Your daily coronavirus update: Pennsylvania passes 70K infections, 5,300 deaths

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More than 70,000 Pennsylvanians have been infected with the coronavirus, the state Health Department said Thursday, and 108 more state residents have died from it.

The agency added 625 more positive cases, and said the additional deaths raised the total number of fatalities to 5,373.

Nursing homes and personal care homes have been particularly hard-hit, with more than 15,000 positive cases among residents and more than 2,500 among workers at 600 facilities.

Here are the latest figures in central Pennsylvania counties:

• Adams: 240 cases, including 7 deaths
• Berks: 3973 cases, including 308 deaths
• Columbia: 346 cases, including 31 deaths
• Cumberland: 618 cases, including 47 deaths
• Dauphin: 1212 cases, including 71 deaths
• Franklin: 759 cases, including 31 deaths
• Juniata: 95 cases, including 4 deaths
• Lancaster: 3056 cases, including 286 deaths
• Lebanon: 944 cases, including 33 deaths
• Mifflin: 58 cases, including 1 death
• Northumberland: 186 cases, including 3 deaths
• Perry: 54 cases, including 2 deaths
• Schuylkill: 606 cases, including 31 deaths
• Snyder: 39 cases, including 1 death
• Union: 56 cases, including 1 death
• York: 970 cases, including 25 deaths

Pennsylvania is in the midst of gradual reopening, with counties moving into less restrictive categories of business and personal activity.

The number of infections is thought to be far higher than the confirmed count because many people have not been tested, and studies suggest people can be infected without feeling sick.

Swimming beaches to reopen

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced all 58 state park beaches will be open for swimming on June 6, with capacity limited to 50 percent of their normal capacity. Additional mitigation measures will be in place, including restricted parking and facility access, and required use of face masks when not in the water.

State park pools will remain closed through at least June 12, with most in designated yellow and green phase counties reopening on June 13.