Allegheny County reports 30 new coronavirus cases; total hits 88

Allegheny County reported 88 active coronavirus cases Wednesday, up from 58 on Tuesday, marking the biggest single-day increase since the county first began reporting cases.

Of the 88 active cases, 13 individuals were hospitalized.

That total does not include the two Allegheny County residents who have died from complications from covid-19. The most recent death was reported Tuesday.

The victim, Ofelia Rousseva, 78, of Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood, died March 19, according to a report from the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Officials ruled her cause of death acute respiratory distress syndrome due to a covid-19 infection. Rousseva was not diagnosed with covid-19 until after she died, officials said.

The first coronavirus-related death in Allegheny County, a Clairton resident in their late 60s who was being treated at Jefferson Hospital, was reported Saturday.

For the first time since the county reported its first case March 14, officials provided age and gender breakdowns of the county’s cases. They are:

• 0-4: 1 case

• 5-12: 1 case

• 13-18: 2 cases

• 19-24: 15 cases

• 25-49: 30 cases

• 50-64: 25 cases

• 65 and older: 14 cases

Females account for 55% of the cases, and males account for 45%.

Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday issued a stay-at-home order for Allegheny County in an attempt to encourage residents to avoid contact with others and to slow down the spread of the coronavirus.

The order permits leaving home for essential work, food shopping and outdoor exercise, among other activities.

Ten counties are now under Gov. Tom Wolf’s stay-at-home order. The latest, added Wednesday morning, are Northampton and Lehigh. In addition to Allegheny, already under the order were Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Monroe, Montgomery, Philadelphia and Erie, which was added Tuesday night.

Coronavirus cases in Pennsylvania crested 1,000 Wednesday, state health officials said, and four more patients have died.

From Tuesday to Wednesday, 276 new cases were identified, according to Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine. The cases now total 1,127.

There have been 11 deaths in the state, up from seven reported deaths Tuesday.