PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — As temperatures go up, COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania continue to go down.
Across the commonwealth, there were 2,100 fewer new cases in the seven-day period ending Friday than there were the week before. The seven-day average of new cases across Pennsylvania is 414, a number that hasn't been seen since June last year.
Compare that to the spring spike of around 5,000 in mid-April.
Statewide the COVID-19 test positivity rate is 2.9%, down from almost 10% in mid-April. Under 5% has been the goal.
The suburban counties outside Philadelphia are seeing positivity rates at or below 2%. Philadelphia is at 2.6%.
Delaware County's seven-day daily average is down to 17.5 per day, down from 240 this time last month. The county's positivity rate is down to 2%. In April, it was around 9%.
Chester County's positivity rate dropped to 1.9%. The seven-day average of new cases dropped to 10 per day. Last month, that was over 200.
Bucks County is down to a 7-day average of 12 cases per day, a fraction of the spring peak of 278, while its positivity rate dropped to 1.5%.
Montgomery County's positivity rate is down to 1.9%. Its seven-day daily average of new cases is down to 18, a steep drop from 228 in April.