158 new COVID-19 cases reported in county on Saturday
Apr. 4—Luzerne County has 158 new positive COVID-19 cases and four new deaths, according to information provided Saturday by the state's Department of Health.
The county has 27,434 positive cases and the death toll is 769.
To date, 37,604 county residents have received partial vaccinations and 62,912 have received full vaccinations. To date, about 19.5% of Luzerne County residents have been fully vaccinated and 31.7% of residents have gotten at least one vaccine dose.
Statewide there are 5,343 additional cases, bringing the total to 1,038,749.
The state reported 40 new deaths and the death toll is now 25,188.
There are 2,173 patients currently hospitalized in the state, 433 adult patients are in ICU and 204 require the use of a ventilator.
In Pennsylvania, 3,694,176 residents have received a partial vaccine and 1,960,809 have been fully vaccinated.
Schedule a vaccine appointment
To find a COVID-19 vaccine provider in Luzerne County, visit the Pennsylvania Department of Health's vaccine dashboard or call the department's hotline at 1-877-724-3258.
Availability may vary based on supplies and the map only includes providers who have recently received first-dose vaccines.
The map allows users to type in their address to find the providers closest to them. A location represented with a circle is a provider receiving an allocation of vaccine from the state; a location represented with a diamond is a provider receiving an allocation from the federal government through the retail pharmacy program.
COVID testing locations
* Patients who think they have symptoms of COVID-19 should call their primary care physician.
* Call the Geisinger COVID-19 hotline at 570-284-3657 to learn more about how to get tested.
* Rite Aid on South River Street in Plains Twp. is providing tests and patients must pre-register online at riteaid.com.
* MedExpress Urgent Care locations on Kidder Street in Wilkes-Barre and the West Side Mall in Edwardsville are providing tests. Patients can schedule a test at medexpress.com/covid19.html.
* CVS in the Midway Shopping Center in Wyoming and in Exeter provide drivethru testing and can be scheduled by visiting cvs.com.
Contact the writer:
570-821-2055; @cvbobkal
