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Your daily coronavirus update: Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 death toll passes 6,000

Over two-thirds of the state's deaths have occurred in facilities that care for older adults.

  • The Associated Press
People take advantage of newly lowered COVID-19 protective restrictions in most of southwest Pennsylvania and have lunch outside on the re-opening day for seated patrons at a diner on Pittsburgh's Southside, Friday, June 5, 2020.

 Keith Srakocic / AP Photo

People take advantage of newly lowered COVID-19 protective restrictions in most of southwest Pennsylvania and have lunch outside on the re-opening day for seated patrons at a diner on Pittsburgh's Southside, Friday, June 5, 2020.

Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 death toll passed 6,000 as the state Health Department on Tuesday reported 61 additional deaths linked to the disease.

Of the state’s 6,014 deaths, over two-thirds have occurred in nursing homes and other facilities that care for older adults.

State health officials also said Tuesday that 351 more people have tested positive for the new coronavirus. Since early March, infections have been confirmed in more than 76,400 people in Pennsylvania.

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

Nearly a half-million people in Pennsylvania have tested negative for the virus.

For most people, the virus causes mild or moderate symptoms that clear up in a couple of weeks. Older adults and people with existing health problems are at higher risk of more severe illness, including pneumonia, or death.

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