The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed Wednesday, April 8, that Lebanon County now has 169 cases of the novel coronavirus, a jump of 24 cases compared to figures published Tuesday.
The current statewide positive count is 16,239, with 310 deaths. The state has recorded 82,299 negative tests.
As far as neighboring counties:
- Berks County – 416 cases, seven deaths
- Dauphin County – 168 cases, two deaths
- Lancaster County – 561 cases, 16 deaths
- Schuylkill County – 136 cases
Here’s how Lebanon County’s confirmed case count has grown over the past few weeks.
Citing HIPAA concerns, the Pennsylvania Department of Health does not release municipality-level or other demographic attributes of confirmed cases to either the public or to Lebanon County administration.
Here is a chart maintained by the Pennsylvania Capital-Star which shows how total tests across the state compare to positive tests.
The state does not track, at least publicly, the total number of tests at the county level.
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