Murrysville-Export-Delmont covid figures tallied for the week of March 23, 2021
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The most recent data from the state Department of Health shows 1,306 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Murrysville area since the pandemic started in March 2020.
Of those positive results, 64 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, 600, are from residents in the 15668 area, which is strictly Murrysville. That represents an additional 11 cases since March 15.
In the 15632 area, which encompasses Export, much of eastern Murrysville and a slice of Washington Township, there were 448 confirmed cases — up an additional eight.
And there have been 258 confirmed cases in the 15626 area, which includes Delmont along with small slivers of Murrysville and Salem, which is up four.
Probable cases across the three ZIP codes have numbered 634 since last March.
There have been 6,938 negative test results in those areas, figures show. Of the total tests administered, 8,878, the region has seen just under 15 % come back positive.
The Franklin Regional School District has installed a covid-19 tracking feature on its website, FRSDk12.org, under the “Covid-19 Information” tab. As of March 15, there were seven active cases, two at Franklin Regional Middle School, one at Sloan Elementary, and four at Franklin Regional Senior High School.
According to the state’s tracking website, in Westmoreland County there have been 19,758 confirmed cases, 8,658 probable cases, 89,886 negative tests and 699 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.