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Average age of COVID-19 deaths in Pennsylvania is 79 years old and 67% occurred in nursing homes.Updated: May 7, 2020 - 1:01pmPennsylvania health officials says 79 is the average age for&nbsp;coronvirus-related deaths in the state and that nearly 68% of those deaths occurred in assisted-living facilities –&nbsp;in one of the first state-based reports to breaking down virus statistics by age demographics.&nbsp;The speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Mike Turzai, announced&nbsp;the finding&nbsp;in a letter Wednesday&nbsp;to chamber members, after state Secretary of Health, Dr. Rachel Levine&nbsp;informed chamber leaders about the data.Beyond the finding about the average age, the letter also states the 67.9% of the 3,106 people&nbsp;who have so far died in Pennsylvania –&nbsp;or 2,108&nbsp;people –&nbsp;were living in nursing,&nbsp;personal-care and&nbsp;assisted-living facilities. The number translates to the 67.9% of all virus-deaths in these types of settings.Of the 3,106 persons who have died, 11.9% had four&nbsp;comorbidities, 22.7% had three, 27.2% had two, 22.6% had one&nbsp;and 11% had zero.Turzai pointed out that the&nbsp;percentages only add up to 95.% but that the&nbsp;statistics that were provided to leadership&nbsp;"verbally."&nbsp;Statistical underlying conditions were broken down further: 61% had hypertension, 54% had heart disease, 37% had diabetes and 30% had chronic pulmonary disease.&nbsp;Pennsylvania has 37,000 hospital beds, and as of Wednesday, according to Turzai, 2,572 patients, or 6.95%, occupied the available beds in the state.&nbsp;

Average age of COVID-19 deaths in Pennsylvania is 79 years old and 67% occurred in nursing homes.Updated: May 7, 2020 - 1:01pmPennsylvania health officials says 79 is the average age for&nbsp;coronvirus-related deaths in the state and that nearly 68% of those deaths occurred in assisted-living facilities –&nbsp;in one of the first state-based reports to breaking down virus statistics by age demographics.&nbsp;The speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Mike Turzai, announced&nbsp;the finding&nbsp;in a letter Wednesday&nbsp;to chamber members, after state Secretary of Health,...

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