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Pennsylvania on Saturday reported 1,162 new coronavirus cases — a whopping 402-case jump from yesterday’s 760. The state Department of Health reported 22 new deaths attributed to the coronavirus after posting 21 on Friday. Wednesday’s total of 28 deaths was the highest of the week. Of the 22 deaths reported...

Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 85 new coronavirus cases. The county now has a total of 11,663 cases of covid-19, according to the Allegheny County Health Department. Among Saturday’s batch of newly reported cases, 69 were confirmed while 16 were listed as probable. The results came from tests conducted from...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Saturday reported 7 new cases of covid-19 in Westmoreland County, continuing a week of relatively low case counts. No additional deaths were reported, leaving the death toll at 49 — where it has remained for 17 days. The county last reported a death from...

Pennsylvania on Saturday reported 963 new coronavirus cases — a 72-case jump from yesterday’s 891. The state Department of Health reported 18 new deaths attributed to the coronavirus after posting 10 on Friday. Thursday’s total of 20 deaths was the highest of the week. No new deaths were reported Monday....

Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 68 new coronavirus cases and 26 new hospitalizations. The county now has a total of 10,709 cases of covid-19, according to data from the Allegheny County Health Department. The new hospitalizations bring that total to 1,026 since the virus was first reported in Allegheny County...

Westmoreland County saw 13 new cases of covid-19 added to its total Saturday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported. No additional deaths were reported, leaving the death toll at 49, where it has remained for the past 10 days. The county last reported a death from the virus on Aug....

Pennsylvania on Saturday reported 843 new coronavirus cases, as the case count inches slowly upward from yesterday’s 835. The state Department of Health reported 16 new deaths attributed to coronavirus after posting 20 on Friday. Tuesday’s total of 26 was the highest total of the week. The total number of...

Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 83 new coronavirus cases and five additional deaths. The county now has a total of 10,221 cases of covid-19 and 330 deaths. Seventy-six of the new cases are confirmed, while seven are listed as probable, according to data from the Allegheny County Health Department. Officials...

Pennsylvania on Saturday reported 796 new coronavirus cases, as the case count inches slowly upward from the weekly average of 688. The state Department of Health reported 18 new deaths attributed to coronavirus after posting 20 on Friday. Sunday’s total of 33 was the highest total of the week. Saturday’s...

Westmoreland County saw 20 new cases of covid-19 added to its total Saturday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported. No additional deaths were reported, leaving the death toll at 49. The county last reported a death from the virus on Wednesday. There have been three deaths attributed to covid-19 in...

Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 61 new coronavirus cases and two additional deaths. The county now has a total of 9,817 cases of covid-19 and 306 deaths. All of Saturday’s cases have been confirmed. Officials also reported 7 new hospitalizations, bringing that total to 922 since the virus was first...

Westmoreland County saw 16 new cases of covid-19 added to its total Saturday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported, with one additional death. The death is the first death reported in the county since Tuesday. The county’s death toll now stands at 48. Through the first half of August, Westmoreland...

Pennsylvania on Saturday reported 850 new coronavirus cases, as the case count inches slowly upward from the weekly average of 813. The state Department of Health reported 20 new deaths attributed to coronavirus after posting 36 on Friday — which was the highest total of the week. Of the newly...

Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 77 new coronavirus cases and one additional death. The county now has a total of 9,359 cases of covid-19 and 284 deaths. All of Saturday’s cases have been confirmed. Officials also reported 11 new hospitalizations, bringing that total to 777 since the virus was first...

A week after reaching the milestone of 1 million tests administered, the state of Pennsylvania has reported 1 million negative tests for the coronavirus. Saturday’s report shows a total of 1,016,705 tests have come back with negative results for the new virus in the Keystone State. The commonwealth also reported...

Westmoreland County saw 19 new cases of covid-19 added to its total Saturday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported, with one additional death. It’s the first time since May 5-6 that Westmoreland County has had back-to-back days of new deaths from the novel coronavirus. The county’s death toll now stands...

Allegheny County Health Department officials reported 146 new covid-19 cases Saturday and one new death. The death total now stands at 222. The latest numbers reflect 1,631 tests spanning from July 7 to July 24 — a nearly 9% infection rate of those who were tested. To date, Allegheny County...

Pittsburgh-area Primanti Bros. locations will be giving away free french fries to Pittsburgh Pirates fans on Friday. The promotion is part of the Opening Day celebration of the coronavirus-delayed start of the 2020 MLB season. Opening Day for the Pirates is July 24, at St. Louis. (The first home game...

Players for the Washington Nationals and New York Yankees all took a knee prior to the playing of the National Anthem ahead of Thursday’s first game of the coronavirus-delayed 2020 MLB season. The athletes also held a black ribbon while kneeling to honor the Black Lives Matter movement during the...

Westmoreland County saw 18 new cases of covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported Saturday, but no additional deaths. The county had seen increases of at least 20 cases every day in July with the exception of July 12 and 13, when the state reported...

Pennsylvania achieved an unwanted trifecta after the Department of Health released the state’s coronavirus case results Saturday. As of July 18, the Keystone State had surpassed 100,000 positive cases and 7,000 deaths after administering more than 1 million tests. There were 763 new cases and 15 new covid-19 deaths reported...

Allegheny County Health Department officials reported 135 new covid-19 cases Saturday and one new death. The death total now stands at 207. The latest numbers reflect 1,661 tests spanning from July 3 to July 17 — an 8% infection rate of those who were tested. Allegheny County now has seen...

Talk about the path of least resistance. An observation from a recent study on flight habits of large birds followed an Andean condor that soared in the skies for 100 miles without having to flap its wings even once. Scientists tracked a soaring Andean condor for 100 miles (172 kilometers)...

Allegheny County Health officials reported 215 new covid-19 cases Saturday and one new death. The death total now stands at 198. The latest numbers reflect 1,953 tests spanning from July 1 to July 10 — an 11% infection rate of those who were tested. Allegheny County now has seen 4,762...