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PITTSBURGH, PA The Allegheny County Health Department on Tuesday reported 434 new confirmed and probable coronavirus cases, raising the total since the outbreak began to 65,114.
There were no new deaths. The coronavirus fatality total remains at 1,225.
The 254 confirmed cases came from 1,205 tests - a positivity rate of 21 percent.
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There have been 3,805 hospitalizations during the outbreak.
With 23,253 cases in Westmoreland County, 11,757 in Butler County, 11,448 in Washington County and 10,273 in Beaver County, that brings the total number of cases to 121,845 when Allegheny County numbers are included.
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According to the state Department of Health, there have been 2,504 deaths in the region from the virus: One thousand, two hundred and twenty-five in Allegheny County, 535 in Westmoreland County, 294 in Beaver County, 289 in Butler County and 171 in Washington County.
New cases of coronavirus are continuing to decline in Allegheny County. The Allegheny County Health Department on Monday reported that over the past two days, it saw 796 new cases — a 10% drop from a week ago and a 44% drop from this time in December. In a release,
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When Kim Ward was sworn in as a Westmoreland County commissioner in 2008, one of her first questions was: Who oversees the county’s health department?
The former respiratory therapist was stunned to learn there wasn’t one.
Westmoreland, like 61 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties, leaves the issue of public health to the state to handle. Only four cities statewide have their own health departments. That reality of the state’s public health infrastructure would come back to haunt and frustrate local officials 12 years after Ward asked her question, when the coronavirus pandemic arrived in early 2020.
Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 526 new coronavirus cases, as recent numbers continue to drop below the 1,000 case mark. Reports haven’t reached 700 cases in more than a week. The county has reported nine days of at least 1,000 new cases, but hasn’t posted one in the last two
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A toco toucan, a member of the largest and probably best-known species in the toucan family, seen at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh’s North Side.
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Travel may not be an option right now because of the coronavirus, but visiting the National Aviary can make you feel like you’re on a tropical retreat, said Jennifer Torpie, the aviary’s curator of education and public programs.
The aviary’s in-person and virtual programming allows visitors to see unusual bird species in immersive habitats.