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New COVID-19 infections again surpass 1,000 in Pa. – pennlive.com

By Thomas A. Smith

Pennsylvania logged 1,110 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, according to state-run COVID ALERT PA.

Pennsylvania s seven-day average of new cases reached 815 as of Wednesday more than five times higher than on July 4, according to tracking by Johns Hopkins.

The number severely ill with COVID-19 in Pennsylvania also rose, with 473 hospitalized Friday morning, up 13 from Thursday. The number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 has increased by more than 200 in less than two weeks.

The number in intensive care, 101, is up 14 from a day earlier, according to Pennsylvania s tracking dashboard.

Pennsylvania registered eight new COVID-19 deaths on Friday, raising its toll to 27,850.

Cases are surging over much of the United States, with areas with lower vaccination rates seeing the biggest spikes in cases and hospitalizations.

But unlike some areas including Arkansas and Missouri, intensive care beds are still freely available in Pennsylvania.

via www.pennlive.com

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