All K-12 schools in Pennsylvania shut down for 2 weeks amid coronavirus outbreak

[BumRushDaShow]

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Source: 6abc

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Governor Tom Wolf announced that all K-12 Pennsylvania schools will be closed for 10 business days effective Monday, March 16. The governor made the following announcement on Friday afternoon:

The administration has been working with school districts as well as state and local officials to gather input on this decision. The Wolf Administration will continue to monitor Covid-19 in the commonwealth, and at the end of 10 days will reevaluate and decide whether continued closure is needed. We understand that these are trying times and recognize the impact of the coronavirus on our students and communities.

First and foremost, my top priority as governor - and that of our education leaders - must be to ensure the health and safety of our students and school communities. As such, I am ordering that all schools in the commonwealth close for the next two weeks. Be aware that no school district will be penalized if it fails to meet the 180 day or school hours requirements. The Department of Education will work with intermediate units and other stakeholders to support school districts with any continuity of learning plans they may be pursuing.

Also, the Pennsylvania Department of Education announced today that it received a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow eligible schools to serve meals to low income students in a non-congregate setting, such as a drive-through or grab and go, during this closure. We will also work with schools to assist them with those plans.

Read more: https://6abc.com/health/all-k-12-schools-in-pennsylvania-shut-down-for-2-weeks/6009948/

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Heard this as a breaking on the local news radio station after they covered the NJ governor's presser.

EDIT - Updates to the situation in PA have been added to this thread

[DeminPennswoods]

1. Seems like an overabundance of caution, but better safe than

sorry. AFAIK, there are still no confimed cases west of MontCo.

What is more interesting to me is that I live in a PA county that is the 2nd or 3rd oldest (65+) in the entire US. This is the demographic group most at risk, but we have not had 1 reported or even suspected case of covid-19.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Chester County has one

Chester County closes libraries, parks, trails as first coronavirus case identified

County officials on Friday announced the closure of libraries, county parks and trails for two weeks as they identified the county’s first presumptive positive case of the new coronavirus.

Marian Moskowitz, chair of the county board of commissioners, said a 57-year-old female patient had contact with a known patient in another state. The woman is recovering at home in isolation. The health department is working to trace the woman’s contacts, and county health officials declined to release additional information on the patient, including in what municipality she lives.

County officials also announced that beginning Saturday, only “mission-essential” county operations will take place, meaning about three-quarters of county employees will not need to report to work. Authorities said those employees will receive full pay.

They also announced a county-wide disaster declaration. No visitors will be allowed at the Chester County jail or the county’s long-term care facility.

Moskowitz said officials “strongly” encourage a countywide suspension of gatherings for two weeks. She discouraged people from going to movie theaters, retail stores and other public spaces.

— Erin McCarthy, Anna Orso

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200313.html

As they start tracing who had contact with whom and actually have testing available, it'll spread. I expect it already has but unless someone is overtly symptomatic and/or had contact with someone who may have been and/or traveled recently, they probably wouldn't think about it much.

[DeminPennswoods]

3. I think this, too

As they start tracing who had contact with whom and actually have testing available, it'll spread. I expect it already has but unless someone is overtly symptomatic and/or had contact with someone who may have been and/or traveled recently, they probably wouldn't think about it much.

I think covid-19 is around, but the symptoms are so indistinguishable from just a bad case of the flu, a lot of people have already had it, recovered and thought it was the flu.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Yup.

Am thinking that any who might have been in the hospital for some type of pneumonia or respiratory issue, might need them to double-back and do a specific test for COVID-19 just in case they couldn't positively ID the cause for their pneumonia.

[DeminPennswoods]

5. Can't put my finger on it, but what I hear

about how bad the virus is and what I observe, it just doesn't mesh. You could well be right, that people who were hospitalized with pneumonia or some other respiratory illness might not have been the flu and they should be checked for covid19 antibodies. You can't exhume bodies, but maybe the state needs to add a box to death certificates to confirm the patient had/did not have covid 19 going forward.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Because this virus is novel

they may end up doing that - if anything for data gathering and watching for mutations.

[DeminPennswoods]

7. My local paper had a great story today about how

people contract covid19 and what happens once it's inside your body. Totally unexepected, but they have had some articles with excellent information and facts on the virus.

Link: https://www.timesonline.com/zz/news/20200313/what-does-coronavirus-infection-do-inside-your-body

[DeminPennswoods]

8. Peduto decided to close the City of Pittsburgh for a week

starting on Monday and limit crowds to less 250. Unfortunately he failed to lead by example by appearing at his press conference clean-shaven as an example to men of best personal hygene practices in the current environment. Lose that bushy, germy beard!

