PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Department of Public Health today announced 831 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Philadelphia. That brings the number of confirmed cases to 56,472. 

The Department of Public Health confirmed 17 additional fatalities in Philadelphia. This brings the number of residents who have succumbed to the virus in Philadelphia to 1,942. Of the 1,942 total deaths, 923 (48%) were long-term care facility residents. 

The Department of Public Health reports 530 patients with COVID-19 are currently being treated in Philadelphia hospitals, with a total of 45 on ventilators.

Trace Your Contacts Guidance: Due to the rising number of new COVID-19 cases identified each day, the Health Department has been unable to reach all of the people who have tested positive in order to start contact tracing. In order to help people stop the spread, we are asking people who test positive to help us stop the spread by tracing their own contacts. The Health Department’s contact tracing team is continuing to work, but for those who have not been contacted, we have developed an easy three-step to help people who have tested positive do this: https://bit.ly/TraceYourContactsPHL. 

  1. Determine your close contacts
  2. Decide if you want to be anonymous (it’s possible to alert close contacts without revealing your name)
  3. Send Stay At Home instructions

Testing Site Map: A testing site finder at phila.gov/testing helps people find a free COVID-19 test in Philadelphia. Anyone can search for a site by address, click on a map location for specific site information, and filter by day of week and by drive-thru or walk-up.

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