The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed 825 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 50,092 as well as 14 new deaths, bringing the statewide total to 2,458.
The department said the are now 195,498 patients who have tested negative.
Adams County cases increased from 145 to 148, but the number of deaths remained at 6.
The department reported that all 67 counties in Pennsylvania have cases of COVID-19.
COVID Cases Trajectories
There was at least some good news, as the average number of new cases per week in the state and in Adams County has declined recently.
Adams had an average of 3.7 new cases each day over the past two weeks, a decrease from a high of 6 on Thursday:
Adams had 63 new cases over the past two weeks, a decrease from a high of 70 over the two weeks that ended on Friday.
Detailed trajectory animations for regions and counties are available here.
Please see the Gettysburg Connection Coronavirus Page for more charts and maps.
The state also provided updated statistics about the patterns of coronavirus infections across the state:
Positive Cases by Age Range
Of the patients who have tested positive to date the age breakdown is as follows:
- Nearly 1% are aged 0-4;
- Nearly 1% are aged 5-12;
- 1% are aged 13-18;
- Nearly 6% are aged 19-24;
- Nearly 38% are aged 25-49;
- Nearly 27% are aged 50-64; and
- 27% are aged 65 or older.
The department said most of the patients hospitalized are aged 65 or older, and most of the deaths have occurred in patients 65 or older.
About 2/3 of the Pennsylvania deaths have occurred in nursing homes or personal care facilities as have at least four of Adams County’s six deaths.
The state provided this detailed map of nursing home deaths by county:
Hospitalization Rates by Age Range to Date
| Age Range | Percent of Cases |
| 0-29 | 2% |
| 30-49 | 5% |
| 50-64 | 10% |
| 65-79 | 20% |
| 80+ | 19% |
Case Counts and Deaths by Sex to Date
| Sex | Positive Cases | Percent of Cases* | Deaths |
| Female | 26,763 | 54% | 1171 |
| Male | 21,885 | 44% | 1262 |
| Neither | 3 | 0% | 0 |
| Not reported | 616 | 1% | 11 |
* Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding
Case Counts and Deaths by Race to Date*
| Race | Positive Cases | Percent of Cases** | Deaths |
| African American/Black | 5280 | 11% | 242 |
| Asian | 556 | 1% | 28 |
| White | 10,889 | 22% | 908 |
| Other | 236 | <1% | 8 |
| Not reported | 32,306 | 66% | 1258 |
* 66% of race is not reported. Little data is available on ethnicity.
** Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding
Case Counts by Region to Date
| Region | Positive | Negative | Inconclusive |
| Northcentral | 752 | 8696 | 12 |
| Northeast | 10270 | 28808 | 97 |
| Northwest | 285 | 6569 | 11 |
| Southcentral | 3109 | 23417 | 43 |
| Southeast | 31463 | 89621 | 585 |
| Southwest | 2673 | 34263 | 25 |
EpiCurve by Region
Case counts are displayed by the date that the cases were first reported to the PA-NEDSS surveillance system. Case counts by date of report can vary significantly from day to day for a variety of reasons. In addition to changes due to actual changes in disease incidence, trends are strongly influenced by testing patterns (who gets tested and why), testing availability, lab analysis backlogs, lab reporting delays, new labs joining our electronic laboratory reporting system, mass screenings, etc. Trends need to be sustained for at least 2-3 weeks before any conclusions can be made regarding the progress of the pandemic.