Murrysville-Export-Delmont covid figures tallied for the week of March 29, 2021

Patrick Varine
Monday, March 29, 2021 2:54 p.m. | Monday, March 29, 2021 2:54 p.m.

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A free mobile covid-19 testing site was set up in the parking lot of the North Park Swimming Pool in January.

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, 36 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, 619, are from residents in the 15668 area, which is strictly Murrysville. That represents an additional 19 cases since March 22.

In the 15632 area, which encompasses Export, much of eastern Murrysville and a slice of Washington Township, there were 460 confirmed cases — up an additional 12.

And there have been 263 confirmed cases in the 15626 area, which includes Delmont along with small slivers of Murrysville and Salem, which is up five.

Probable cases across the three ZIP codes have numbered 652 since last March.

There have been 7,002 negative test results in those areas, figures show. Of the total tests administered, 8,996, 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 26, there were 10 active cases, three at Franklin Regional Middle School, two at Sloan Elementary, and five at Franklin Regional Senior High School.

According to the state’s tracking website, in Westmoreland County there have been 20,070 confirmed cases, 8,860 probable cases, 90,747 negative tests and 704 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.