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County Reports 11 COVID-19 Deaths On Tuesday


An illustration of a coronavirus. Credit: CDC

Bucks County added 11 more COVID-19 deaths to the tally on Tuesday.

County officials said the 11 people were all residents of long-term care facilities.

Dr. David Damsker, the county’s health director, said four of the deaths happened earlier in April but were not reported until Tuesday.

The majority of Bucks County’s 110 deaths have been of older residents.

The county received 92 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the total to 2,067.

Damsker said that three-quarters of all new cases are among health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities. Community spread has remained low in recent weeks.

A total of 169 Bucks Countians were in hospitals with COVID-19 and 26 were in critical condition and on ventilators.

A total of 459 residents have recovered.


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