Philly Has 1 Percent Coronavirus Positivity Over 2-Week Period

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia's coronavirus figures are looking good several days after the city removed its final two restrictions.

According to the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, in the last two weeks one percent of COVID-19 tests in Philadelphia have come back positive.

As of Monday, 144,645 Philadelphians have been diagnosed with coronavirus, and 3,705 have succumbed to the virus. Philadelphia is averaging 43 new cases of COVID-19 per day over the last two weeks.

The health department Monday reported an additional 25,324 doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered in Philadelphia since last reported on Thursday. This brings the total number of fully vaccinated Philadelphians to at least 668,710, and the number of Philadelphians with at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to at least 857,383.

According to the health department, 53.8 percent of Philadelphia adults are fully vaccinated, and 69 percent of Philadelphia adults have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

The Department of Public Health reports 87 patients with COVID-19 are currently being treated in Philadelphia hospitals, with a total of 13 on ventilators.