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HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., June 18, that there are 418 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 80,236. All 67 counties in Pennsylvania have cases of COVID-19.
Lycoming County has had 172 positive cases to date, Clinton 65 cases, Sullivan three cases and Tioga 20 cases.
There are 6,361 total deaths attributed to COVID-19, an increase of 42 new deaths.
There are 543,832 patients who have tested negative to date statewide. Lycoming County has had 3,228 test negative to date.
The department of health reports the statewide recovery rate today as 76 percent. Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.