DAILY UPDATE: APRIL 29, 2020 4 PM
STATE: Pennsylvania COVID-19 Statistics
per Pennsylvania Department of Health
Data updated as of 12:00pm on 4/29/20
| Total Cases1 | Negative Tests | Deaths |
| 44,366 | 170,517 | 2,195 |
1 Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
STATE: Cases by Age Range to Date
per Pennsylvania Department of Health
Data updated as of 12:00pm on 4/29/20
| Age Range | Cases |
| 0-4 | <1% |
| 5-12 | <1% |
| 13-18 | 1% |
| 19-24 | 6% |
| 25-49 | 38% |
| 50-64 | 27% |
| 65+ | 26% |
STATE: Hospitalization Rates by Age Range to Date
per Pennsylvania Department of Health
Data updated as of 12:00pm on 4/29/20
| Age Range | Cases |
| 0-29 | 2% |
| 30-49 | 5% |
| 50-64 | 10% |
| 65-79 | 20% |
| 80+ | 20% |
REGIONAL: COVID-19 cases by county to Date
per Pennsylvania Department of Health
Data updated as of 12:00pm on 4/29/20
| County | Positive Cases | Negative Tests | Deaths | New cases since 4/28 | New deaths since 4/28 |
| 10-County Region | 2,622 | 30,112 | 200 | +53 | +11 |
| Allegheny | 1,273 | 15,426 | 86 | +38 | -1* |
| Armstrong | 50 | 647 | 2 | – | – |
| Beaver | 392 | 2,007 | 65 | +4 | +6 |
| Butler | 175 | 2,140 | 6 | +1 | – |
| Fayette | 80 | 1,716 | 4 | +1 | – |
| Greene | 26 | 407 | 0 | – | – |
| Indiana | 63 | 647 | 4 | +1 | – |
| Lawrence | 64 | 711 | 6 | +1 | +1 |
| Washington | 113 | 2,033 | 2 | +4 | – |
| Westmoreland | 386 | 4,378 | 25 | +3 | +5 |
*The decrease in reported deaths since Tuesday, 4/28/20 is due to data that had been incorrectly input into the reporting system and the error was found and corrected upon review.
REGIONAL: COVID-19 Cases Associated with
Nursing Homes and Personal Care Homes to Date
per Pennsylvania Department of Health
Data updated as of 12:00pm on 4/29/2020
| County | Facilities with Cases | Cases Among Residents | Cases Among Employees |
| Regional | 59 | 703 | 157 |
| Allegheny | 34 | 285 | 89 |
| Armstrong | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Beaver | 3 | 251 | 20 |
| Butler | 4 | 11 | 10 |
| Fayette | 1 | 3 | . |
| Indiana | 3 | 13 | 1 |
| Lawrence | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Washington | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Westmoreland | 8 | 131 | 29 |
State Coronavirus Updates
- Wolf Administration Highlights Comprehensive Food Security Efforts: As Pennsylvania works to mitigate the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus, the Wolf Administration has made it a priority to address food insecurity in the commonwealth by protecting our local supply chain, advocating for necessary waivers and resources, and ensuring equal access to healthy food for all. Read more: https://dingo.telicon.com/PA/library/2020/2020042975.HTM.
- Secretary of Health Dr. Levine
- As of 12 am today Wednesday April 29, there are 1,102 new positive cases; 43,802 positive cases now statewide in all 67 counties.
- 2,634 are healthcare workers tested positive and 7,698 are associated with 461 nursing homes and/or long-term living facilities.
- 2,781 have been hospitalized; 602 of those hospitalized require the use of a ventilator or breathing machine.
- As of 12 pm today Wednesday April 29, 47% hospital beds, 40% ICU beds and 70% ventilators are still available
- 2,295 deaths are adults who tested positive.
Federal Coronavirus Updates
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- A second wave of the novel coronavirus is “inevitable,” said Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The nation’s top epidemiologist said in a Tuesday interview with the Economic Club that the virus probably won’t go away because it’s highly transmissible and globally spread. Fauci said identifying people who are infected, isolating them and tracing their contacts in an effective and efficient way will be instrumental in keeping the number of projected deaths down to about 70,000 or 80,000 as states move to reopen their economies. New cases will emerge in the process, he said. Fauci said it’s important for the country to be careful and circumspect as it moves from a lockdown to a “gradual rolling reentry into some sort of normality. ”
National Coronavirus Updates
- Wall Street
- Stocks charged higher around the world Wednesday April 29 following an encouraging report on a possible treatment for COVID-19. The optimism helped the S&P 500 vault 2.8% higher in afternoon trading, and it extended a rally that’s brought the U.S. stock market to the brink of its best month in 45 years. Stocks in Europe also jumped immediately after Gilead Sciences said its experimental drug proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major U.S. government study.