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WILKES-BARRE — The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Tuesday reported 60 new cases of COVID-19 in Luzerne County and three more deaths. The death count is now at 672.

The new report brings the county’s total cases to 23,662 since the pandemic began last year.

Neighboring Lackawanna County has 12,893 cases and 388 deaths; Monroe County has 8,958 cases and 251 deaths.

The Department of Health confirmed there were 4,088 additional positive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, in addition to 2,504 new cases reported Monday, and 4,717 new cases reported Sunday, for a three-day total of 11,309 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 876,913.

Case counts for Monday are low as a result of technical maintenance to the data server on Sunday. Case counts for Tuesday include cases as a result of catch-up reporting because of lengthy server downtime. This technical maintenance did not impact the death reporting system on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday as the death data comes from a different server.

<strong>COVID-19 vaccine distribution</strong>

Pennsylvania hospitals began receiving shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine the week of Dec. 14 and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine the week of Dec. 21.

Please note that this does include vaccine administration through CVS as part of the Federal Pharmacy Partnership. Vaccination numbers for Pennsylvania do not include Philadelphia, which is its own jurisdiction, or federal facilities, which are working directly with the federal government.

Through Feb. 13: 2,439,550 doses of the vaccine will have been allocated/received by providers.

175,175 first doses will have been allocated this week.

1,426,600 first doses will have been allocated in total.

143,275 second doses will have been allocated this week.

1,012,950 second doses will have been allocated in total.

Through Feb. 8: 1,352,248 doses of the vaccine have been administered to 1,049,609 people.

1,049,609, or 74 percent, of people have received their first dose of vaccine.

302,639, or 30 percent, of people have received their second dose of vaccine.

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 noreferrer">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.

<strong>Statewide data</strong>

There are 2,881 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. Of that number, 565 patients are in the intensive care unit with COVID-19. Most of the patients hospitalized are ages 65 or older, and most of the deaths have occurred in patients 65 or older.

The trend in the 14-day moving average number of hospitalized patients per day has increased by nearly 2,800 since the end of September.

Statewide percent positivity for the week of Jan. 29–Feb. 4, stood at 8.6%.

As of 11:59 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, there were 71 new deaths, as of 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 7, there were 4 new deaths, and as of 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 8, there were 149 new deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, reported for a total of 22,620 deaths attributed to COVID-19.

Mask-wearing is required in all businesses and whenever leaving home, even if fully vaccinated. Consistent mask-wearing is critical to preventing the spread of COVID-19.

There are 101,002 individuals who have a positive viral antigen test and are considered probable cases and 637 individuals who have a positive serology test and either COVID-19 symptoms or a high-risk exposure.

There are 3,717,669 individuals who have tested negative to date.

In licensed nursing and personal care homes, there are 64,644 resident cases of COVID-19, and 12,516 cases among employees, for a total of 77,160 at 1,555 distinct facilities in all 67 counties.

Out of total deaths reported to PA-NEDSS, 11,739 have occurred in residents from nursing or personal care facilities.

Approximately 23,865 of our total cases are among health care workers.

60 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Luzerne County on Tuesday