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WILKES-BARRE — The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Sunday reported 71 new cases of COVID-19 in Luzerne County and three more deaths. The death count is now at 696.

The new report brings the county’s total cases to 24,076 since the pandemic began last year.

Neighboring Lackawanna County has 13,237 cases and 399 deaths; Monroe County has 9,179 cases and 256 deaths.

On Saturday, the Department of Health confirmed there were 4,088 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 892,344.

NOTE: The Department of Health will not provide a daily COVID-19 data update today, Feb. 15. The department will provide an update of the most recent data on COVID-19 in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Feb. 16 through a press release and Statewide COVID-19 Dashboard.

Sunday, Monday and Tuesday’s data will be included in tomorrow’s release.

COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Pennsylvania hospitals began receiving shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine the week of Dec. 14 and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine the week of Dec. 21.

This week, a total of 318,450 doses will have been allocated through February 13:

175,175 first doses will have been allocated this week.

143,275 second doses will have been allocated this week.

To date, of the 2,439,550 doses allocated through February 13, we have administered 1,588,761 doses total through Feb. 12:

First doses, 85 percent (1,210,194 administered of 1,426,600 allocated)

Second doses, 37 percent (378,567 administered of 1,012,950 allocated)

To see a map of locations where you can get a vaccination go to the Pennsylvania Department of Health website.

A commonwealth COVID-19 vaccination guide explains current process for getting one. Pennsylvanians with questions about the vaccination process can call the Department of Health hotline at 1-877-724-3258.

Reach Bill O’Boyle at 570-991-6118 or on Twitter @TLBillOBoyle.