Erie County Sees 437 Weekly COVID-19 Cases and 11 Deaths

Angelina Bambina / Erie Reader

 On Wednesday, Feb. 10, the office of Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper reported 23 new positive COVID-19 cases as well as five new deaths. This brings our cumulative total to 16,220 reported positive cases.

There have been 11 deaths in the last week, for a total of 413 Erie County deaths reported through the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS). 

According to the county, there have been 437 new positive cases in the past week (with 677 last week and 681 the week prior), for an average of more nearly 62 cases being reported each day, down from an average of 97 the last two weeks.

There have been 57,041 negative tests in total, with 1,292 recorded this week, 1,279 the previous week, and 1,172 the week prior. 

According to the Erie County Department of Health, there are currently 40 people hospitalized from COVID-19 (down four from last week) with three on ventilators (down three). 

Erie County's cumulative case total has more than doubled in just over two months (since Dec. 11). The number of deaths has more than doubled in more than seven weeks. (since Dec. 21). 

Of the total cases, 53% are female and 47% are male. 

Day-by-day Breakdown

Thurs 2/4/21 - 105 new cases

Fri 2/5/21 - 57 new cases, two new deaths

Sat 2/6/21 - 66 new cases

Sun 2/7/21 - 68 new cases

Mon 2/8/21 - 47 new cases, four new deaths (over the three-day period)

Tues 2/9/21 - 71 new cases

Wed 2/10/21 - 23 new cases, five new deaths

**Dates indicate reporting of statistics, which references the previous day.  

Weekly Breakdown Since December

Dec. 3 - 9: 53 deaths, 1,643 cases reported

Dec. 10 - 16: 35 deaths, 1,585 cases reported

Dec. 17 - 23: 45 deaths, 1,878 cases reported

Dec. 24 - 30: 46 deaths, 991 cases reported

Dec. 31 - Jan. 6: 37 deaths, 931 cases reported 

Jan. 7 - Jan. 13: 21 deaths, 1,178 cases reported

Jan. 14 - Jan. 20: 42 deaths, 816 cases reported

Jan. 21 - Jan. 27: Four deaths, 681 cases reported

Jan. 28 - Feb. 3: 37 deaths, 677 cases reported

Feb. 4 - Feb. 10: 11 deaths, 437 cases reported 

Breakdown by Race/Ethnicity

51% - White residents 

7% - African American/Black residents 

2% - Asian residents 

1% - Other 

38% - Unknown 

*Three percent of the cases are Hispanic, of any race; 35% are not Hispanic, and 62% are unknown. 

Breakdown by Age

1% – ages 0-4 

1% – ages 5-9 

8% – ages 10-18 

12% – ages 19-24 

38% – ages 25-49 

22% – ages 50-64 

19% – ages 65 and older 

*Percent values of each breakdown may not total 100 due to rounding. 

For a county-wide breakdown of death statistics and more, visit ErieCountyPA.gov.

State, Local, and National Statistics 

Today, Pennsylvania saw  3,378 additional positive cases reported, for a total of 880,291 cumulative cases. 

So far, there have been 22,745 deaths statewide. 

In this week alone, Pennsylvania has seen 790 deaths, with 805 reported last week and 1,237 the previous week.

So far, 1,401,840 doses of vaccine have been administered in PA, with 334,660 occurring this week. In the US 44,769,970 vaccines have been administered, with more than 10.8 million this week. 

In the last week, Pennsylvania saw 26,675  new positive cases (35,247  last week and 35,199 the week prior). According to the CDC, the US has a total of 27,030,549  total cases, with 753,424 new cases in the last seven days. There have been 91,034 new cases in the last 24 hours. 

The total number of deaths in the US is 466,465, with 21,201 reported in the last week (21,745 last week and 23,213 the week prior) and 2,806 in the last 24 hours.

As for updates in our nearby counties, Crawford County has 6,107 positive cases (up 111 this week), with 131 deaths (up one this week). 

McKean County has 2,915 positive cases (up 125) and 60 deaths (up two). 

Venango County has 3,204 positive cases (up 68) and 77 deaths. 

Warren County has 2,086 total positive cases (up 46), and 95 deaths.

Ashtabula County's cumulative total is 5,183 positive cases (up 595 this week) and 80 deaths (up threethis week). 

Chautauqua County has a cumulative total of 7,139 positive cases (up 317) and 128 deaths (up 17 from last week's data).