Trump losing Pennsylvania Cases and deaths...As of Wednesday, the state had reported 6,812 deaths as of today.8,730

Increasing Number of Hospitals Close in Pennsylvania, Texas, and Kansas

According to the United States Government Accountability Office, 64 rural hospitals closed between 2013 and 2017  

Since 2010, the number totals 120 across the U.S. 

These hospitals were mostly...

Located in southern states

Medicare-dependent 

For-profit institutions

By-the-numbers: COVID-19’s big hit to Pa.’s economy

The budget shortfall, job losses, and lost wages.

Rural hospitals are being shut down because they are found to be in “financial distress.” The majority of these instances of financial distress result from Medicare payment reductions, as well as fewer patients seeking inpatient care. Commonly, the healthcare systems will then contract in these cases. Rural hospitals all over the country are taking a hit, especially in places like Texas, which has seen 20 rural hospitals close in recent years. 

Pennsylvania's blue-collar voters see the danger. 

$3.2 billion: That’s the state government’s revenue shortfall for the fiscal year that ended on June 30. Lower-than-projected revenue from corporate net income taxes, personal income taxes and sales taxes accounted for the largest share of the drop.

453,000: The number of net payroll jobs that will be lost this year in Pennsylvania, according to an IFO forecast. Accommodations and food service jobs take the biggest hit, with an expected loss of 134,200 jobs. Wholesale/retail jobs follow with a loss of 70,100 positions.

$24.3 billion: How much in unemployment benefits have been paid since mid-March in Pennsylvania, according to the state Department of Labor and Industry. That includes $10.3 billion from regular unemployment compensation. An additional $11 billion was paid as part of the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, which provides an extra $600 per week for anyone receiving unemployment benefits. That program will end this month unless Congress acts to extend it. Knittel told me that money has helped prop up the economy in Pennsylvania.

90 percent: The share of Pennsylvania workers who filed for unemployment benefits who actually received at least one payment as of July 8, the state Department of Labor and Industry says. That covers anyone who applied between March 15 and June 6.

25th: Pennsylvania’s per capita rank among states for confirmed COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people, according to data published yesterday by Johns Hopkins University. Pennsylvania’s rank fell after cases surged in other states, including Florida. As of Wednesday, 92,148 Pennsylvanians had tested positive.

11th: Pennsylvania’s per capita rank for COVID-19 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. 

45th: Pennsylvania’s ranking for coronavirus testing, according to Johns Hopkins. That’s a measure of tests per 100,000 people.

Cases Deaths

Philadelphia County

41,972

+0

1,875

+1

Allegheny County

14,922

+104

421

+0

Montgomery County

13,594

+71

893

+0

Delaware County

13,144

+54

808

+0

Bucks County

10,008

+66

625

+0