>>Berks County COVID-19 Deaths Hit 1,000
(Reading, PA) -- Berks County has lost one-thousand residents to COVID-19 since March 2020. The coroner's office says there are 26 other deaths listed as probable for the cause. Acting coroner John Hollenbach says the grim milestone is another reminder for people to get the vaccine. He says the majority of people who have died were unvaccinated.