One additional case of COVID-19 has been added to McKean County’s count.
According to the state Department of Health, this additional case is a confirmed positive test in Kane, bringing the number for that ZIP code to 8. That area also has at least one probable case as well.
The health department redacts case counts of less than four. The data indicates at least one positive case in Bradford, and probable cases in Kane, Bradford and Duke Center.
In total, McKean County has had 13 cases, 692 negative tests and one death.
The numbers haven’t changed for other local counties. Elk County has had 6 cases and 349 negative tests; Potter County has had 6 cases and 160 negative tests; and Cameron County has had 2 cases and 136 negative tests.
Statewide, there were 537 additional positive cases as of Thursday, bringing the statewide total to 73,942.
There are 5,817 total deaths attributed to COVID-19, an increase of 75 new deaths.
While this region is in the “green” phase of the state’s reopening plan, health officials remind that precautions are still necessary.
“As Pennsylvania continues to move forward in the process to reopen, we need to remember that the threat from COVID-19 has not gone away,” Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said.
Statewide, there are 618 patients who have a positive serology test and either COVID-19 symptoms or a high-risk exposure, which are considered probable cases and not confirmed cases. There are 416,942 patients who have tested negative to date.
Also on Thursday, Gov. Tom Wolf announced that every county will be moving into some step of the reopening phase as of today.
The counties moving in the yellow phase include Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lehigh, Northampton, Montgomery and Philadelphia.
In addition, the Wolf and Levine signed amended green phase orders to include 16 counties moving to the green phase today. The counties include Allegheny, Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Clinton, Fayette, Fulton, Greene, Indiana, Lycoming, Mercer, Somerset, Washington and Westmoreland.
With these orders, there are no counties in the red phase. In total, as of today, there will be 34 counties in the green phase and 33 in the yellow phase.
