County COVID-19 data has been taken from Health.pa.gov and represents numbers since the beginning of the pandemic. This data was last updated on Feb. 4. Edinboro data is taken from their COVID-19 case tracker.
— Erie County, total confirmed cases: 14,160
— Crawford County, total confirmed cases: 4,827
— Warren County, total confirmed cases: 1,681
— Venango County, total confirmed cases: 2,568
— Edinboro Campus: 10 total (1 employee, 9 students since start of 2021)
— 16412 Zip Code (Edinboro): 437 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic.
— Slippery Rock Campus: 31 confirmed cases (26 students, 5 employees) since Jan. 19.
— Allegheny College: 6 total cases (1 student, 5 employees) since Jan. 13.
— 744,075 confirmed cases statewide in Pennsylvania since beginning of pandemic.
In a comparison between the last two 7-day periods in Erie County, the COVID-19 case count increased by 859. Crawford County increased by 232; Warren increased by 73; Venango increased by 109. Edinboro’s campus COVID tracker shows 10 new cases since Jan. 11. Slippery Rock logged 31 new cases since Jan. 19. There are currently 30 students in quarantine at SRU and 24 students in isolation. Allegheny has logged 6 cases since Jan. 13.
Emma McNeeley is the News Editor for The Spectator. She can be reached at edinboro.spectator@gmail.com.
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