Bucks County certainly hasn’t seen the last of COVID-19.
On Monday night, the county reported an average of 22 new cases between Friday and this week. There were 88 new infections over the period and 20 additional cases whose reporting was so delayed that they were no longer considered active.
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Health officials said the baseline of cases during reopening in Bucks County appears to be just about 20 new cases reported per day.
Breaking down the numbers, the county said 34 cases were caught through household contacts, 25 were from out of state visits, 18 were due to community spread, 10 were residents or workers at long-term care facilities, four were infected at non-medical workplaces, two were healthcare workers, and 15 were not immediately reached by contact tracers.
“We’re continuing to do well here in Bucks County,” Dr. David Damsker, director of the county health department, said in a statement. “Our baseline numbers have remained relatively static, even though we still have cases related to travel.”
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The county on Monday reported the first COVID-19 death in July. A 96-year-old woman from a long-term care center with underlying conditions died.
As of Monday night, a total of 31 Bucks Countians were in local hospitals with COVID-19 and four were in critical condition on ventilators.
Since the pandemic began, 5,762 people have had confirmed COVID-19 cases, 511 deaths, and 4,047 confirmed recoveries in the county.
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