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First coronavirus case reported in Western Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported Friday that there has been a confirmed or presumptive positive case of novel coronavirus 2019 in Washington County, just south of Pittsburgh.

This is the first positive case of coronavirus in the Pittsburgh area and the first confirmed or presumptive positive case in Western Pennsylvania.

The state has 35 presumptive positive and six confirmed cases of COVID-19 with a higher concentration in the Philadelphia area, Montgomery County.

Counties impacted to date include: Bucks, 3; Chester, 1; Cumberland, 3; Delaware, 6; Monroe, 3; Montgomery, 18; Northampton, 1, Philadelphia, 3; Pike, 1; Washington, 1; and Wayne, 1.

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