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Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 percent positivity has plateaued according to the latest report from the Early Warning Monitoring Dashboard, but drops and jumps are still affecting the northeast region of the commonwealth for better or worse.
According to the most recent release from the COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring System Dashboard, PCR percent positivity for the entirety of Pennsylvania for the week of March 5 through March 11 sat at 5.7%, the same rate as the reading for Feb. 26 through March 4.
This makes for the first time in months that the percent positivity rating for the Keystone State has sat still, with consistent declines noted during that time frame.
COVID-19 percent positivity across the commonwealth decreased yet again this week, though the northeastern counties saw a mix of jumps in drops in their own rates.
According to the most recent release from the COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring System Dashboard, PCR percent positivity for the entirety of Pennsylvania decreased from 6.5% for the week of Feb. 19 to Feb. 25 to 5.7% for the week of Feb. 26 to March 4.
The latest drop falls in line with an average decline in percent positivity over the course of the past few weeks, and notably, this week’s margin of difference is slightly greater than the previous week’s rate decrease.
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