[Igel]

90. It's going to be tough.

Not because they can't test for COVID-19.

But because a lot of people who die from the results of COVID-19 have some secondary infection that's worse. They come as a bundle.

Comorbidity is fairly high. Did COVID kill, or just make the other thing more lethal?

[BumRushDaShow]

91. Similar happens during heatwaves

where the underlying conditions are often exacerbated due to the heat - and particularly when the individual has little or no access to cooling appliances. But they often still report those deaths as being due to the heat (but may have a subcategory that indicates other health issues).

[Brainfodder]

13. Maybe PA doesn't have readily a/v tests, like most yet?

5+ days to show signs, and varies so much, and many will look like generic flu to some, +allergy season, been sneezing every day for over a month, myself.

In just 2 more weeks, the spread will be a lot more obvious?

Thinking PA is clean is kidding yourself!

You jagoffs are not safe!

This jagoff aint either, but keeping my sense of humor.

Good Luck!

[DeminPennswoods]

15. No, people are being tested

So far, 6 people have been 100% confirmed, but it's seems to be taking a long time for the "presumptives" to turn into "confirmed"s or "negative"s. The state dept of health's webpage updates daily.

Personally, I think a lot of people are sick, but recovered or recovering. And as you say, everything's mixed up with regular cold and flu season, allergies and this - all with similar symptoms and treatments.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Announced today at Wolf's presser - 1st 2 in Allegheny County

Latest 13 minutes ago
2:31 PM - March 14, 2020
Gov. Wolf orders “all non-essential public spaces" shut down in Bucks, Chester Counties starting Sunday

Gov. Tom Wolf on Saturday announced that coronavirus mitigation efforts already in effect in Delaware and Montgomery Counties will be expanded to Chester and Bucks Counties starting Sunday.

That means the closure of “all non-essential public spaces,” Wolf said. Essential infrastructure like pharmacies, grocery stores, and gas stations will stay open.

Education Secretary Pedro Rivera said all schools in counties under a shutdown order must close, including private and parochial schools.

“If we can slow the spread of the virus, we can flatten the curve,” Wolf said “This is what we need to do and we need to do it now.”

Wolf said additional guidance for businesses, some of which have expressed confusion about whether they are essential or non-essential, will be sent out Saturday.

Health Secretary Rachel Levine also announced the first two COVID-19 cases in Allegheny County, bringing the statewide total to 47. She said 202 people have been tested statewide as of Saturday afternoon.

U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, whose district includes all of Chester County, called on the entire state “to use the strategy that the governor has outlined to protect each other.”

Levine urged parents to be mindful about the information their children are consuming about the pandemic.

— Sarah Anne Hughes

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-news-confirmed-case-updates-20200314.html

^^^bolding mine

[BusyBeingBest]

27. Idiot health officials in Allegheny County

are telling the public that the coronavirus can only be transmitted "by close contact" with infected people. This just isn't fucking true--bad information.

[Orrex]

26. Children are an ideal vector for spreading disease

As anyone who has ever encountered a child can tell you.

And what better way to facilitate the fast spread of illness than by cramming them into small spaces by the hundreds during an outbreak?

I don't see this as an "overabundance of caution," but rather a bare minimum sensible response to a worldwide threat.

[BumRushDaShow]

29. For example - conjunctivitis!!!!

Of course the issue here is basically implementing a "out of school for the summer" circumstance out of the middle of nowhere. Usually people sortof start planning for "summer" around now, to have their kids situated for those couple months (at least children of a certain age). But now this is worse because of the issue of public health, and especially if it goes on for some time.

This country is going through something not done in many decades. I know my mom used to talk about how they used to put the signs up on people's doors for quarantines. For example, back at the turn of last century they had stuff like this -



And when she was a child in the '30s, there was stuff like this -



The "scarlet letter" way of quarantining has gone by the wayside pretty much (most likely due to court cases) but...

[Fresh_Start]

177. it is not an overabundance of caution, you should demand a 2 month shutdown

instead of two weeks.

[DeminPennswoods]

9. MontCo and DelCo closed for business

for the next couple of weeks. Wolf held a presser yesterday to announce the addition of DelCo. Like Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Gov Wolf is shooting for the course of action that's not too hot, not too cold, but just right.

