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PA Dept. of Health: 2,486 New COVID-19 Cases Reported Statewide

HARRISBURG, Pa. (EYT) – The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 2,486 new COVID-19 cases statewide as of Thursday, February 17.

Data for this article comes from the state’s COVID-19 Dashboard as of 12:35 p.m. on Friday, February 18.

New Statewide Positive Cases Last Seven Days

2/17/22 – 2,486
2/16/22 – 3,389
2/15/22 – 2,153
2/14/22 – 2,445
2/11/22 through 2/13/22 – 8,610

[LOCAL REGION]

County Previous Total New Cases Total Cases Deaths
Armstrong 14989 20 15009 328
Butler 43713 43 43756 696
Clarion 8086 33 8119 193
Clearfield 18798 49 18847 317
Crawford 19497 23 19520 299 (1 new)
Elk 7001 11 7012 95
Forest 2213 1 2214 34
Indiana 16965 24 16989 332
Jefferson 8762 7 8769 212
McKean 7973 27 8000 132
Mercer 23026 32 23058 480
Venango 11084 18 11102 229
Warren 7142 11 7153 205

 

The department continues to urge Pennsylvanians to follow CDC guidance for wearing a mask where required by law, rule and regulations, including healthcare, local business and workplace guidance. For the protection of themselves and others, individuals who have not yet been vaccinated or are partially vaccinated are still encouraged to wear a mask when in public. CDC also recommends all individuals wear a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission.

If you or your loved ones are not yet vaccinated, now is the time to get fully vaccinated, get boosted, and get children ages 5 – 18 vaccinated. Visit vaccines.gov to find a vaccine provider near you to schedule your vaccine appointment.

The Department of Health continues to provide the public with extensive and frequently updated data on both the COVID-19 dashboard and the vaccine dashboard. Both dashboards provide an interactive experience for the user to review statewide and local-level data updated daily.

The department also provides a dashboard showing COVID-19 data for skilled nursing homes including case counts, deaths and vaccination status for residents and staff.