COVID-19 cases have continued to increase over just a few weeks ago in Bucks County.
Between Tuesday and Thursday night, the county received word of 124 COVID-19 positive tests. The total includes 47 cases that were so delayed in their reporting that they were no longer considered by active.
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On Tuesday, the county received results for 41 positive cases, 23 on Wednesday, and 60 on Thursday.
According to the county health department, they’ve been receiving an average of about 41 case reports per a day over the past three days and reached the highest daily average seen since mid-May. Just weeks ago, the daily average was in the teens and low 20s.
The average of about 41 cases per a day takes the delayed cases into account. Without the delayed cases factored in, the county would be averaging 25 new infection reports per day, which is still an uptick over a few weeks ago.
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Looking at the 124 cases reported from Tuesday through Thursday, 48 were spread through household contact, 25 were due to out-of-state travel, 10 were from local community spread, four were of residents or employees at long-term care centers, four were health care workers, two caught the virus through other workplaces, and 31 were unable to be immediately reached by contact tracers.
The county is still seeing the impacts of travel, parties at homes, and July 4th weekend gatherings, Bucks County Health Department Director Dr. David Damsker said. He added that some people who got sick at those events then passed COVID-19 onto family.
The county has only seen two COVID-19 patient deaths this month and hospitalization rates remain low. As of of Thursday night, 23 Bucks Countians were in area hospitals with COVID-19 and three were in critical condition on ventilators.
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“The positive news is that hospitalizations remain low,” Damsker said in a statement. “Clearly we are still seeing the effects of people who traveled or went to social gatherings over the July 4 holiday and are now passing the infections along to family members. Many of our reported cases are more than two weeks old, so hopefully we will be seeing the numbers starting to drop again soon.”
Since the pandemic began, Bucks County has seen 6,171 residents with COVID-19 positive tests, 512 deaths, and 4,787 confirmed recoveries.
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