The Bucks County Health Department has reported a decline in COVID-19 cases.
Between Tuesday and Thursday, the county received word of 87 COVID-19 positive results, Of those cases, 24 were so delayed that they were no longer considered active infections.
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Counting the 87 cases, there were an average of 29 reported infections per day. Removing the 24 delayed cases, the county averaged 21 cases per day.
The county reported 28 cases on Tuesday, 38 on Wednesday, and 21 on Thursday.
Looking at the 87 cases over the past three days, 36 people caught the virus through household contacts, 14 were due to community spread, nine were sickened during out-of-state travel, four were residents or workers at long-term care facilities, three were health care staff, one was infected at a non-health care workplace, and 20 were unable to be fully interviewed by contact tracers.
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The county has seen a decrease in COVID-19 positive cases over the past week. In early July, the county saw an uptick in cases that were, at least in part, blamed on gatherings and travel around July 4th.
“Statewide, the seven-day average of new daily cases has been decreasing since July 30, and reached 788 on Wednesday, the lowest level since July 14,” the county noted in a press release.
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“Our numbers, along with many others in Southeastern Pennsylvania and across the state, are now trending back downward after a small summer increase,” Bucks County Health Department Director Dr. David Damsker said in a statement.
As of Thursday evening, there were 19 Bucks Countians with COVID-19 in local hospitals and three in critical condition on ventilators.
Since the pandemic began, the county has reported 6,708 COVID-19 positive patients, 514 deaths, and 5,667 recoveries.
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