Allegheny County reports 150 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths

Allegheny County Health officials reported 150 new covid-19 cases Saturday, with two more hospitalizations. It’s the second straight day the county has seen a decline after a record-setting 233 cases Thursday, followed by 177 cases Friday.

The county reported no new deaths, leaving the total at 187. On Friday, the state had reported Allegheny County as having 190 deaths.

Allegheny County now has seen 3,430 cases of covid-19 since the first ones were reported March 14.

In all, 408 patients who tested positive for the virus have had to be hospitalized, representing nearly 12% of the county’s cases.

It is the fifth straight day of new case counts in the triple digits — something not seen in Allegheny County until this week. The new virus was first reported in Allegheny County on March 14, eight days after it was first reported in Pennsylvania.

People who make up the latest round of new cases range in age from 3 years old to 87 years old, according to county data.

The median age is 26 — dipping again in the past two days. The median had held at 29 until dropping to 28 on Friday.

County officials, following Thursday’s 233 new cases, ordered all bars, restaurants and casinos shut down, save for takeout and delivery. That decision came days after bars and restaurants had been ordered to cease on-site alcohol consumption for the time being.