As of 5PM yesterday, there were 6 confirmed cases and 35 "presumptive" cases for a total of 41, all but 1 east of Harrisburg. There have been 315 tests of suspected cases, 145 negative (little less than half) and 135 are pending results.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Inquirer just had a breaking that Wolf is expected to extend the closures

to Bucks and Chester County (I think the below has the wrong time because it is just breaking now).

12:12 AM - March 14, 2020
Sources: Gov. Wolf to shut down Bucks, Chester counties

Gov. Tom Wolf’s office is expected to announce later Saturday that he will extend his shutdown order to Bucks and Chester counties as the state continues to confirm more cases of the coronavirus, according to three sources familiar with the decision.

The shutdown directive, which would go into effect in the counties on Sunday, applies to everything from schools, which Wolf had already ordered closed statewide, to child and adult day care centers to non-essential businesses. There have been questions, however, about how the state or counties can or will enforce it.

Earlier this week, Wolf imposed shutdown orders on Montgomery and Delaware counties.

The shutdown orders in general have meant that no-visitor policies are implemented at correctional facilities and nursing homes. The governor’s office has said that people can travel freely, but Wolf has encouraged that residents refrain from non-essential travel.

In counties under a shutdown order, essential medical services and mass transit will remain open. Supermarkets, pharmacies and gas stations remain open.

Wolf on Friday was asked who will enforce the orders in the counties.

"No one," he said. "This is self-enforcement. I am not sending the State Police or the National Guard out to do this."

“All of us are trying to look out for the health and welfare of Pennsylvanians, and we all have a shared interest in making sure that Pennsylvanians, our fellow citizens, stay safe. I am banking on that to really drive it.”.

— Angela Couloumbis
https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-news-confirmed-case-updates-20200314.html

[DeminPennswoods]

11. I've been out almost every day and those I've met

seem to be listening to advice about space and hygene.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. I've been trying to avoid going out but was out early this morning

to mail a bill and pick up a script and popped into the supermarket to grab a couple things and fortunately there weren't many people there yet... I think there is a bit of urgency in the people I saw but most were retirees and they seemed to know what they needed and how they needed to get in there and get out as quickly as possible!

[BumRushDaShow]

16. PLCB will be doing an orderly shutdown of the State Stores in the impacted counties

Area state liquor stores to shut down due to virus

The coronavirus shutdown is coming to a liquor store near you if you live in one of the four Pennsylvania counties where Gov. Tom Wolf has called for non-essential retail outlets to close up shop for two weeks.

The Liquor Control Board on Saturday announced that all of the 88 state-owned Fine Wine & Good Spirits Shops in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties will be open for normal hours on Sunday. On Monday, just six of those stores will be open in Bucks, Chester and Delaware counties. Eight will be open in Montgomery County.

Each county will also have one open Licensee Service Center, which deal with restaurants and bars but not retail sales.

On Tuesday, all liquor stores and service centers will close in the four counties. Customers can still shop online and have purchases shipped to them. The shutdown will be re-evaluated “toward the end of the month,” the LCB said. The LCB on Friday said liquor stores would not close in Montgomery County, one day after Wolf ordered the shutdown there. That shutdown spread to Delaware County Friday and to Bucks and Chester counties Saturday.

A list of stores that will remain open Monday can be found here.

— Chris Brennan

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-news-confirmed-case-updates-20200314.html

Link to PLCB schedule: https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/Liquor-Control-Board-Details.aspx?newsid=561

There will be run on it and then people will be rolling down to Delaware or hopping over the bridge to Jersey.

[Steelrolled]

17. Last call for alcohol!

[BumRushDaShow]

18. St. Christopher's Children's Hospital ICU in Philly is now closed

25 minutes ago
6:57 AM - March 15, 2020
Coronavirus in physician closes St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children ICU to new patients; rest of hospital is open

A physician at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children who worked in the ICU, has been diagnosed with a presumed case of COVID-19, CHOP president John Fry said in an email Saturday afternoon. The test results were completed Friday.

Fry said the physician was last seen at the hospital on March 11 and began to feel symptoms the next day. The infection was not acquired at the hospital, Fry said in an email to Drexel students and colleagues.

“The ICU is closed to new admissions and the Level 1 Trauma department is closed,” Fry wrote. "Children currently in the ICU will not be transferred out of the unit.

The ICU staff have been notified of this situation. They will wear the required and approved Protective Personal Equipment (PPE), including gowns, gloves, eye protection, and masks when they are in the ICU treating patients."

