Philly Suburbs Out Of COVID Red Zone: White House Task Force

PENNSYLVANIA — Philadelphia and its four surrounding collar 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 Jan. 31, classifies Montgomery and Bucks counties as being in the "orange" zone and Philadelphia, Chester and Delaware counties as being in the "yellow" zone.

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. Counties in the orange zone reported between 51 and 100 new cases per 100,000 residents and a diagnostic test positivity result between 8 and 10 percent.

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.

While there are still 29 Pennsylvania counties in the red zone, that figure is down 11 counties from the previous week.

Counties that remain in the red zone include Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, Schuylkill, York and Erie.

The latest report shows a 1 percent increase in new cases statewide from the week before, as well as a decrease in the test positivity rate. The state's test positivity rate stands at 8.9 percent as of Jan. 31, the report says. That's a decline of 1 percent from the previous week.

Coronavirus-related hospitalizations in Pennsylvania are also down. The report notes there were 3,114 new hospitalizations confirmed to be coronavirus related during the seven-day period ending Jan. 31. That's a 7 percent decline in the metric from the previous seven-day period.

Here's how each Pennsylvania is currently classified:

RED

Lancaster, Berks, York, Lehigh, Northampton, Luzerne, Dauphin, Erie, Schuylkill, Lebanon, Franklin, Monroe, Adams, Northumberland, Carbon, Forest, Columbia, Lawrence, McKean, Crawford, Perry, Mifflin, Bedford, Snyder, Montour, Susquehanna, Juniata, Fulton, Sullivan

ORANGE

Montgomery, Bucks, Lackawanna, Beaver, Centre, Fayette, Lycoming, Mercer, Union, Armstrong, Bradford, Wayne, Pike, Greene, Jefferson, Wyoming, Cameron

YELLOW

Philadelphia, Allegheny, Delaware, Chester, Westmoreland, Cumberland, Washington, Butler, Cambria, Blair, Clearfield, Somerset, Indiana, Venango, Huntingdon, Clinton, Warren, Clarion, Potter

See the full Jan. 31 report here.