Westmoreland County reports 3rd-straight day of triple-digit coronavirus cases

The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Saturday reported a third consecutive day of triple-digit covid-19 cases after reporting 102 to Westmoreland County.

Saturday’s addition puts the three-day total at 359 cases; the county reported 148 and 109 cases on Thursday and Friday, respectively.

Three additional deaths were reported, lifting the death toll to 69.

This has been the deadliest reporting week for the county after logging seven new deaths since Sunday, including two on Monday and one each on Thursday and Friday.

Last week, the county reported six deaths.

To put that in perspective, Westmoreland County reported 3 deaths for the entire month of August.

The county’s total cases are now 3,412. The seven-day average for the county is about 93 cases — another record-high.

The county has seen three days lower than 40 cases this month. There were 22 cases reported on Oct. 1 and 39 cases reported on both Oct. 6 and Oct. 7.

Prior to that, the case total hadn’t exceeded that amount since April 25.

Through September, Westmoreland County had reported more than 25 new cases only twice, on Sept. 23 and Sept. 25, when it reported 39 and 34 new cases, respectively.