News Roundup By the numbers: Mid-month data on Covid-19 in Lancaster County At a glance Covid-19 cases at LGH, Ephrata rise steeply, hit new high, but hospital capacity still adequate Death toll up slightly New cases highest in … Read more By Ernie Schreiber - November 17, 2020
News Roundup By the numbers: In October, Lancaster’s Covid-19 hospital cases rose, deaths stayed low After weakening significantly in September, the coronavirus increased its spread in metropolitan Lancaster and the northeast part of the county in October. But, unlike many areas … Read more By Ernie Schreiber - November 2, 2020
News Roundup By the numbers: Local Covid-19 deaths, inpatient admissions drop in September, cases up slightly The COVID-19 pandemic weakened significantly in September. The virus took the lives of just 13 county residents during the month, according to the office of County … Read more By Ernie Schreiber - October 7, 2020
News Roundup By the numbers: Lancaster County’s Covid-19 death toll continued falling in August The COVID-19 pandemic continued its slow, steady decline in the August. The virus took the lives of 29 county residents during the month, down from 35 … Read more By Ernie Schreiber - September 9, 2020
News Roundup Lancaster County Covid-19 update: July has lowest death toll since pandemic began The COVID-19 pandemic declined substantially here during July. Three county residents died during the last seven days of the month, according to the county coroner’s office. … Read more By Ernie Schreiber - August 5, 2020
News Roundup Lancaster County Pandemic Report: LGH Expands Testing and Contact Tracing – but Some Don’t Answer the Call John P. Lines, public relations director for LG Health, provided an update today on the hospital’s community testing and contact tracing program. Over the past 10 … Read more By Ernie Schreiber - June 17, 2020
News Roundup COVID-19 Cases Flare Up in Southeast County Amish Areas Amish communities in southeast Lancaster County are seeing a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases. “It’s going through the area,” a Kinzers-area Amish spokesman said. “It’s not … Read more By Ernie Schreiber - June 10, 2020
News Roundup LGH’S Top Epidemiologist Takes a Deep Dive into All Aspects of Covid-19 in Lancaster County In a forum sponsored by the Hourglass Foundation, Dr. Michael Ripchinski, the top COVID-19 expert at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, gave a detailed presentation on … Read more By Ernie Schreiber - June 8, 2020
News Roundup Lancaster County Pandemic Death Toll Crosses 300 HOSPITALIZATIONS ON A PLATEAU, NEW CASES UPWARD, PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVE TESTS DOWN The death toll from COVID-19 in Lancaster County rose to over 300 in the … Read more By Ernie Schreiber - June 4, 2020
News Roundup A Hidden Danger of Lockdown: Child and Domestic Abuse Reports Dropped in First Weeks of Pandemic WILL THE END OF STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS BRING A SURGE OF CRIMINAL CHARGES? Avid readers of the LNP police log today could see a disturbing pattern: A … Read more By Ernie Schreiber - May 23, 2020
News Roundup At Last, PA Health Dept. Reveals Extent of Sick and Dying in Long-Term Care Homes LGH PATIENT COUNT DROPS; SO DO FATALITIES The state Health Department, giving in to pressure, has published a list of COVID-19 cases and deaths at all … Read more By Ernie Schreiber - May 20, 2020
News Roundup Lancaster County Pandemic Report: Part 1 – What is Robust Testing? What is Robust Testing? Are the County Commissioners doing it? When the Lancaster County Commissioners unveiled their plan to begin a partial reopening of business and … Read more By Ernie Schreiber - May 15, 2020