3/15/20 It's not even on their site yet. Allegheny Health Network will announce that the first case of COVID-19 has been reported at their Jefferson Hills Hospital which is about 12 mile South of Pittsburgh. On 2/27/20 the hospital announced that they were gearing up for the cases they knew would come.
3/17/20 "All nonessential businesses in Pennsylvania have been ordered to close as part of a statewide shutdown ordered by Gov. Tom Wolf to help limit the spread of the novel coronavirus." Dr. Debora Bogen, director of the Allegheny County Health Department, said in the townhall that most of those people will be fine, but the concern is for those who have compromised immune systems. “Sample selection and testing availability is definitely going to increase over the next week or two,” she said. “I think ... probably between 40 and 60 percent of our community will acquire this virus over the next couple of months. And the point of what we’re doing is to decrease the rate which we spread that virus.” Based on recent population estimates, that would mean officials expect between 489,000 and 734,000 people to get COVID-19 in Allegheny County alone." Not reported yet There has been a confirmed case at Passavant Hospital in the North Hills of Pittsburgh. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that the patient was transported by the National Guard to Jefferson Hospital in the South Hills.
Still in FL until Sunday but get reports a couple of times a day from back home. Banks are drive through only. Don't know about walk up ATM's Giant Eagle and Sam's Club has full shelves of everything that was out a few days ago. Boy am I glad I cancelled that semi of toilet paper I was going to buy.
