COVID-19 hospitalizations up in Western PA, 17% in Allegheny County, 60% in Mercer – WTAE Pittsburgh

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December 30, 2023

COVID-19 hospitalizations up in Western PA, 17% in Allegheny County, 60% in Mercer

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists 30,000 new COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States in a week's time, and 1,300 of those cases were from Pennsylvania.

Updated: 6:23 PM EST Dec 29, 2023

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists 30,000 new COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States in a week's time, and 1,300 of those cases were from Pennsylvania. In Allegheny County, the CDC reports that cases for the week ending Dec. 23 were up 17%, and in Mercer County, COVID-19 hospitalizations increased 60%."It is still making people very sick, especially, and this is anecdotal, but I found that people who have never have somehow so far missed getting COVID and they get this one, they may not be hospitalization level of illness, but they still feel pretty bad. And so it can still, you know, knock you out for a couple of for several days," Allegheny Health Network's Dr. Amy Crawford Faucher said.Faucher said she expects the numbers to rise after New Year's Eve gatherings.Track CDC COVID-19 cases by county

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists 30,000 new COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States in a week's time, and 1,300 of those cases were from Pennsylvania.

In Allegheny County, the CDC reports that cases for the week ending Dec. 23 were up 17%, and in Mercer County, COVID-19 hospitalizations increased 60%.

"It is still making people very sick, especially, and this is anecdotal, but I found that people who have never have somehow so far missed getting COVID and they get this one, they may not be hospitalization level of illness, but they still feel pretty bad. And so it can still, you know, knock you out for a couple of for several days," Allegheny Health Network's Dr. Amy Crawford Faucher said.

Faucher said she expects the numbers to rise after New Year's Eve gatherings.

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