With the number of cases decreasing slightly over the past two weeks but remaining very high, Bucks County is still at an extremely high risk level for coronavirus, according to The New York Times.

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And while the number of hospitalized patients over this period has fallen, the number of deaths has increased. The test positivity rate is also very high, which suggests that the number of cases is significantly undercounted.

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Over the past two weeks, an average of 257 cases per day were reported in the county, which is a 30 percent drop from the average reported during the preceding two weeks. Since the start of the outbreak, approximately one in 16 residents have been infected, totaling 38,443 reported cases.

The highest number of cases in Bucks County has so far been reported in December.

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Meanwhile, the average I.C.U. occupancy was at 82 percent as of January 21, dropping slightly compared to the previous month. At the same time, the trend in deaths in the county tends to lag weeks behind the trend in reported cases.

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