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Braddock residents and environmental advocates rallied against emissions from U.S. Steels’ Edgar Thomson Works at a public hearing Wednesday night. Speakers voiced opinions on a new operating permit for the plant proposed by the Allegheny County Health Department.
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The Allegheny County Health Department says there were about 360 fewer cases of COVID-19 reported in this past week compared to the previous week.
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Multiple indicators show that COVID-19 transmission is declining in Allegheny County.
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Concentrations of COVID-19 in Allegheny County decreased by 60-70%, day over day, during the past week, ending June 8.
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The air quality in the Mon Valley should start to get a little better on the very worst days. That’s thanks to a new rule by the Allegheny County Health Department. The rule was passed last year but it took months to get U.S. Steel, the largest polluter in the region, to come up with a plan that would work. The rule has already gone into effect several times this year.
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There were nearly 1,300 fewer cases of COVID-19 reported in Allegheny County last week compared to the previous week.
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There were 92 people hospitalized with COVID-19 last week in Allegheny County. The previous week it was 76.
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More than 3,700 cases of COVID-19 were reported in Allegheny County for the week ending May 12.
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Subvariants of the highly infectious omicron strain continue to comprise most of the COVID-19 infections in Allegheny County.
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The recent rise in COVID-19 cases in Allegheny County that started in April might finally be slowing down, according to data from the county health department’s weekly coronavirus report.