“St. Christopher’s remains open and committed to meeting the needs of the community. The hospital is contacting the families of any patients, family members, and employees who may have been exposed.”

— Brandon T. Harden

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-news-confirmed-case-updates-20200314.html

[DeminPennswoods]

19. All public libraries in the state are closed through the end of March

This happened Friday.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Yeah this is concerning but makes sense

Link to tweet

TEXT

Free Library of Philadelphia
✔
@FreeLibrary

The health and safety of our staff and customers are our utmost priority. In the interest of limiting the impact and spread of COVID-19, all Free Library locations will be closed to the public March 15-29, at which point we will reevaluate.

More here: http://ow.ly/zLOv50yLTDF
View image on Twitter
63
4:09 PM - Mar 14, 2020

I expect many get some kind of internet service using those libraries.

[DeminPennswoods]

22. I know that's the case with my library

It serves a lot of people without internet access and its computer stations are usually always occupied. Lots of people use it for video borrowing, too.

[BumRushDaShow]

23. I remember back when I was in high school

and they were building "regional" libraries here in the city (that were "bigger" versions of the local neighborhood libraries) they had set up rooms with some record players and were lending record albums. lol Later they were lending CDs and then I expect DVDs. Now they don't need to even do that anymore with stuff stored digitally and they have the computers.

[DeminPennswoods]

25. Our library still lends out music CDs as well as video

and audio books.

[BumRushDaShow]

28. Some of the branches here still have some CDs

and they have a search to see what they have and where they are hosted and then you would need to reserve it. When I checked the site, they have 55 music CDs (some with multiple copies of them). None are at libraries immediately near me but most were listed at the main branch in their huge building downtown Philly -



Anything downloadable (like ebooks and audio books) is pretty much available system-wide.

[DeminPennswoods]

20. Now the generations of younger Pennsylvanians will get

to experience what life was like on Sundays when Blue Laws (nothing was open) were in effect. Except it will be every day for the next few weeks!

[DeminPennswoods]

24. CMU to begin predictive modeling for SARS-CoV-2

Link: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2020/03/14/People-provide-best-prediction-of-COVID-19-cases/stories/202003110063

This has a lot of great info in it especially where it concerns predictive models and data. CMU currently uses these same models to predict flu cases in real time. One model is based on what is known from historical and the other uses a "wisdom of crowds" methodology. The CMU computer scientists running the models think the later might be a better bet given how little data is available on SARS-CoV-2.

Predicting real-time COVID-19 infections in the United States — with Carnegie Mellon University’s first predictions expected as early as March 22 — will involve dozens of volunteers making educated guesses about disease trends.

And anyone 19 and older can join in. ...

"With COVID-19, I’m anticipating that aggregate human judgment will do better than computerized machine-learning analytics,” he said. “We will use the system we have now, and CDC wants us to start focusing on COVID-19 on March 15. It’s going to be wobbly in the beginning but we hope to get better every week.”

Ryan Tibshirani, a CMU associate professor of statistics and machine learning, is the group’s co-founder.

This “wisdom-of-crowds” protocol, and perhaps surprising so, represents an important modern-day method that CMU has employed successfully in predicting real-time flu cases, along with those likely to occur in following weeks and months. The question is, will it work with COVID-19?

CMU’s weekly real-time estimates will be posted on its delphi.cmu.edu/nowcast website.

Delphi will track respiratory illnesses in general, with an understanding that for now, most likely are flu-related. But as the flu season wanes, chances will rise that the majority of respiratory illnesses are COVID-19, he said.

[Efilroft Sul]

30. Our school district, just south of Pittsburgh, is out until at least April 14.

Bet it'll be out longer than that, too.

[DeminPennswoods]

31. Looks like Allegheny county is going to be closed

before too much longer.

[Efilroft Sul]

34. "Sorry, folks, county's closed. The Yinzer outside should've told ya."

[DeminPennswoods]

32. Beaver County is getting drive up/through testing

from Quest Diagnostics who has a location in Aliquippa. We shall see what that brings.

[BumRushDaShow]

33. Wolf orders restaurants and bars to close dine-in facilities in 5 counties

7 hours ago
9:47 PM - March 15, 2020

Wolf orders restaurants and bars to close dine-in facilities in 5 counties


Restaurants and bars in five Pennsylvania counties must close their dine-in facilities starting at 12:01 a.m. Monday, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced Sunday night. The order applies to Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties for the next 14 days.

Carry-out, delivery, and drive-through service can continue, the governor’s office said, but people can’t stay to eat or drink inside. Businesses could face enforcement actions if they don’t comply.

