COVID-19 cases in Bucks County remain low.
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Per Pennsylvania Department of Health data, there were 236 new COVID-19 infections reported across Bucks County last week, a slight increase from the week before but significantly below levels from earlier this year. It is notable that the number of new infections is likely an under count as many at-home positive tests aren’t recorded in the official data.
Bucks County’s COVID-19 test positivity rate slightly rose from 2.5 percent the week prior to 2.7 percent last week. A test positivity rate higher than 5 percent means health experts consider the spread of COVID-19 uncontrolled.
Hospitalizations remained low in the county. There were nine patients in Bucks County hospitals with COVID-19 and one patient in intensive care, while another was on a ventilator.
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A total of four COVID-19 patients in Bucks County died last week.
About 72 percent of cases are the BA.2 subvariant of the omicron variant across the nation, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NBC News reported.
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Through Tuesday, there were 90,585 Bucks Countians who were partially vaccinated and 392,880 people had received two doses. A total of 175,120 third doses have been administered in the county, according to state data.
A total of 76.9 percent of Bucks Countians have received at least one dose the COVID-19 vaccines, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.
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Since the pandemic began, there have been 123,129 COVID-19 cases in Bucks County and 1,879 deaths.
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