PENNSYLVANIA, USA — The Pennsylvania Department of Health now lists 4,843 people with the coronavirus infection in the state, as of noon on Tuesday, March 31.
There were 756 new cases reported in 60 counties and the number of deaths listed is now 63.
Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine will provide an update on the coronavirus known as COVID-19 and its impact in Pennsylvania at 2 p.m. Watch live on WNEP-TV and wnep.com.
Gov. Wolf also revised “Stay at Home” orders to include Cameron, Crawford, Forest, Franklin, Lawrence, Lebanon and Somerset counties, bringing the state total to 33 counties under a stay-at-home order.
This order takes effect at 8 p.m., Tuesday, March 31, and will continue until April 30.
On Monday, all stay-at-home orders were extended through April 30.
All Pennsylvania schools will remain closed until further notice. Non-life-sustaining business closures remain in effect.
Specific information and a statewide map are available here.
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There are 37,645 patients who have tested negative to date. Of the patients who have tested positive to date the age breakdown is as follows:
- Less than 1% are aged 0-4;
- Less than 1% are aged 5-12;
- 1% are aged 13-18;
- Nearly 10% are aged 19-24;
- Nearly 41% are aged 25-49;
- Nearly 29% are aged 50-64; and
- Nearly 19% are aged 65 or older.
Most of the patients hospitalized are aged 65 or older, and most of the deaths have occurred in patients 65 or older. There have been no pediatric deaths to date.
