This guide with interactive tables, charts and maps illustrates the current status of COVID-19 in Bucks County. These data are updated daily.
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5,198 new cases, 2,337 patients hospitalized and 589 patients in Intensive Care Units
Harrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed that as of 12:00 a.m., Friday, Sept. 17, there were 5,198 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 1,370,247.
As of 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, there were 44 new deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, reported for a total of 28,812 deaths attributed to COVID-19. There are 2,337 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. Of that number, 589 patients are in the intensive care unit with COVID-19.
The trend in the 14-day moving average number of hospitalized patients continues to increase again. Statewide percent positivity for the week of Sept. 3 – Sept. 9 stood at 9.1%.
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. Bucks County is in an area of substantial transmission. CDC also recommends all individuals wear a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission.
The CDC lists Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton and Philadelphia counties as areas of high transmission.
There are 214,272 individuals who have a positive viral antigen test and are considered probable cases.
There are 5,309,189 individuals who have tested negative to date.
For the 2021-2022 school year, the Department of Health is providing weekly updated case counts for two age groups: 0-4 capturing child care and early learning age children and 5-18 capturing kindergarten through high school age children. Case counts will be updated on Thursday afternoon for the previous week and cumulative since Aug. 16, 2021, by county of residence. The case counts presented are total case counts in these age groups and are not necessarily cases exposed in school, early learning or child care settings. The location of exposure cannot be determined but may have occurred in a variety of settings including the community, household/family, or the school setting.
A comparison of cases among school-aged children between 5-18 for September 8 to 14, 2021 and 2020 shows the number of cases in the age group this year is 11.5 times greater the same timeframe in 2020. Between Sept. 8 and Sept. 14, 2020, there were a total of 630 COVID-19 cases in the age group compared to Sept. 8 and Sept. 14, 2021, when there were 7,218 cases in the same age group.
According to the CDC, as of Thursday, Sept. 16, Pennsylvania ranks 5th among all 50 states for total doses administered. According to the CDC, as of Thursday, Sept. 16, 67.5% of Pennsylvanians age 18 and older are fully vaccinated.
Pennsylvania’s vaccine dashboard was updated on Friday, July 9 to more accurately reflect the number of people who are partially and fully vaccinated in each county outside of Philadelphia, along with demographics of those receiving vaccine.
Vaccine providers have administered 12,538,139 total vaccine doses, including 62,605 additional doses authorized for people who are immunocompromised, as of Friday, Sept. 17. 6,120,675 people are fully vaccinated; with 35,370 vaccinations administered since yesterday and a seven-day moving average of more than 16,500 people per day receiving vaccinations.
In licensed nursing and personal care homes, there have been a total of 75,451 resident cases of COVID-19 to date, and 16,142 cases among employees, for a total of 91,593 at 1,621 distinct facilities in all 67 counties. Out of total deaths reported to PA-NEDSS, 14,053 have occurred in residents from nursing or personal care facilities. A county breakdown can be found here. Note that the number of deaths reported to NEDSS is not exactly the same as the COVID-19 related deaths reported by the death registry. The number of deaths among nursing and personal care home residents and employees is taken from the PA-NEDSS death data, as this information is not available in the death registry data.
Approximately 30,699 of total cases have been among health care workers.
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