Daily Coronavirus Briefing for Apr. 7

Department of Health provides monthly update on COVID-19 trends

Harrisburg - Today, the Pennsylvania Department of Health provides a summary of COVID-19 information for March 2022.

“Every week throughout March more than 50,000 Pennsylvanians stepped forward to get a COVID-19 vaccination even as the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths continued to decline across the state,” Acting Secretary of Health Keara Klinepeter said. “Vaccine providers have ample supply to serve eligible residents interested in getting vaccinated even as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week approved a second booster dose for people 50 and over and those with compromised immune systems.”

Residents are encouraged to use the CDC’s community level tracker website to see the level of community transmission by county and find recommendations to prevent spreading the virus.

March Update

The following summary is provided to reflect the trends between March 1 to 31, 2022:

• A total of 233,494 COVID-19 vaccines were administered averaging 7,532 per day including:
  • • 96,590 additional doses, and
    • 17,416 pediatric doses.
• A total of 23,787 new COVID-19 cases were reported averaging 767 per day. 
  • Between Feb. 1 and 28, there were 89,575 new cases reported averaging 3,199 per day.
• The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 dropped 67.3 percent from March 1 to March 31.
• There were 984 deaths attributed to COVID-19 identified in the Pennsylvania death registry averaging of less than 32 per day.

Total cumulative COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania at 2,786,509

The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed that on April 7, there were 943 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide cumulative total cases to 2,786,509.

There were zero new deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry and reported for a cumulative total of 44,391 deaths attributed to COVID-19.

There are 2,309,558 confirmed cases and 476,951 who have a positive viral antigen test and are considered probable cases. There are 6,164,727 individuals who have tested negative to date.

The department continues to urge Pennsylvanians to follow CDC guidance for wearing a mask where required by law, rules, and regulations, including health care, local business and workplace guidance. For the protection of themselves and others, individuals who have not yet been vaccinated or are partially vaccinated, are still encouraged to wear a mask when in public.

Numbers by county as of April 7

• Bucks County: 123,179 cases and 1,881 deaths
• Chester County: 91,756 cases and 1,141 deaths
• Delaware County: 109,985 cases and 1,864 deaths
• Lehigh County: 89,414 cases and 1,234 deaths
• Montgomery County: 152,509 cases and 2,308 deaths
• Northampton County: 79,524 cases and 1,086 deaths
• Philadelphia: 308,812 cases and 5,075 deaths

The Department of Health continues to provide extensive data on both the COVID-19 dashboard and the vaccine dashboard. Both dashboards provide an interactive experience for the user to review statewide and local-level data. The department also provides a dashboard showing COVID-19 data for skilled nursing homes including case counts, deaths and vaccination status for residents and staff.

The department will continue to provide data via online dashboards; however, starting in late April, the dashboards will be updated on a weekly basis.

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