Just 3 PA Counties In COVID Red Zone: White House Task Force

PENNSYLVANIA — All but three Pennsylvania counties are no longer in the "red zone" for coronavirus outbreak severity, according to the latest report by the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

The report, released Feb. 28, shows just Perry, Clinton and Potter counties are listed as red.

Counties that are in red zones have more than 100 new cases per 100,000 residents and a diagnostic test positivity result of above 10 percent.

Ten counties are in the "orange zone," which means those counties reported between 51 and 100 new cases per 100,000 residents and a diagnostic test positivity result between 8 and 10 percent.

Twenty-eight counties are in the "yellow zone." Yellow zone designated counties have reported between 10 and 50 new cases per 100,000 residents and a diagnostic test positivity result between 5 and 7.9 percent.

Both the Philadelphia area and Pittsburgh are now in the yellow zone. Suburban Philadelphia counties of Chester, Bucks, Montgomery and Delaware are in the yellow, according to the task force's newest report.

The most recent report shows a 14 percent decrease in new cases across the state from the previous week. The state's positivity rate also dropped, albeit slightly, to 5.6 percent, down 0.8 percent the week before. Pennsylvania's testing rate is higher than the national rate, which is 5.1 percent.

Hospitalizations in Pennsylvania, however, have increased. The report shows 4,730 new hospitalizations confirmed to be coronavirus-related during the seven-day period ending Feb. 28.

See the full report here.