COVID Hospitalizations, Positive Tests Down In Philly

PHILADELPHIA — The percent of positive coronavirus test results in Philadelphia has been consistently decreasing for a few weeks, and hospitalizations are also seeing a decline for the first time since mid-November.

According to the latest data from the city, 11.8 percent of COVID-19 tests in Philadelphia have come back positive in the past two weeks.

On Dec. 30, the city's two-week positive testing percent was 24.6 percent.

Then on Jan. 3, the percent jumped to 38.

Since then, the two-week positive testing percent has dropped consistently: 37.5 on Jan. 6; 31.5 on Jan. 10; 28.8 on Jan. 13; and 17.3 on Jan. 20.

Philadelphia is averaging 902 new cases per day over the past two weeks.

And fewer people are being hospitalized with coronavirus in the city.

The Department of Health Monday reported 1,169 patients with COVID-19 are currently being treated in Philadelphia hospitals. Of those 1,169, 103 are on ventilators.

Monday's figure and the figure released Thursday — 1,337 — mark the first decreases in hospitalizations since mid-November.

Back on Nov. 8, 167 people were hospitalized with the virus. On Nov. 15, 154 were reported.

To date, 262,226 Philadelphians have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and 4,434 have succumbed to the virus.

The total number of fully vaccinated Philadelphians is at least 983,568, and the number of Philadelphians with at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine is at least 1,244,269.

Currently, 79.2 percent of Philadelphia adults are fully vaccinated, and more than 95 percent of Philadelphia adults have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

For kids 5 to 11 years old, 34.9 percent have received at least one vaccine dose. Among eligible Philadelphians ages 12 and older, 73.4 percent are fully vaccinated, and 92.8 percent have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

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This article originally appeared on the Philadelphia Patch