The coronavirus continues to claim lives in the Lehigh Valley.

On Monday, just three days after its last update, Northampton County announced 14 more lives lost to COVID-19, including 10 at Gracedale, the county-owned nursing home where the National Guard is being called in to assist.

Between Northampton and neighboring Lehigh County, the COVID-19 death toll among Lehigh Valley residents is now at least 146.

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Pennsylvania coronavirus cases now total more than 42,000 and the statewide death toll is almost 1,600.

Northampton County’s latest report Monday says that 80 people have died in the county, 72 of them residents here. The count does not include county residents who have died elsewhere. Lehigh County’s latest update was Friday, when it announced 75 residents have died.

Northampton’s Monday report also updated the number of deaths at Gracedale, in Upper Nazareth Township, to 19 – up 10 from Saturday.

“It is a sad and grim duty to report this data, but we continue to do so, so that our fellow residents have the information they need to make sound decisions,” County Executive Lamont McClure said in the announcement.

Gracedale is working hard to limit exposure, he said. It was announced Monday that the National Guard will assist with staffing shortages.

Eighty of the facility’s 596 residents and 26 staff to date have tested positive for the coronavirus. The county said eight patients from the nursing home are hospitalized while the rest recover in-house, waiting until they are no longer infectious to return to their units. Nine of the sickened staffers have finished their quarantines and returned to work.

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Statewide, Pennsylvania has reported 7,037 cases of COVID-19 among residents of 441 long-term care facilities, including nursing homes, and 862 cases among staff as of Monday.

That includes 347 residents and 83 staff of Northampton County facilities, and 299 residents and 49 staff in Lehigh County, according to the department of health’s statistics.

The state’s data also shows that 990 people have died of the coronavirus in long-term care facilities, including 23 in Northampton and 35 in Lehigh, though there may be a delay in data at the state level.

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The virus has also proven more serious for seniors, with adults 65 and older accounting for the majority of Pennsylvania’s hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19, according to the health department. Both Lehigh and Northampton counties have said the average age of those who have died is around 79 years old.

However, the virus can affect anyone, particularly those with underlying conditions.

The full list of COVID-19 deaths by municipality in the Lehigh Valley, according to the latest reports from the counties:

Allentown: 19

Bangor: 1

Bethlehem: 10

Bethlehem Township: 13

Easton: 11

Forks Township: 1

Heidelberg Township: 1

Hellertown: 1

Lehigh Township: 1

Lower Macungie Township: 23

Lower Nazareth Township: 2

Nazareth: 1

Palmer Township: 13

Plainfield Township: 1

South Whitehall Township: 17

Tatamy: 1

Upper Macungie Township: 2

Upper Nazareth Township: 17

Washington Township (Northampton): 1

Whitehall Township: 5

Williams Township: 3

Wilson Borough: 1

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Steve Novak may be reached at snovak@lehighvalleylive.com.