Pa. surpasses 1 million COVID-19 cases
Written by Victoria Scialfa on March 25, 2021
Pa. surpasses 1 million COVID-19 cases
By Tyler Pratt & The Associated Press
March 25, 2021
As of March 24, Pennsylvania has surpassed 1 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The milestone comes amid rising infections and a setback in the state’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
There have been roughly 50,000 COVID cases between Lehigh and Northampton counties since the onset of the pandemic.
Daily infections in the commonwealth have risen more than 10% in the past two weeks, with hospitalizations beginning to drift up, too.
On March 23, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported more than 4,500 new cases – the highest single-day number since early February. That number did drop on March 24 to just over 3,500 new cases.
Pennsylvania also learned this week that it will not get nearly as many doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as the federal government initially projected.
To date, the state has administered 4.6 million COVID vaccines, meaning 1.6 million Pennsylvanians have been fully vaccinated against the virus.
Pennsylvania joins New York, California, Florida, Texas, and several other states in hitting the million case mark.
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