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State update for COVID-19 – week of Wednesday, December 21

The Department of Health reports more than 14,000 new cases and 136 deaths related to the coronavirus over the previous seven days.

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PENNSYLVANIA, USA — The Pennsylvania Department of Health has updated COVID-19 statistics for the last week.

The department confirms 14,606 additional positive cases of COVID-19 over the last seven days, for a daily average of 2,086 new cases per day.
The statewide case total is 3,403,177 as of Wednesday, December 21.
There were 136 new deaths for the week. The statewide total of deaths attributed to COVID-19 is 48,798, according to the department.

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