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University of Pittsburgh Pharmacy student Edith Wang loads a syringe with a dose of the Moderna covid-19 Vaccine, during a vaccination clinic hosted by the University of Pittsburgh and the Allegheny County Health Department at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland on Thursday.
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Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 326 new coronavirus cases, as recent daily numbers continue to stay below the 500-case mark.
Reports haven’t reached 500 cases in nearly two weeks.
The county now seems far beyond the time when it routinely reported case counts near the 1,000 mark. It had reported nine days of at least 1,000 new cases, but hasn’t posted one in the past four weeks, according to data from the Allegheny County Health Department.
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Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 vaccine providers have said there isn’t enough supply to keep up with the demand from those currently eligible to receive the shot in Phase 1A. As officials focus on improving the rollout in this phase, when and how the state moves into Phase 1B has yet to be defined.
Phase 1B expands eligibility to a much broader group of Pennsylvanians. Included in this category are first responders, teachers, the homeless, the incarcerated, agricultural workers and others. Phase 1B also affords the vaccine to frontline workers like mail carriers and grocery store employees.
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Allegheny County on Friday reported 364 additional cases of coronavirus, slightly above the seven-day average of 352, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Of the newly reported cases, 287 are confirmed from 1,314 new PCR tests and 77 are recorded as probable, according to the Allegheny County Health Department.
The county has recorded a total of 68,809 cases since the pandemic began here in March, with 54,592 of those confirmed and 14,217 probable, according to the state health department.
Health officials define a probable case as one in which a patient has a positive viral antigen test or covid symptoms with a “high-risk exposure” to someone who has been confirmed to have coronavirus.
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Bamboo Garden Chinese Buffet in North Versailles has been cited for 17 health code violations by the Allegheny County Health Department.
The unannounced Friday retail food inspections found, among other things, mouse droppings in the back corner of a storage area behind and under soda syrups, a bag of potatoes in a walk-in cooler that contained a rotting potato, and a mold-like substance found on a container of Italian dressing.
In addition, meat products including beef, shrimp, and chicken were found being stored in a malfunctioning cooler. Large quantities of cooked foods stored in both a walk-in cooler and freezers were found lacking a discard date, and shelving in a walk-in cooler had a build-up of rust.
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In the hours after the big announcement, the region’s health systems were inundated with phone calls and emails to clinics, physicians and call centers.
Thousands of people were suddenly eligible to get the covid-19 vaccine.
They wanted it fast.
But the announcement by Pennsylvania officials expanding the vaccination eligibility pool to people older than 65, and those with cancer, diabetes and many other conditions came days after health officials learned the federal stockpile of vaccine was depleted, and disruptions in supply were likely to occur as a result.