Westmoreland sees lowest new covid-19 case count in 56 days
Not since June 16 has Westmoreland County seen a day with so few new reported new cases of covid-19.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced two new cases of coronavirus were added to the county’s total, which now stands at 1,555. Both of those new cases were confirmed.
It’s the smallest new case count since the department added just one new case on June 16. In that 56-day span, Westmoreland County has seen only 10 days with single-digit new case counts.
For the first time in 12 days, the county saw another coronavirus-related death added to its total, bringing the toll now to 47.
According to the state’s covid-19 tracking website, there are currently eight Westmoreland County residents in the hospital for the virus, with one of them on a ventilator.
Back on June 16, Westmoreland County’s seven-day case average was at 4 new cases per day; since then, it quickly soared to 32 by July 8. The county’s current seven-day average of new cases per day stands at 13.
Chris Pastrick is a TribLive digital producer. An Allegheny County native, he began working for the Valley News Dispatch in 1993 and joined the Trib in 1997. He can be reached at cpastrick@triblive.com.
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