Associated Press
HARRISBURG – The state is reporting eight more COVID-19 deaths in Northumberland County, and as is typically the case lately, there is a double-digit increase in the number of new cases in The Valley.
The state Department of Health reported Saturday, eight additional deaths in Northumberland County, bringing the county’s total to 82 people in the county have died since the pandemic began. Most of those fatalities have been residents of Long-Term Care Facilities, but the state is not reporting that correlation today.
Other death counts are the same, Montour with five, Snyder County with 10, and Union County with seven.
There were 34 new cases of COVID-19 in local counties:
- Northumberland County has an increase of 14 for a total of 1263 people have contracted the disease since the pandemic began.
- Snyder County has an increase of one reaching 420 total since the start of the pandemic.
- Montour County has an increase of 8 for a total of 241
- Union County has an increase of 11 for a total of 597
These numbers do not appear to be updated by the DOH—at Valley Long Term Care Facilities:
- Snyder County has one facility with 79 residents, 15 staff and 9 deaths reported.
- Union County has six facilities, 17 residents, 9 staff and zero deaths.
- Northumberland County has eight facilities with 389 residents, 121 staff and six deaths.
- Montour County has one facility with 53 residents, 16 staff and zero deaths.
These numbers do not appear to be updated by the DOH today—At hospitals:
- Geisinger Danville has 31 COVID-19 patients, four of whom are on a ventilator.
- Geisinger Shamokin has 12 patients,
- Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg has six patients, one of whom is on a ventilator.
Numbers from local universities; Bloomsburg University has 362 students and staff have or have had coronavirus. Bucknell has 19 students, and Susquehanna has seven.
Statewide, 1,742 additional positive cases of COVID-19 are confirmed, bringing the statewide total to 171,050. The state says there are 8,344 total deaths attributed to COVID-19, an increase of 36 new deaths reported today. More information on the PA Department of Health COVID-19 Data Dashboard.
