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Luzerne County coronavirus hospitalizations up, new report shows

The Wilkes-Barre ZIP code of 18702 had the most new cases of COVID-19 in Luzerne County for the second week in a row Friday. The state reported 136 new cases there, compared to the second highest number in the Hazleton code of 18201, where there were 111 new cases.
				The good news: They were the only two with more than 100 new cases among 41 codes all or partly in Luzerne County that the Times Leader tracks. It&rsquo;s been at least 7 weeks since so few were above 100.
				The Bloomsburg code of 17815 had the third highest total, 86, but the usual caveat applies: That sprawling code is almost entirely in Columbia County, so most if not all of those cases were almost certainly not in Luzerne County.
				The fourth highest tally was in the Kingston code of 18704 with 73 new cases.
				Of the remaining codes tracked, three had totals in the 50s, two in the 40s and six in the 30s. Fifteen codes had fewer than 10 new cases, and two of those had no new cases.

Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton ZIP codes continue to lead in new COVID-19 cases