ANOTHER OFFICER WAS ABLE TO TACKLE HIM AND PLACE HIM UNDER ARREST. KELLY S.: PENNSYLVANIA COULD TALK — TOP ONE MILLION CASES TODAY. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORTED 4600 NEW CASES, BRINGING THE STATEWIDE TOTAL SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC TO 996 THOUSAND 617. IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY, THINGS — CASES ARE GOING UP AND KATELYN SYKES JOINS US LIVE WITH WHAT HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS. >> GOOD. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THE CONCERN IS THEY ARE GETTING MORE REPORTS OF LARGER GATHERINGS WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT WEARING A MASK. THE AVERAGE AGE OF NEW CASES HAS DROPPED BY NEARLY EIGHT. YESTERDAY ALONE, THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORTED 490 CASES COVID-19 IN THE COUNTY. THE MORE TRANSMISSIBLE VARIANCE OF THE DZ’S ARE IN THE AREA AND THEY SAY IT IS NOT THE TIME TO LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. >> WE SHOULD EXPECT INCREASED CASES. IT’S NOT A QUESTION OF WHETHER THE CASES UP, BUT THOSE CASES WILL BE KIND OF SEPARATED FROM HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATH BECAUSE OF THE ROLLOUT. THE KEY IS TO GET TO THE PRIORITY GROUPS TO GET MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED, SO WE CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO REOPEN SAFELY AND STOP FOCUSING ON CASES AND CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR HOSPITALIZATIONS AND VACCINE NUMBERS. >> TO KEEP FOLLOWING THE MITIGATION EFFORTS, SOCIAL DISTANCE, WE MASKS, AND WITH UPCOMING HOLIDAYS, KEE
Morning update: COVID-19 cases on the rise in Allegheny County; approaching 1 million in Pa.
Doctor says rising cases will be seen in the days ahead
Cases of COVID-19 have seen an increase in recent days in Allegheny County, with 498 new cases added on Wednesday, taking the total since the pandemic began to 82,942.Meanwhile, across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the number of cases since the pandemic began will likely hit one million as early as Thursday. On Wednesday, that number was 996,617 with 4,667 cases added.In Allegheny County, the increase in cases was attributed in part to large, maskless gatherings and the more transmissible variants of COVID-19 in the area.Dr. Amesh Adalja, a Pittsburgh-based infectious disease and critical care physician affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, said, “We should expect to see rising cases. It’s not a question to me that cases will go up, but those cases are going to be separated now from hospitalizations and deaths because of the way the vaccine is going right now.”Allegheny County health officials are encouraging people to keep following mitigation efforts including social distancing and mask wearing and to keep gatherings small.
Cases of COVID-19 have seen an increase in recent days in Allegheny County, with 498 new cases added on Wednesday, taking the total since the pandemic began to 82,942.
Meanwhile, across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the number of cases since the pandemic began will likely hit one million as early as Thursday. On Wednesday, that number was 996,617 with 4,667 cases added.
In Allegheny County, the increase in cases was attributed in part to large, maskless gatherings and the more transmissible variants of COVID-19 in the area.
Dr. Amesh Adalja, a Pittsburgh-based infectious disease and critical care physician affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, said, “We should expect to see rising cases. It’s not a question to me that cases will go up, but those cases are going to be separated now from hospitalizations and deaths because of the way the vaccine is going right now.”
Allegheny County health officials are encouraging people to keep following mitigation efforts including social distancing and mask wearing and to keep gatherings small.