Saturday, March 28, 2020

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: 3 New Positive Cases in Schuylkill County; Statewide Deaths Increase to 34

On Saturday, March 27th, 2020, 3 additional positive cases of the Coronavirus were tested in Schuylkill County bring the total to 16.


The daily update the Department of Health also shows that Pennsylvania diagnosed 533 new cases Statewide.  The current number of Statewide confirmed cases is 2,751 as of Noon.

The surrounding counties have reported the following number of positive cases:

+ Shows number of new cases since day before

Lehigh - 109 +16
Luzerne - 65 +10
Berks - 65 +0
Dauphin - 23 +5
Lebanon - 15 +3
Carbon - 3 +1 
Columbia - 4 +1
Northumberland - 1

According to the Department of Health 25,254 have tested negative since testing began with 34 deaths statewide.

No deaths have been reported in Schuylkill County.