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New covid cases for Penn-Trafford-Jeannette area tallied for week ending Feb. 16, 2021
The number of new confirmed covid cases in the Penn-Trafford-Jeannette area held steady this week, with 30 new cases in the seven-day period ending Feb. 16 — the same as the week prior — according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Since the pandemic began in March, the six ZIP codes covering most of the three communities have seen a total of 1,680 confirmed cases as of Feb. 16, up from 1,650 on Feb. 2.
Residents of these six ZIP codes have taken a total of 9,287 coronavirus tests, 18% of which were positive. Since Feb. 9, 129 tests were administered, 23.3% of which were positive.
The breakdown of cases by ZIP code is:
Jeannette, ZIP code 15644: 903 confirmed cases, 18 new cases this week, 449 probable cases, 4,255 negative test results. Trafford, ZIP code 15085: 393 confirmed cases, three new cases this week, 157 probable cases, 1,756 negative test results Harrison City: ZIP code 15636, 214 confirmed cases, four new cases this week, 93 probable cases, 861 negative test results Manor, ZIP code 15665: 91 confirmed cases, three new case this week, 47 probable cases, 310 negative test results Penn Borough, ZIP code 15675: 42 confirmed cases, one new case this week, 31 probable cases, 213 negative test results Claridge, ZIP code 15623: 37 confirmed cases, one new case this week, 10 probable cases, 213 negative test resultsA significant portion of Penn Township is grouped under the Irwin 15642 ZIP code. That ZIP code has seen a total of 2,535 confirmed cases, up 47 from the week prior.
Penn-Trafford School District has reported a total of 128 covid cases since the school year began, including five new cases reported in the last week.
Westmoreland County has had a total of 18,506 confirmed cases, 7,487 probable cases, 648 covid deaths and 84,598 negative tests since the start of the pandemic.
A large spike in cases in the county began in September and peaked Dec. 10 with 747 positive cases in a single day. Case counts have been declining steadily, but remain well above pre-September levels.
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