As coronavirus continues to spread “it is in the best interest of the public to encourage social distancing by closing restaurants and bars temporarily,” Wolf said in statement.

New York City’s mayor also said he would sign an executive order to limit restaurants and bars to take-out and delivery service only, effective Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. Night clubs, movie theaters and concert venues will also have to close, Mayor Bill De Blasio said.

— Catherine Dunn

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-news-confirmed-case-updates-20200314.html

[DeminPennswoods]

35. Time to get started on those home improvement

projects and spring cleaning that maybe have been put off up until now!

Maybe we can have a "cleanest house in the USA" contest or something.

[BumRushDaShow]

36. That's what I heard on a talk show this morning

Spring cleaning time! Although I'm retired so should have been doing that all along anyway...

[DeminPennswoods]

37. I remember during the 1996 blizzard plows

simply could not get down the narrow streets especially in and around Center City. Mayor Rendell was on TV telling us to clear our own streets and have "the cleanest street in Philadelphia". I lived in a cul-de-sac at the time and the residents got together and hired a backhoe to clean off our street.

[BumRushDaShow]

38. LOL I was

living in a high rise at the time and there were 7ft mounds on either side of the street along side the building when that street did get plowed. Had to walk down the middle of the street to get to a nearby store to get some groceries since I was all out (bucked the blizzard-buy frenzy and paid the price). I was lucky that my car was parked in the right spot in the lot. Since the snow was really powdery, all that was left on the car was on the bumper because the rest had blown off due to the way the wind blew through that section of the lot (didn't need to use the car at the time anyway).

[BumRushDaShow]

39. Penn Relays just cancelled

Latest 4 minutes ago
11:53 AM - March 16, 2020
Penn Relays canceled amid coronavirus spread

The organizers of the Penn Relays held out as long as they could, but on Monday they finally had to give in and cancel this year’s edition of the track carnival at Franklin Field.This year’s Relays were to be the 126th edition, and the 100th with historically black colleges and universities participating.

Last week, the Jamaican government announced that its country’s high schools would not travel to Philadelphia. It would have been the first Relays without Jamaican high schools since 1963, the last year before they first game.Penn officials said they hope to organize some kind of track event in May or June if circumstances allow.

“We cannot host an event in late April without putting our participants, spectators, officials, volunteers, and staff at risk,” Penn athletic director Grace Calhoun said in a statement. “The University of Pennsylvania has hosted the Penn Relays for 125 consecutive years through the World Wars and other world-wide health issues. This spirit of perseverance and resiliency will continue as we plan for a track meet later in the year when the health and safety of our community is more certain.

”Penn said that ticket orders would by default be credited toward the 2021 event; but refunds for the sale price of 2020 tickets are “available by request.” Ticket and order processing fees will not be refunded as of no

—Jonathan Tannenwald

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200316.html#card-2AB3VVLSWFEA5KP2JEGCQ2SJ642

[BumRushDaShow]

40. Philly to order shutdown of non-essential businesses (@ 5 pm EDT today)

Latest 16 minutes ago
12:39 PM - March 16, 2020
Philly to order shutdown of non-essential businesses

Philadelphia will order all non-essential businesses shut down at 5 p.m. on Monday, and will shut down all non-essential city services on Wednesday.

Restaurants will have to be take-out only. City government offices will be closed to the public starting Tuesday and only essential government employees will report.

The city of Philadelphia at 5 p.m. today will order all non-essential businesses shut down, and on Wednesday will shut down all non-essential city services, according to Councilmember @MariaQSanchez. @PhillyMayor admin officials just told other electeds of plan on conference call
— Sean Walsh (@sbcmw) March 16, 2020

Essential businesses include grocery stores, big box stores, pharmacies, electronic stores, hardware stores, day cares and laundry facilities.

— Sean Walsh, Julia Terruso

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200316.html#card-6Z7PDALC5FH7NNYUB5RM7SRQOI2

[BumRushDaShow]

41. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf orders two-week statewide shutdown

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf orders two-week statewide shutdown

Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday said he will order nonessential businesses statewide to close at midnight, for the next 14 days. Those businesses include gyms, hair salons, and concert venues, according to state guidance. Pharmacies, gas stations, and grocery stores should remain open. As of Monday afternoon, there were 76 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania, state officials said.

Wolf said the decision was not made lightly, but he added these mitigation efforts are the “only way to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed by patients.

