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County Reports Only Three Community Spread Cases On Wednesday

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Tom Sofield
A bed is made at a senior home in Massachusetts in early April.
Credit: Samuel Keenan

Bucks County officials announced 63 new COVID-19 cases and seven deaths on Wednesday.

The seven Bucks Countians who died were between the ages of 59 and 105. All had underlying health conditions, and six lived in long-term care facilities.

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The county said 35 of the new COVID-19 cases were of long-term care residents, three were of staff, 12 got sick from someone living in their house, two were health care workers, one caught the virus at a non-medical workplace, and seven were unable to be reached by contact tracers. Only three of the new cases were the result of community spread.

Bucks County had 180 COVID-19 patients in hospitals as of Wednesday night. Of the 180, 24 were in critical condition on ventilators.

The county has seen a total of 4,133 confirmed COVID-19 cases since early March, with 1,140 patients recovered.

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Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.