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WILKES-BARRE — The latest Department of Health report on Monday showed Luzerne County with 67 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death. The county’s death count is at 852.
The county’s total cases are now at 35,162 since the pandemic began last year.
Neighboring Lackawanna County has 20,094 cases and 494 deaths; Monroe County has 16,999 cases and 336 deaths.
The Department of Health on Monday confirmed that as of 12 a.m. there were 3,150 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide cumulative total to 1,350,719.
Statewide percent positivity for the week of Sept. 3-Sept. 9, stood at 9.1%.
Vaccination distribution
According to the CDC, as of Sunday, Sept. 12:
• Pennsylvania ranks 5th among all 50 states for total doses administered.
• 67% of Pennsylvanians age 18 and older are fully vaccinated.
• Vaccine providers have administered 12,442,131 total vaccine doses, including 55,421 additional doses authorized for people who are immuno-compromised, as of Monday, Sept. 13.
• 6,064,295 people are fully vaccinated; with 49,277 vaccinations administered since Friday and a seven-day moving average of more than 14,500 people per day receiving vaccinations.
To see a map of locations where you can get a vaccination, go to the Pennsylvania Department of Health website.
A commonwealth COVID-19 vaccination guide explains current process for getting one. Pennsylvanians with questions about the vaccination process can call the Department of Health hotline at 1-877-724-3258.
Statewide data
There are 2,183 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. Of that number, 535 patients are in the intensive care unit with COVID-19.
Between 11:59 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10 and 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, there were 33 new deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, reported for a total of 28,568 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
A comparison of cases among school-aged children between 5-18 for the first week in September 2021 and 2020 shows the number of cases in the age group this year is nearly 10 times greater the same time frame in 2020. Between Sept. 4 and Sept. 10, 2020, there were a total of 574 COVID-19 cases in the age group compared to Sept. 2 and Sept. 8, 2021, when there were 5,371 cases in the same age group.
There are 210,178 individuals who have a positive viral antigen test and are considered probable cases.
There are 5,263,267 individuals who have tested negative to date.
Approximately 30,517 of total cases have been among health care workers.
Reach Bill O’Boyle at 570-991-6118 or on Twitter @TLBillOBoyle.
