COVID in Berks
The update on Sunday of the Pennsylvania Department of Health COVID dashboard yielded the following statistics for Berks County:
20: new cases and reinfections
101,730: pandemic/endemic total
33: 14-day case average
1,576: pandemic deaths, state
1,438: pandemic deaths, coroner
20: hospitalized
5: ICU count
21: COVID hospital admissions past week (CDC)
250,899: fully vaccinated (CDC); 63.4% of the population age 5 and older
105,791: with boosters (CDC); 42.1% of the population age 5 and older
Low: Community risk level (CDC)
Notables:
• CDC lowers Berks County to moderate case transmission from substantial.
• Hospital admissions tick up again, climb from 17 over a week to 21.
• Only four people complete vaccinations and only four others receive booster doses.
