Tuesday, April 14, 2020

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Schuylkill County Total Cases at 200

On Tuesday, April 14th, 2020, 8 additional positive cases of the Coronavirus were tested in Schuylkill County bring the total to 200.


The daily update the Department of Health also shows that Pennsylvania diagnosed 1,146 new cases Statewide.  The current number of  Statewide confirmed cases is 25,345 as of Midnight.

The number of new cases comes after hospitals like Lehigh Valley that have announced new guidelines for testing which only symptomatic people ages 65 and over, symptomatic people at a higher risk of complications and other defined symptomatic at-risk people will be tested for COVID-19.

According to the Department of Health 109,286 have tested negative since testing began with 584 deaths statewide.

2 Deaths has been reported in Schuylkill County by the PA Department of Health.

Current Surrounding County #'s:

Berks: 1,247 Cases; 27 Deaths
Carbon: 103 Cases; 3 Deaths
Columbia:  125 Cases; 3 Deaths
Dauphin:  249 Cases; 5 Deaths
Lebanon:  328 Cases; 2 Deaths
Lehigh:  1,803 Cases; 23 Deaths
Luzerne:  1,523 Cases; 26 Deaths
Northumberland:  48 Cases

Map below provided and updated by the Pennsylvania Department of Health