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Friday, October 18, 2024

Allegheny County COVID-19 Update: 99.81% of infected residents still alive

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Of the 140,385 Allegheny County residents estimated to have caught COVID-19 as of August 18, 269 (0.19 percent) have died.

That's according to a Southwest Allegheny News analysis of data collected and published in the COVID-19 Data Repository by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

Allegheny County's 2019 population was 1,218,452.

Herd Immunity

Dr. Deborah Birx, response coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, said in May that she believes the methodology for attributing COVID-19 "cause of death" incentivizes hospitals to over count.

COVID-19 counting errors notwithstanding, there is reason to believe that some communities are approaching the point when "herd immunity" is achieved. Herd immunity happens when enough of the population has become immune to the virus from previous infection that it effectively protects those who are not immune.

According to Nobel laureate and Stanford University biophysicist Dr. Michael Levitt, "herd immunity" kicks in and viruses burn out after infecting 15 to 20 percent of the population.

The estimated total COVID-19 infected in Allegheny County makes up an estimated 11 percent of its total 2019 population of 1,218,452, approaching Levitt's threshold.

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

City of ClairtonBorough of West ElizabethBorough of West ViewMoon TownshipShaler TownshipBorough of Sewickley HeightsBorough of HaysvilleSouth Park TownshipJefferson Hills BoroughBorough of CheswickBorough of Fox ChapelBorough of EdgeworthBorough of CarnegieKennedy TownshipBorough of GlassportBorough of Ben Avon HeightsPlum BoroughPennsbury VillageCarnot-MoonBorough of Pleasant HillsBorough of LeetsdaleBorough of EmsworthEast Deer TownshipBorough of West MifflinBorough of MunhallBorough of VersaillesBorough of Glen OsborneClintonRennerdaleNoblestownImperialUpper St. Clair TownshipBorough of BrackenridgeBorough of ElizabethBorough of BraddockBorough of EtnaLeet TownshipCity of DuquesneCity of PittsburghBorough of BaldwinBorough of West HomesteadBorough of Mount OliverBorough of AvalonKilbuck TownshipBorough of ThornburgBorough of White OakGlenshawBorough of SewickleyRusselltonEdgewood BoroughBakerstownAllison ParkBorough of OakmontBorough of Ben AvonBorough of CraftonLincoln BoroughBorough of East PittsburghBorough of WhitakerBorough of BrentwoodBradford Woods BoroughBorough of McKees RocksBorough of ChalfantBorough of Port VueBorough of TarentumBorough of WallBorough of Franklin ParkBorough of WhitehallEnlowSturgeonSpringdale TownshipBairdfordUpper St. ClairGibsoniaBorough of AspinwallBorough of North BraddockBorough of WilmerdingBorough of Green TreeBorough of MillvaleBaldwin TownshipBorough of Forest HillsNeville TownshipSouth VersaillesBorough Of BellevueIndiana TownshipNorth Fayette TownshipBorough Of DravosburgBorough Of RankinFindlay TownshipBorough Of OakdaleBorough Of DormontBorough Of CoraopolisBorough Of BlawnoxBorough Of East McKeesportCity Of McKeesportHampton TownshipHeidelberg BoroughBorough Of Rosslyn FarmsBorough Of WilkinsburgBorough Of SharpsburgBorough Of Bell Acres

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