UpdatedTue, Dec 22, 2020 at 10:06 am ET
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Last week was the county s deadliest from the coronavirus since mid-May, but new case numbers appear to have started declining. (Shutterstock)
BUCKS COUNTY, PA Last week was Bucks County s deadliest week of the coronavirus outbreak since mid-May, with state officials reporting 56 new deaths.
That number, from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, already makes December the county s third most-deadly month of the pandemic, with nearly two weeks left to go. In the first 18 days of December, 116 Bucks County residents with COVID-19 died, according to state records.
During the pandemic s first peak in the spring, there were 280 Bucks County deaths in April and 253 deaths in May. After a period during which new cases and deaths had dropped, the fall surge saw 93 Bucks County deaths in November.
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