¹ Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
² Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
Case data from PA-NEDSS.  Death data is a combination of PA-NEDSS and EDRS

¹ Tested per 100,000 residents represents the cumulative sum of tests within the specified geography

² Cases per 100K represents the 14 day sum of new cases per 100,000 residents’

State Coronavirus Updates

• Wolf Administration Provides Recommendation for School and Recreational Youth Sports: The Pennsylvania Department of Health and Department of Education jointly recommended that Pre-K–12 school and recreational youth sports be postponed until at least Jan. 1, 2021, to protect children and teens from COVID-19. Read more: https://dingo.telicon.com/PA/library/2020/2020080667.HTM
• Gov. Wolf: $10.5 Million to Help Career and Technical Education Centers Resume Operations: Governor Tom Wolf is dedicating approximately $10.5 million to Career and Technical Education Centers (CTC) to assist them in implementing public health and safety plans and help them to resume operations. CTC Equity grants provide funding to support effective continuity of education programs such as summer and other expanded programming, and industry credential assessments for students enrolled in CTCs negatively impacted by COVID-19 mitigation efforts. Read more: https://dingo.telicon.com/PA/library/2020/2020080677.HTM
• Wolf Administration Highlights Increased Efforts to Expand COVID-19 Testing Availability: Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine highlighted ongoing efforts to expand testing across Pennsylvania to ensure that every Pennsylvanian who wants a test can get one.  Read more: https://dingo.telicon.com/PA/library/2020/2020080690.HTM
• First Lady, Agriculture Secretary: Every Pennsylvanian Deserves Access to Fresh, Local Food: First Lady Frances Wolf and Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding will be joined by Congressman Dwight Evans and food industry leaders to discuss how Pennsylvania’s $10 million Fresh Food Financing Initiative aims to address hunger, food insecurity and food apartheid in the commonwealth while simultaneously increasing market opportunities for Pennsylvania’s agriculture producers. Read more: https://dingo.telicon.com/PA/library/2020/2020080696.HTM
• Wolf Administration Applauds Pennsylvania Business that Responded to Manufacturing Call to Action: Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Dennis Davin highlighted the efforts of Actuated Medical, a manufacturer in Centre County that developed face shields in response to the state’s critical need for personal protective equipment (PPE) through DCED’s Pennsylvania Manufacturing Call to Action Portal(MCAP), which mobilized manufacturers producing COVID-19-related products and supplies or could pivot to producing COVID-19-related supplies. As of the end of July 2020, the MCAP received 2,118 submissions for face shield production. Read more: https://dingo.telicon.com/PA/library/2020/2020080793.HTM

Regional Coronavirus Updates

• Allegheny County Department of Health
  • There are 721 past or present hospitalizations (+8). In the newest cases (tested July 14 through August 6), ages range from 1 to 86 years with the median age being 33.
• Pittsburgh Promise
  • The Promise will not penalize recipients who take a gap year away from college or trade school due to COVID-19. The classes of 2017 through 2020 will have five years of coverage instead of the usual four. Read more: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2020/08/06/Pittsburgh-Promise-scholarship-gap-year-students-COVID-19-pandemic/stories/202008060100
• Pittsburgh Public Schools
  • All Pittsburgh Public Schools students will receive a district-issued device this school year, but pre-K through first-grade students will receive an iPad before the start of the year, and students in second through 12th grade will initially receive a laptop by need. Read more: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2020/08/05/Pittsburgh-Public-Schools-students-district-devices/stories/202008050169
• Blairsville-Saltsburg School District
  • BSSD has adjusted the school calendar to postpone the start of school. Students’ first day will be Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Read more: https://www.indianagazette.com/news/local/board-delays-start-of-school-year-for-blairsville-saltsburg-school-district/article_4ed40456-d7f0-11ea-9d23-67d5e2bef715.html

Federal Coronavirus Updates

• Department of Health and Human Services
  • HHS, DOD Collaborate With Johnson & Johnson to Produce Millions of COVID-19 Investigational Vaccine Doses: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DoD) announced an agreement with the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, to demonstrate large-scale manufacturing and delivery of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Under the terms of the agreement, the federal government will own the resulting 100 million doses of vaccine. Read more: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/08/05/hhs-dod-collaborate-with-johnson-and-johnson-to-produce-millions-of-covid-19-investigational-vaccine-doses.html
• Department of State
  • Lifting of Global Level 4 Global Health Advisory – Global Level 4 Health Advisory, issued on March 19, 2020, advised U.S. citizens to avoid all international travel due to the global impact of COVID-19. The Department is returning to the previous system of country-specific levels of travel advice (with Levels from 1-4 depending on country-specific conditions). The most recent review from the European Council on July 30, 2020 still blocks entry to U.S. tourists, and the U.K. requires travelers from the U.S. to quarantine for 14 days. Read more: https://www.state.gov/lifting-of-global-level-4-global-health-advisory/

National Coronavirus Updates

• According to CNN, as of 11:00m on Friday, August 7, 2020, there are 160,157 coronavirus-related deaths and 4,888,070 total positive cases in the United States.
• Long Road To Recovery: Hiring Slows In July, As U.S. Employers Add 1.8 Million Jobs: U.S. employers added 1.8 million jobs last month, as the unemployment rate dipped to 10.2%. The pace of hiring slowed from June, when employers added a record 4.8 million jobs. That suggests a long road back to full employment for the tens of millions of people who have been laid off during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/08/07/899873601/long-road-to-recovery-hiring-slows-in-july-as-u-s-employers-add-1-8-million-jobs