COVID-19 related death reported at Northampton County hospital

By: Stacy Wescoe
March 18, 2020 4:50 pm

Pennsylvania has had its first COVID-19 related death and it was in Northampton County. The individual was being treated in a hospital. No further details were given in a release from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Statewide there have been 133 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

There are 1,187 patients who have tested negative. County-specific information and a statewide map are available here.

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