Credit: Dommnique Washington
Bucks County appears to be hitting its baseline number of COVID-19 cases.
Between Monday and Thursday night, the county reported 99 new positive COVID-19 cases with five of those reports being so delayed they were no longer considered infections. The number sits in line with previous weeks where county health officials have called the numbers a baseline.
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The county health department received word of 24 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, 36 on Wednesday, and 39 on Thursday.
Of the new cases, 42 were through household contacts, 17 from community spread, nine from out-of-state travel, six were health care workers, four were sicked at other workplaces, and one is a long-term care resident. Twenty people were unable to fully complete a contact tracing interview right away.
A 64-year-old man was reported dead due to COVID-19 over the past three days. The man had underlying health conditions.
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A total of eight Bucks Countians were in the hospital with COVID-19 and two were on ventilators in critical condition.
“Despite having new cases every day of the week, single-digit hospitalizations should make everyone in Bucks feel much better,” Bucks County Health Department Director Dr. David Damsker said nia statement. “We need to start putting this into the proper perspective – when we’re being smart and taking the right precautions the chances of getting very ill from this virus have dropped.”
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Since the pandemic began, the county has seen 7,911 residents test positive for COVID-19, 525 deaths, and 7,014 recoveries.
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