Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
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Allegheny County’s covid-19 case numbers are no longer declining, but they’re stable, Dr. Debra Bogen, health director, said Wednesday.
The county’s test positivity rate increased slightly from last week, from 5.5% to 5.9%. Hospitalizations and deaths continue to decline. But Bogen said she is concerned about the results of recent case investigations.
“We have again started to hear that sports teams are having social gatherings, people are hosting parties and some reports indicate a lack of mask-wearing and lack of physical distancing,” Bogen said. “We are so close to being able to safely hold such events again, but not yet.”
With Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf lifting restrictions on attendance of indoor and outdoor events to 15 and 20 percent of full occupancy, respective.
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The number of inmates at Allegheny County Jail who are positive for covid-19 has doubled in the last week.
As of Sunday, 76 inmates were positive for the novel coronavirus, with another 27 tests pending, according to the county’s website.
Also on Monday, six pods at the jail were in full isolation, while another nine were operating under quarantine, according to an email obtained by the Tribune-Review.
Shaun Conroy, 31, of Homestead, is a pod worker at the jail. He believes he contracted the virus from a correctional officer who came to work sick two days in a row. During those shifts, Conroy said the officer looked pale and coughed repeatedly with her mask down.
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