Reading Eagle: Berks COVID cases up by 15 in latest report

Reading Eagle, Reading Eagle, Pa.
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Apr. 24—COVID in Berks

The updates for Berks County on Sunday of the Pennsylvania Department of Health COVID-19 dashboard and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention county tracker reflected the following statistics for Berks through Thursday:

15: new cases and reinfections

102,677: pandemic total

30: seven-day case average

28: 14-day case average

1,594: pandemic deaths, state

1,452: pandemic deaths, coroner

8: hospitalized

0: ICU count

2: COVID hospital admissions past week

255,130: fully vaccinated individuals; 64.2% of the population age 5 and older

111,426: boosters given; total includes second boosters

6.12%: Positivity rate

Low: Community risk level

429,000: Berks population