“When asked about a business that has said it will not cancel an event, Wolf said, “I’m not going to force them to cancel.”

“We’re not sending out the State Police or National Guard to enforce this,” he said. “This is not your government mandating anything.” Both Wolf and Health Secretary Rachel Levine urged people to stay at home.

— Sarah Anne Hughes

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200316.html#card-FEVFL5KX6VBBPDSGC2GWAQW2HY11

[DeminPennswoods]

42. Everything is pretty calm where I am

It still blows me away my county does not have 1 reported or suspected case. We are full of old and sick people. Maybe years of breathing in whatever the mills and factories and Shippingport nuclear plant dumped into the air has given us a rough kind of respiratory immunity.

[BumRushDaShow]

44. I know people on the other side of the state from you

i.e., here, are a bit stressed - probably given how quickly this whole thing escalated.

I actually believe the lack of "cases" is due to lack of testing. The initial cases here were from people who had either traveled abroad to countries with a known infection and/or had exposure to travelers who had contracted the virus either overseas or in another state. That then triggered tracing of contacts of those people with others (meaning those people got tested) and it sortof blossomed out from there if the secondary-contact folks were found to be positive.

One of my sisters and I and my niece went to the Flower Show here on March 7 and I have been counting the days. They had plenty of hand sanitizer stations around that we did use but still... Hoping for the best since that sis has R.A. and due to that, she gets infusions to kill her immune system on purpose!

[DeminPennswoods]

45. Seems things are being taken in stride

and all the folks I've talked to don't have much good to say about the hoarders.

[BumRushDaShow]

47. Over here

the partial shutdowns of the rim counties ended up negatively impacting Philly. For example this morning, they had to cancel a number of commuter trains due to SEPTA personnel who were self-quarantined in other counties. Same thing happened earlier with the teachers not having enough staff due to teachers either self-quarantined or calling in absent to deal with childcare when the counties they lived in started closing their schools.

So where you are, Pittsburgh is part of Allegheny County but Philadelphia is its own county that had been excluded from the earlier restrictions on the rim counties, However there is obviously no "wall" between all these counties, so the restrictions elsewhere impacted here in a way that wasn't really anticipated.

[DeminPennswoods]

48. I am totally surprised at the low number of cases

in Philly given the high density housing and all and considering 10% of the state's population lives there.

[BumRushDaShow]

52. Lack of testing

Just read that some drive-through testing operations are finally being setup by a couple hospitals (with the labs to be done by Lab Corps I think). Only thing with these drive-throughs, the person needs to be referred by a primary doc in that hospital system in one case and be symptomatic in another case.

[DeminPennswoods]

53. maybe, but you'd think there are people who have some

respiratory illness already being treated. You still need a doc's order to get tested regardless. Are the hospitals full of flu patients? It doesn't seem so. I'm still thinking there's a lot of "mild" cases that present like the flu and people have just recovered. But something just doesn't add up.

[BumRushDaShow]

56. There may be plenty of people in the hospital for what they are tentatively calling "flu"

or for some type of respiratory condition, but they have no idea unless they test those folks for COVID-19 too. And if there are no swab kits available to to do the test, then they are SOL and those folks aren't added to any count.

[DeminPennswoods]

43. Things that have killed more Pennsylvanias than Covid19

Flu 2019-20 season (thru 3/7): 83
1948 Donora Smog Inversion: 20 (and gave repiratory problems to 6000 of 14,000 population of Donora) right away and 50 within a month
Johnstown Flood: 2,200
Tropical storm Agnes: 50
1936 St Patrick's Day flood: 107
Snowmelt 1996 flooding: 19
Opiods 2019: approx 3,800

[BumRushDaShow]

46. Bucks County is asking a judge to postpone Tuesday's special election

Bucks County is asking a judge to postpone Tuesday’s special election

The Bucks County Board of Elections filed an emergency petition asking a judge to postpone Tuesday’s special election for Bensalem’s seat in the Pennsylvania House, which Speaker Mike Turzai has declined to halt.

“We were left with no choice but to file suit,” said Diane M. Ellis-Marseglia, chair of the Bucks County Board of Commissioners and chair of the Board of Elections. “With the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania declaring a state of emergency and under advisement of our county’s Department of Health, we believe that tomorrow’s special election must be postponed. The risk is too great."

The race for House District 18 in Bensalem pits Republican K.C. Tomlinson against Democrat Harold Hayes. They are vying to replace Republican Gene DiGirolamo, who resigned to become a county commissioner. The commissioners’ move is the latest twist in a contentious behind-the-scenes back-and-forth between officials over the special election.

Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday said that he felt it was a bad idea to hold an election in an area affected by the coronavirus and that he was hopeful state leaders would come together to delay it. Wolf needed the cooperation of Speaker Mike Turzai, however, and on Saturday the Republican House leader announced all special elections scheduled for Tuesday would proceed as planned.

—Justine McDaniel, Sean Collins Walsh

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200316.html#card-2JXVSFCSHNH5VOZRBLIRXUWCKY29

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49. Betting the Supreme Court delays it

Turzai must think a low turnout election favors the GOP.

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50. I'm thinking some judge might do just that

considering there are states delaying their state primaries and in this case, it's a special election that they are only asking be moved to PA's primary day (that itself might be delayed but we're not at that point yet).

[DeminPennswoods]

51. I actually think people will come out to vote even if it's

not postponed. I'm planning to vote in the April primary in person regardless. I'll take my own pencil, though. With the new equipment, you are the only one handling your ballot and you feed your own completed ballot into the scanner.

[BumRushDaShow]

54. I actually heard a commercial on the radio for that election this afternoon

(directed at Bensalem)

With our new machines, they hand us a blank ballot (long strip of paper) and we feed that into the machine, go through the touchscreens, it then prints the results on the blank sheet and displays it in a chute with a clear plastic cover (meaning we can't touch the ballot), and if we accept the printout, the ballot gets sucked back into the machine.

When I used it for the first time this past November, it was too dark in the room to even see the printout clearly and there was no back-lighting or overhead light for it in the booth.

[DeminPennswoods]

55. Next time, bring one of those little flashlights or

wear a headlamp.

[BumRushDaShow]

57. I definitely plan on doing that!

[DeminPennswoods]

58. So we have our 1st case in the southern half of the county

Also, just ftr, know someone who just landed in the hospital with pneumonia from the regular old flu that's going around.

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59. I had been reading a GD thread this morning

from someone whose daughter lives somewhere in the Pittsburgh metro area - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213114447

Apparently there is a drive-through setup in the area for testing now, so even if there are a bunch of negatives, I expect positives to start showing up more.

In other news, Philly is now up to 18 cases confirmed, per their presser a couple hours ago.

[DeminPennswoods]

62. Quest Diagnostics has a testing center set up

in Aliquippa. I'm not sure exactly how "drive through" it actually is, but it is a testing site outside the doctor's office or hospital setting. This is where the person who tested positive lives so that's probably where they were tested.

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64. I'm thinking that people may be going to a hospital parking lot

for medical staff to do the swabs through the car window and those swabs are handed over to Quest to analyze. That's what I believe they are doing over here in West Philly and Delaware County. Montgomery County announced today that they expect to setup a drive-through testing operation sometime within the week.

[DeminPennswoods]

65. Quest has about 3 locations. It's at their one in

Aliquippa, not sure how exactly the nuts and bolts of it work though.

[BumRushDaShow]

66. I know Quest and Lab Corps have multiple locations around here

(I normally use Quest for my own bloodwork although they recently closed one facility close to me but still had 2 others that are also near me).

Apparently some states doing these types of drive-throughs have been bringing in the National Guard to manage the traffic associated with them too.

[DeminPennswoods]

68. Here's the local story

https://www.timesonline.com/news/20200315/drive-thru-coronavirus-testing-available-in-beaver-county

[BumRushDaShow]

69. Here's an even crazier story!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142446993#post67

[DeminPennswoods]

63. People seem to be brushing off the flu, but it's already caused

83 or more deaths in the state and it can just as easily lead to pneumonia in older and/or health compromised individuals.

[BumRushDaShow]

60. Without a Delaware County health department, agreement would allow Chester County to help

This is a good thing! I know the new Democratic-controlled Commissioners have been working on plans to re-establish a Health Department for the County (that was apparently eliminated by the GOP who were in control before the 2018 election) so this is good in the interim.

1 hour ago
3:36 PM - March 17, 2020
Without a Delaware County health department, agreement would allow Chester County to help coronavirus response

The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reviewing a proposed agreement that would allow the Chester County Health Department to support Delaware County, which does not have a health department, in responding to the coronavirus.

Chester and Delaware County officials have been in talks about the plan and submitted a draft intergovernmental agreement to the state, Chester County said Tuesday. Chester County has a slightly smaller population and, thus far, fewer reported cases of the coronavirus than Delaware County.

