Bucks Co. Towns With Most COVID Cases As 4th Wave Continues

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Even with its COVID-19 vaccination program hitting its stride, Bucks County is continuing to wrestle with new cases in what health experts call a fourth wave of the pandemic.

Nearly 2,000 new coronavirus cases (1,977) were reported in Bucks County last week, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. That's a 7-percent increase over the previous week and brought the county's case total to 55,980 since the pandemic began.

Last week also saw 20 new deaths attributed to COVID in Bucks County. That's the most since February, and brings the county's total to 1,212.

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Hospitalizations stayed roughly stead, with 116 COVID-19 patients in Bucks County hospitals at the end of the week, with 24 of them in intensive care and 11 on ventilators.

Not surprisingly, the population centers in Lower Bucks County have been the hardest hit by the virus.

Here is a look at the 10 Bucks County towns with the most coronavirus cases so far, based on data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

(Note: The information is provided by zip code and, as such, every town name does not appear. For example, Yardley and Lower Makefield are included in the Morrisville zip code. Some municipalities, like Doylestown and Levittown, are represented by more than one zip code).

1. Levittown (19054, 19055, 19056, 19057): 6,500
2. Bensalem (19020): 5,612
3. Doylestown (18901 and 18902): 3,820
4. Morrisville (19067): 3,741
5. Warminster (18974): 3,730
6. Southampton (18966): 3,527
7. Langhorne (19047): 3,413
8. Quakertown (18951): 3,083
9. Newtown (18940): 2,997
10. Feasterville-Trevose (19053): 2,79

To see how many cases of COVID-19 have been reported in your Bucks County community, search the zip code map here.