,000, the region has seen just over 13% come back positive. That percentage had climbed steadily since numbers began rising nationwide in the fall, and this is the second week in a row that it is lower than the previous week.

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 last month in once again switching to post-holiday remote learning for the first school week of 2021. Students are slated to start back in-person on Jan. 11.

According to the state’s tracking website, in Westmoreland County there have been 15,045 confirmed cases, 5,120 probable cases, 74,198 negative tests and 435 deaths since the outbreak began.

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 747 positive cases reported on Dec. 10.

Half of the county’s covid-related deaths occurred last month.

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