DAILY UPDATE: APRIL 30, 2020 1 PM
STATE: Pennsylvania COVID-19 Statistics
per Pennsylvania Department of Health
Data updated as of 12:45pm on 4/30/20
| Total Cases1 | Negative Tests | Deaths |
| 45,763 | 175,602 | 2,295 |
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 12:45pm on 4/30/20
| 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 12:45pm on 4/30/20
| Age Range | Cases |
| 0-29 | 2% |
| 30-49 | 5% |
| 50-64 | 10% |
| 65-79 | 20% |
| 80+ | 19% |
REGIONAL: COVID-19 cases by county to Date
per Pennsylvania Department of Health
Data updated as of 12:45pm on 4/30/20
| County | Positive Cases | Negative Tests | Deaths | New cases since 4/29 | New deaths since 4/29 |
| 10-County Region | 2,663 | 30,842 | 208 | +50 | +8 |
| Allegheny | 1,289 | 15,815 | 94 | +25 | +8 |
| Armstrong | 51 | 675 | 2 | +1 | – |
| Beaver | 405 | 2,055 | 65 | +13 | – |
| Butler | 178 | 2,170 | 6 | +3 | – |
| Fayette | 80 | 1,765 | 4 | – | – |
| Greene | 26 | 419 | 0 | – | – |
| Indiana | 63 | 693 | 4 | – | – |
| Lawrence | 65 | 724 | 6 | +1 | – |
| Washington | 115 | 2,079 | 2 | +2 | – |
| Westmoreland | 391 | 4,447 | 25 | +5 | – |
REGIONAL: COVID-19 Cases Associated with
Nursing Homes and Personal Care Homes to Date
per Pennsylvania Department of Health
Data updated as of 12:45pm on 4/30/2020
| County | Facilities with Cases | Cases Among Residents | Cases Among Employees |
| Regional | 60 | 715 | 160 |
| Allegheny | 34 | 290 | 90 |
| Armstrong | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Beaver | 3 | 256 | 22 |
| Butler | 5 | 12 | 10 |
| Fayette | 1 | 3 | – |
| Indiana | 3 | 13 | 1 |
| Lawrence | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Washington | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Westmoreland | 8 | 132 | 29 |
State Coronavirus Updates
- Wolf Administration: New Funding Awarded to Assist Hospitals Across Pennsylvania: Governor Tom Wolf announced that nearly $324 million in funding has been awarded to 31 hospitals across the commonwealth through the Hospital Emergency Loan Program, or HELP, which provides short-term financial relief as hospitals combat the surge of COVID-19 cases in their area. Read more: https://dingo.telicon.com/PA/library/2020/2020043083.HTM.
- Wolf Signs Two Bills into Law, Vetoes Flawed Telemedicine Bill, Releases Cross-Agency Guidance for Telehealth: Governor Tom Wolf signed into law two bills: House Bill 1869 allows for National Guard members called to active duty to be covered under the Heart and Lung Act if they contract COVID-19 while performing their duties, and House Bill 752 provides for the Game Commission to pay a fair market value for land in Allegheny County. Read more: https://dingo.telicon.com/PA/library/2020/2020043095.HTM.
- L&I Offers Six Tips to Get Unemployment Compensation Benefits Quicker: With the historic surge in people seeking unemployment compensation (UC), Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Jerry Oleksiak today Thursday April 30 offered six tips to help Pennsylvanians more quickly receive the benefits they have earned and deserve. Read more: https://dingo.telicon.com/PA/library/2020/2020043073.HTM.
- PA Council on Aging Releases Findings from Survey of Older Adults During Pandemic: The Pennsylvania Department of Aging and the Pennsylvania Council on Aging (PCoA) today Thursday April 30 released the findings of a statewide survey conducted by PCoA to assess the status, needs and interests of older adults during the COVID-19 outbreak. The survey inquired about food access, public risk factors, and social connection. Read more: https://dingo.telicon.com/PA/library/2020/2020043084.HTM.
- Secretary of Agriculture: Farmers Market Season is Here, Markets Prepared to Safely Serve Pennsylvanians Amid COVID-19: Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding today Thursday April 30 reminded Pennsylvanians that with spring and warm weather comes farmers market season in the commonwealth. Farmers markets, like grocery stores, offer life-sustaining food and essentials and have been provided guidance from the department for how to continue operations safely and with minimal risk amid the COVID-19 public health crisis. Read more: https://dingo.telicon.com/PA/library/2020/2020043087.HTM.
- PennDOT Construction Projects to Resume Beginning May 1: The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today Thursday April 30 that in accordance with Governor Tom Wolf’s plan for a phased-in reopening of public and private construction, PennDOT highway and bridge construction projects will resume beginning May 1. Read more: https://dingo.telicon.com/PA/library/2020/2020043085.HTM.
Regional Coronavirus Updates
- Allegheny County Health Department
- Of the 1,289 cases in Allegheny County, 1,244 are confirmed cases and 45 are probable cases. Of the 94 deaths to date, 84 are confirmed (had positive test) and 10 are probable. Additionally, there are 236 past or present hospitalizations (+8).
- Allegheny County Jail
- Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald on Wednesday April 29 shrugged off the idea of mass testing at the county jail, where at least two dozen inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus. About 1,100 inmates have been released since mid-March, the result of growing fears of COVID-19 spreading in congregate settings such as jails and prisons. The District Attorney’s Office along with jail staff and the public defenders’ office have worked since then to identify nonviolent offenders who could be safely released to home confinement. Fitzgerald said the county has been following the guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding how to deal with cases of the virus among those who are incarcerated.
- Reopening Allegheny County
- Allegheny County data on cases of the coronavirus show that the county is on track to start reopening, but decisions about that timeline will be made at the state level, county officials said during a press briefing Wednesday. “Our numbers are encouraging and look to be in line with what the state is looking for,” said Dr. Debra Bogen, director of the Allegheny County Health Department. Gov. Tom Wolf last week announced a color-coded system for a phased reopening of the state by region. The entire state is currently in the red zone, with all the restrictions established in March still active. The first counties to be allowed to move into the yellow zone, which would allow some businesses to reopen with certain restrictions, are expected to be announced later this week.
Federal Coronavirus Updates
- Labor Department
- The American economy continues to stagger under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic, with another 3.8 million workers filing for unemployment benefits last week. The figures announced Thursday by the Labor Department bring the number of workers joining the official jobless ranks in the last six weeks to more than 30 million, and underscore just how dire economic conditions remain. If anything, according to many economists, the job losses may be far worse than government figures indicate. A study by the Economic Policy Institute found that roughly 50 percent more people than counted as filing claims in a recent four-week period may have qualified for benefits but were stymied in applying or didn’t even try because they found the process too formidable.
National Coronavirus Updates
- According to CNN, as of 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, 2020, there are 61,288 coronavirus-related deaths and 1,046,022 total positive cases in the United States.
- U.S. Economy
- The federal guidelines put in place to slow the spread of the virus by encouraging people to curtail nearly all public life are set to expire today and President Trump has indicated he has no intention of extending the measures as states across the country move ahead with a variety of plans to gradually reopen their economies. The devastating cascade of dismal financial news has increased pressure on all levels of government to restart commercial activity. Economists expect figures from the current quarter, which will capture the shutdown’s impact more fully, to show that G.D.P. contracted at an annual rate of 30 percent or more, a scale not seen since the Great Depression.