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WILKES-BARRE &mdash; The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Sunday reported 73 new cases of COVID-19 in Luzerne County and no new deaths. The death count is at 746.
				The new report brings the county&rsquo;s total cases to 25,687 since the pandemic began last year.
				Neighboring Lackawanna County has 14,541 cases and 427 deaths; Monroe County has 10,326 cases and 279 deaths.
				The Department of Health confirmed that there were 1,914 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 966,210.
				Vaccine distribution
				More than 3.5 million doses of vaccine administered across the state &mdash; more vaccine administered than 44 other states.
				More than 1.2 million people fully vaccinated &mdash; more than 74,000 people per day receiving vaccinations.
				Nearly 1 million people aged 65 and older vaccinated.
				More than 390,000 total doses have been administered to long-term care and other facilities through the Federal Pharmacy Partnership where more than 156,000 residents and staff are fully vaccinated.
				This week, a total of 4,179,220 doses will have been allocated through March 13:
				&mdash; 254,150 first/single doses will have been allocated this week.
				&mdash; 225,890 second doses will have been allocated this week.
				To date, of the 4,179,220 doses allocated through March 13, we have administered 3,535,956 doses total through March 12:
				&mdash; First doses, 97 percent (2,361,804 administered of 2,427,085 allocated)
				&mdash; Second doses, 68 percent (1,200,195 administered of 1,752,135 allocated)
				To see a map of locations where you can get a vaccination go to the <a href="https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Vaccine/Pages/Vaccine.aspx#map" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pennsylvania Department of Health website</a>.
				A commonwealth COVID-19 vaccination guide explains current process for getting one. Pennsylvanians with questions about the vaccination process can call the Department of Health hotline at 1-877-724-3258.

73 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Luzerne County on Sunday