On Thursday night, the Bucks County Department of Health reported that new COVID-19 case numbers remain low.
The department said 96 cases were reported between Tuesday and Thursday. Of the new cases, 12 were delayed reports and no longer considered active.
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A total of 29 cases were reported on Tuesday, 38 on Wednesday, and 29 on Thursday.
Including the delayed cases, the county average a total of 32 cases per day. Taking out the delayed reports, the county averaged 28 new cases per day.
Looking at the 96 reported cases, 31 were sickened through household contacts, 19 through community spread, 18 caught the virus from out-of-state travel, five were infected at work, one was a long-term care facility resident, one was a jail inmate, one was a healthcare worker, and 20 were unable to be interviewed immediately by contact tracers.
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“The numbers have clearly come down now,” said Health Department Director Dr. David Damsker, noting the rise of cases after July 4th. “We don’t know how far down they’re going to go, but we will have a baseline number of cases from people being out and about, and there will be a certain amount of transmission in the community. We’re just waiting to see what that baseline ends up being.”
The county reported 12 COVID-19 patients in local hospitals and two in critical condition on ventilators.
“At one point we had 265 to 270 people in the hospital and dozens of people ventilated – 30 or 35 – and now we’re down to two,” he said. “Our overall hospitalization rate is as low as it has been since mid-March. That’s probably the most important indicator.”
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Since the pandemic began, the county has received word of 6,898 positive cases, 515 deaths, and 6,014 recoveries.
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