Sunday, May 24, 2020

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: 9 New Positive Cases; 1 New Death Reported

On Sunday, May 24th, 2020, Schuylkill County added 9 new Positive COVID-19 cases.

In Schuylkill County, the current total of positive cases in Schuylkill County is 585 with 4,181 having tested negative for the virus.

The Department of Health's updated information as of May 24th, 2020 reported that Schuylkill County had 1 additional death with the county death total standing at 27.

The daily update the Department of Health also shows that Pennsylvania diagnosed 730 new cases Statewide since Saturday's update.  The current number of  Statewide confirmed cases is 67,713 as of Midnight.

The Statewide death total stands at 5,124 

According to the Department of Health 328,382 have tested negative since testing began.

The following stats have been released for Schuylkill County's surrounding counties:

Berks: 3,885 Cases; 296 Deaths
Carbon: 229 Cases; 22 Deaths
Columbia:  344 Cases; 30 Deaths
Dauphin: 1,099 Cases; 63 Deaths
Lebanon: 909 Cases; 27 Deaths
Lehigh:  3,651 Cases; 206 Deaths
Luzerne: 2,645 Cases; 135 Deaths
Northumberland: 170 Cases; 3 Deaths

On Friday afternoon, Governor Wolf is expected to announce the guidelines for counties to move to the "Green Phase" as well the next round of counties to move to the "Yellow Phase".