Murrysville-Export-Delmont covid figures tallied for the week of March 15, 2021
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The most recent data from the state Department of Health shows 1,242 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Murrysville area since the pandemic started in March 2020.
Of those positive results, 41 cases were reported in the past 14 days.
The health department on Monday released figures for the three ZIP codes that comprise the region.
The largest number of cases, 589, are from residents in the 15668 area, which is strictly Murrysville. That represents an additional 20 cases since March 1.
In the 15632 area, which encompasses Export, much of eastern Murrysville and a slice of Washington Township, there were 440 confirmed cases — up an additional 13.
And there have been 254 confirmed cases in the 15626 area, which includes Delmont along with small slivers of Murrysville and Salem, which is up eight.
Probable cases across the three ZIP codes have numbered 599 since last March.
There have been 7,302 negative test results in those areas, figures show. Of the total tests administered, 9,184, the region has seen just under 14% come back positive.
After a start to the school year which saw just seven positive cases up through the Thanksgiving holiday, the Franklin Regional School District has joined others in battling to ensure positive cases are identified and quarantined and school buildings can remain open as much as possible.
The district has installed a covid-19 tracking feature on its website, FRSDk12.org, under the “Covid-19 Information” tab. As of March 15, there are six active cases, two each at Heritage and Sloan elementary schools, one at Franklin Regional Middle School and one at Franklin Regional Senior High School.
According to the state’s tracking website, in Westmoreland County there have been 19,420 confirmed cases, 8,226 probable cases, 88,893 negative tests and 688 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.
After a handful of single-day spikes in the days following the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, countywide numbers have been slowly decreasing since early December. Daily positive case counts have recently dropped back to early October levels.