Saturday, April 18, 2020

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: 5th COVID-19 Death Reported in Schuylkill County

On Saturday, April 18th, 2020, 10 additional positive cases of the Coronavirus were tested in Schuylkill County bring the total to 254.


In Schuylkill County, 1,411 have tested negative for the virus.

The daily update the Department of Health also shows that Pennsylvania diagnosed 1,628 new cases Statewide.  The current number of  Statewide confirmed cases is 31,069 as of Midnight.

According to the Department of Health 122,896 have tested negative since testing began with 836  deaths statewide.

5 Deaths has been reported in Schuylkill County by the PA Department of Health.  That is one additional death reported from the previous day.

Current Surrounding County #'s:

Berks: 1,748 Cases; 40 Deaths
Carbon:  136 Cases; 8 Deaths
Columbia:  184 Cases; 4 Deaths
Dauphin:   343 Cases; 9 Deaths
Lebanon:  458 Cases; 4 Deaths
Lehigh:  2,141 Cases; 29 Deaths
Luzerne: 1,712 Cases; 32 Deaths
Northumberland:  67 Cases;

Map below provided and updated by the Pennsylvania Department of Health