COVID-19 Cases by Geography to Date
per Pennsylvania Department of Health
Data updated as of 12:00pm on 7/27/2020

¹ Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
² Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
Case data from PA-NEDSS.  Death data is a combination of PA-NEDSS and EDRS

COVID-19 Tests to Date and Cases per 100K
per Pennsylvania Department of Health
Data updated as of 12:00pm on 7/27/2020

¹ Tested per 100,000 residents represents the cumulative sum of tests within the specified geography
² Cases per 100K represents the 14 day sum of new cases per 100,000 residents

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 7/27/2020

State Coronavirus Updates

• Resumption of Annual Inspections During the COVID-19 Pandemic: There are over 17,000 licensed settings across the Commonwealth that provide care and services to infants, toddlers, young children, individuals with mental illness, individuals with an intellectual disability or autism, and older adults. Read more: https://dingo.telicon.com/PA/library/2020/2020072487.PDF
• Wolf Administration Releases ‘Trauma-Informed PA’ Plan with Recommendations and Steps for the Commonwealth and Providers to Become Trauma-Informed: As a companion to Governor Tom Wolf’s multi-agency effort and anti-stigma initiative, Reach Out PA: Your Mental Health Matters, the Office of Advocacy and Reform (OAR) is releasing the “Trauma-Informed PA” plan to guide the commonwealth and service providers statewide on what it means to be trauma-informed and healing-centered in PA. Read more: https://dingo.telicon.com/PA/library/2020/2020072786.HTM
• Dashboard Data Shows Weekly Case Increases Statewide, Multiple Counties with High Percent-Positives: Governor Tom Wolf released a weekly status update detailing the state’s mitigation efforts based on the COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring System Dashboard comparing the seven-day period of July 17 – July 23 to the previous seven days, July 10 – July 16. The dashboard is designed to provide early warning signs of factors that affect the state’s mitigation efforts. The data available on the dashboard includes week-over-week case differences, incidence rates, test percent-positivity, and rates of hospitalizations, ventilations and emergency room visits tied to COVID-19. Read more: https://dingo.telicon.com/PA/library/2020/2020072792.HTM

Regional Coronavirus Updates

• Allegheny County Department of Health
  • There are 583 past or present hospitalizations (+2). In the newest cases (tested July 9 through July 26), ages range from 2 to 101 years with the median age being 45.
• 14 of 69 county eateries have violations in first round of inspections: The Allegheny County COVID-19 Field Response Team found 14 restaurants with at least one personal coronavirus safety violation during its first round of inspections on Thursday. Read more: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/covid-19/2020/07/24/Allegheny-County-COVID-19-Field-Response-Team-finds-mostly-minor-violations-in-first-round-of-inspections/stories/202007240134
• As pandemic unfolded, OSHA complaints around Pittsburgh highlighted supply shortages: From March through July 12, employees at 63 companies in the Pittsburgh region filed 100 complaints related to COVID-19 concerns with OSHA, according to weekly data published by the agency. The alleged violations potentially exposed a total of 5,857 workers in the region, according to the complaints. Read more: https://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2020/07/26/As-pandemic-unfolded-OSHA-complaints-around-Pittsburgh-highlighted-supply-shortages/stories/202007220107

Federal Coronavirus Updates

• National Institute of Health
  • Phase 3 clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 begins: A Phase 3 clinical trial designed to evaluate if an investigational vaccine can prevent symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults has begun. The vaccine, known as mRNA-1273, was co-developed by the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotechnology company Moderna, Inc., and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. The trial, which will be conducted at U.S. clinical research sites, is expected to enroll approximately 30,000 adult volunteers who do not have COVID-19. Read more: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/phase-3-clinical-trial-investigational-vaccine-covid-19-begins

National Coronavirus Updates

• According to CNN, as of 3:00pm on Monday, July 27, 2020, there are 147,209 coronavirus-related deaths and 4,266,116 total positive cases in the United States.
• COVID-19 Cases Continue To Surge In States Across The U.S.: For the fifth consecutive day, there were more than 1,000 deaths from the coronavirus in the United States and infections haven’t shown signs of significantly slowing, according to the COVID Tracking Project. More than 145,000 people in the country have died from the virus and more than 4,000,000 people have been infected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/25/895437773/covid-19-cases-continue-to-surge-in-states-across-the-u-s
• ICE Confirms New Foreign Students Can’t Take Online-Only Course Loads In The U.S.:  Newly enrolled international students whose colleges and universities are operating entirely online this fall won’t be allowed to enter the U.S. after all. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed on Friday that its guidance granting visa flexibility to nonimmigrant students only applies to those who were actively enrolled at American schools on March 9. Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/24/895223219/ice-confirms-new-foreign-students-cant-take-online-only-course-loads-in-the-u-s

Senate GOP set to roll out relief package amid internal divisions: Senate Republicans are set to release their coronavirus relief proposal Monday afternoon, setting off what could be weeks of political battles with Democrats over unemployment insurance, state and local aid and liability protection for businesses and schools as the pandemic continues to batter the U.S. economy. Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/27/senate-gop-coronavirus-relief-package-382502