Credit: PA Internet News Service
Bucks County has had COVID-19 cases drop 95 percent since the first week of the year.
Finishing out the first week of January, the county reported just over 2,700 new COVID-19 cases, which included a wave of cases spurred by holiday gatherings. Last week, the county reported just 122 new COVID-19 infections, a drop from 222 cases the week prior, according to Pennsylvania Department of Health data.
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The recent low numbers match those not seen last June when strict COVID-19 mitigation measures were just starting to ease. The drop in cases since January shows the sharp decrease as vaccines have become widely available.
The COVID-19 test positivity rate fell from 2.5 percent to 1.5 percent last week. Health experts consider a positivity rate higher than 5 percent as uncontrolled spread. For much of 2020 and 2021, Bucks County’s rate was 5 percent or higher.
There were eight COVID-19 deaths of Bucks Countians reported last week, according to state data.
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Last week ended with about 20 Bucks Countians with COVID-19 in hospitals, all of whom who were not vaccinated, according to the Bucks County Health Department.
Since the pandemic begin, Bucks County has seen 60,687 COVID-19 cases and 1,311 deaths.
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