2K New Coronavirus Cases Reported Thursday In Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania reported one of the highest single-day coronavirus case increases Thursday, adding more than 2,000 new infections to the state's total.

There were 2,063 additional positive cases of COVID-19 reported Thursday, bringing the statewide total to 188,360.

But the state said a faulty data file may have inflated the total number.

"The number of cases reported today is one of the highest numbers reported since the beginning of the pandemic. However, there was a faulty data file sent to the system by a laboratory earlier this week, which prevented some of the lab results from being properly reported. Therefore, some of the cases being reported today should have been counted as part of the positive test results reported on October 21," the Department of Health said in a news release.

Also Thursday, 30 new deaths were reported. There have now been 8,592 total deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Pennsylvania.

County-specific information and a statewide map are available on Pennsylvania's COVID-19 Data Dashboard.