L ess than an hour after the Allegheny County Health Department opened up vaccination appointments to people age 65 and older all the slots were reportedly
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An Allegheny County judge on Friday ordered an evidentiary hearing in the county health department’s request for an immediate injunction against a Brentwood restaurant continuing to operate despite closure orders issued more than five months ago.
Attorneys for the Allegheny County Health Department asked Judge John McVay to enforce an Aug. 11 closure order against the Crack’d Egg – an order issued for the restaurant’s repeated flouting of covid-19 mitigation measures in place since early last year.
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PITTSBURGH, PA The Allegheny County Health Department on Wednesday reported four new coronavirus deaths, down from the 20 reported Wednesday. The total since the outbreak began is 1,249.
There were 425 new and confirmed probable coronavirus cases, down from 463 on Wednesday. The total number number during the outbreak is now 66,002.
The 282 confirmed cases came from 1,783 tests - a positivity rate of 15 percent.
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There have been 3,849 hospitalizations during the outbreak.
With 23,624 cases in Westmoreland County, 11,948 in Butler County, 11,667 in Washington County and 10,426 in Beaver County, that brings the total number of cases to 123,687 when Allegheny County numbers are included.
However, vaccine supply in the Commonwealth remains low.
January 19, 2021
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The head of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 task force announced Tuesday that people 65 and older, and people 16-64 with certain medical conditions are now included in the first group eligible to receive the vaccine. The decision means that more than 3.5 million state residents are included in Phase 1A of the state’s vaccination plan.
“It will be challenging because we haven’t received additional vaccine doses, however, we are recognizing that we want to go with the 65 and older and those 16 to 64 (with health conditions) to vaccinate our most vulnerable in Pennsylvania as quickly as we can,” Deputy Secretary of Health Cindy Findley said in a virtual press conference.