Last Tuesday I was a panelist on a webinar explaining the coronavirus numbers in Cambria County. Other panelists were Jill Henning, Biology Professor at Pitt-Johnstown and Tulsi Shrivastava, a local data scientist. You can view the slides for the presentation below. It lasts for 40 minutes. As of that panel, the county ranked 7th in the state in cases per 100,000, 8th in case mortality (# of deaths/# of deaths), 10th in testing rate, 15th in hospitalizations, 4th in deaths/100,000, 4th in patients on a ventilator/100,000, and 8th in full vaccinations/100,000.
My occupation is a statistician. I tell people it is like "CSI without dead bodies" because analyzing a set of data that has been collected is like doing an autopsy on a deceased person in the sense that I'm trying to learn what I can from what statistics and information are available. Except in this case the information does not involve gross things. For me the research process can be humorous, scary, but always captivating.
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Our Webinar on the Corona Virus Numbers in Cambria County
Friday, January 22, 2021
An Online discussion of Coronavirus Numbers in Cambria County
In This Together: Cambria was organized as a response to the skyrocketing case and death rate in the county. They have partnered with The Tribune-Democrat, the 1889 Foundation, Conemaugh Health System, and others. They have held online events to inform the public on COVID-19 and vaccines and a spiritual prayer service for the holidays.
- February 9: Mental Health
- February 23: Specialists Forum
- March 9: Local Leaders
- March 23: Economic Impact
- April 6: Education
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Friday, December 25, 2020
Testing and New Cases Declined in Cambria County While The Positive Test Rate Remains High
**Update**
Dave Sutor of the Tribune Democrat has tweeted that Conemaugh Memorial hospital has rented refrigerator trailers to handle possible over crowding at the morgue.
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Sunday, December 13, 2020
Testing Rates are Higher in Johnstown but There Are More Cases of COVID-19 in the Rest of Cambria County
Yesterday WJAC TV reported that Cambria County had the highest rate of new cases in the nation. Looking at the New York Times COVID-19 today, the county (which is listed a Johnstown because the county is the Johnstown metropolitan statistical area) ranks 6th today. Last week I posted on the elevated mortality rate in the county since Trump came here. This week I will look at the distribution of cases and testing in Cambria County.

Zipcode |
15901 |
15902 |
15904 |
15905 |
15906 |
15909 |
total
Johnstown |
15931
(Ebensburg) |
Cambria
County |
Population |
3,384 |
11,488 |
15,018 |
19,942 |
10,047 |
5,232 |
65,111 |
9,148 |
130,192 |
Testing 12/13/2020 |
1300 |
3091 |
4485 |
6042 |
2862 |
1530 |
19,310 |
3832 |
41,322 |
Testing rate 12/13/2020 |
38.42% |
26.91% |
29.86% |
30.30% |
28.49% |
29.24% |
29.66% |
41.89% |
31.74% |
cases 12/13/2020 |
191 |
376 |
731 |
920 |
341 |
268 |
2,827 |
798 |
7,029 |
Positive rate 12/13/2020 |
14.69% |
12.16% |
16.30% |
15.23% |
11.91% |
17.52% |
14.64% |
20.82% |
17.01% |
Cases per 100k 12/13/2020 |
5644.21 |
3272.98 |
4867.49 |
4613.38 |
3394.05 |
5122.32 |
4341.82 |
8723.22 |
5398.95 |
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Monday, November 9, 2020
Joe Biden won Johnstown by 80 votes
Ward |
Biden |
Trump |
Other |
Diff |
Total |
|||
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
|||
Cambria City |
81 |
46.6% |
86 |
49.4% |
7 |
4.0% |
-5 |
174 |
Center Town |
230 |
58.2% |
159 |
40.3% |
6 |
1.5% |
71 |
395 |
18th ward |
140 |
39.1% |
207 |
57.8% |
11 |
3.1% |
-67 |
358 |
8th ward 1 |
172 |
48.9% |
173 |
49.1% |
7 |
2.0% |
-1 |
352 |
8th ward 3 |
353 |
41.2% |
485 |
56.7% |
18 |
2.1% |
-132 |
856 |
Kernville |
150 |
58.1% |
105 |
40.7% |
3 |
1.2% |
45 |
258 |
19th ward |
208 |
45.8% |
235 |
51.8% |
11 |
2.4% |
-27 |
454 |
Old Conemaugh |
250 |
53.8% |
208 |
44.7% |
7 |
1.5% |
42 |
465 |
Prospect |
161 |
78.9% |
42 |
20.6% |
1 |
0.5% |
119 |
204 |
7th ward |
348 |
60.1% |
224 |
38.7% |
7 |
1.2% |
124 |
579 |
21st ward |
110 |
37.2% |
183 |
61.8% |
3 |
1.0% |
-73 |
296 |
17th ward 1 |
232 |
57.1% |
169 |
41.6% |
5 |
1.2% |
63 |
406 |
17th ward 2 |
242 |
48.8% |
246 |
49.6% |
8 |
1.6% |
-4 |
496 |
17th ward 3 |
183 |
46.0% |
209 |
52.5% |
6 |
1.5% |
-26 |
398 |
17th ward 4 |
113 |
44.1% |
139 |
54.3% |
4 |
1.6% |
-26 |
256 |
20th ward 1 |
270 |
43.9% |
337 |
54.8% |
8 |
1.3% |
-67 |
615 |
20th Ward 2 |
259 |
54.0% |
215 |
44.8% |
6 |
1.3% |
44 |
480 |
Total |
3,502 |
49.7% |
3,422 |
48.6% |
118 |
1.7% |
80 |
7,042 |