Chester County has the capacity to support Delaware County and fully run its own health department, a county spokesperson said. Residents “will not experience any diminished service as the County moves to support Delaware County health officials and staff,” the county said Tuesday.

— Justine McDaniel

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200317.html#card-UPBES64GUFB6HLSOMCSQD74CCI60

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67. Coronavirus: Pennsylvania Task Force 1 crews setting up at Citizens Bank Park

Coronavirus: Pennsylvania Task Force 1 crews setting up at Citizens Bank Park

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Chopper 6 was over Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday afternoon where Pennsylvania Task Force 1 has deployed. Video shows two tractor-trailers are being unloaded and tents erected. You can see PA-TF-1 on top of the tents indicating Pennsylvania Task Force 1. PA-Task Force 1 is one of 28 operational and deployable groups established by FEMA that can respond to a disaster.

Sources tell Action News that the sports complex is one of the sites being considered by officials as a coronavirus testing location. No officials have commented on it just yet, but as you can see, there is a lot of activity going on at the moment.

The City of Philadelphia said as of Tuesday at 1 p.m., there are 18 reported cases of the coronavirus in the city.

https://6abc.com/pennsylvania-task-force-1-crews-setting-up-at-citizens-bank-park/6022085/

Pic from the local Fox station (Fox29) -

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70. Unintended consequences category

Since everyone is supposed to stay home or work from home, all blood drives organized through businesses or other organizations have been cancelled. The result is a shortage of blood. So apparently, it's ok to go out, sit in a room with other blood donors of undertermined health, for however long it takes to donate, then go home.

[BumRushDaShow]

71. Hundreds tested at drive-through sites in Philly, Main Line

Hundreds tested at drive-through sites in Philly, Main Line

Hundreds of people showed up at drive-through coronavirus testing sites in Philadelphia and on the Main Line Tuesday run by Penn Medicine, Jefferson Health, and Main Line Health. Health-care workers wearing protective gear collected samples from people — only those who were experiencing symptoms — as they sat in their cars.

The makeshift collection sites, which can collect swabs to send to a specialized laboratory for molecular testing, have been popping up across the country. Doctor’s offices don’t want to collect samples because they lack either the protective gear, the safety protocols, the will — or all three.

It takes several days for test results to be completed.

More than 400 people were seen at Penn Medicine’s two collection sites, one in West Philadelphia and the other in Radnor Township. An additional 250 people flocked to Main Line Health’s Newtown Square and Radnor sites.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200317.html#card-YNTOHGF7RJGTJGT2KIMJIFXSDE21

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72. Independence National Historical Park closes all buildings

I had seen earlier stories where the NPS employees working there were complaining big time. I think there is now a federal closure of the national parks (saw something about D.C.'s national parks/monuments/museums being closed).

4 hours ago
5:25 PM - March 17, 2020
Independence National Historical Park closes all buildings

Independence National Historical Park announced Tuesday it was closing all its buildings to the public.

In a news release it said that park grounds would remain open but that public restrooms would be unavailable.

“The health and safety of people using and working at Independence National Historical Park is our number one priority,” the National Park Service, which operates the park, said in the release.

» READ MORE: A glossary of coronavirus terms to understand the pandemic

— Anthony R. Wood

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200317.html#card-UNR6OUHTOBGTFP6BTW3FPSBFYI70

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73. In election news, Rs won a special election

in HD58 Westmoreland county. The seat was held by a Republican who resigned and this special election was to fill the 9 month balance of the term. Westmoreland is pretty Republican despite a Dem registration edge. Turnout was 20%, not bad all things considered.

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74. (R)s claim victory in all 3 of their special elections

including the one over here in Bucks County that they were trying to get delayed. These were just to fill out the term until the general in November and hopefully we will be a bit closer to normal to maybe pick up one or more of those seats. Apparently the district solely represents the municipality of Bensalem, which is just north of the city line.

The race has been close though -

The results haven’t yet been certified by the Department of State, but according to unofficial returns shared by Bucks County Spokesman Larry King, Republican K.C. Tomlinson won at least 3,826 votes to Democrat Howie Hayes’ 3,343.

Two precincts, Lower Middle #1 and Lower Middle #2, hadn’t reported results as of 11:30 p.m. King could not immediately say what the delay was.

https://whyy.org/articles/bucks-special-election-candidates-bump-elbows-carry-sanitizer-to-slow-polling-places/

[DeminPennswoods]

75. Bensalem is full of rednecks who moved there

from the Philly River Wards.

[BumRushDaShow]

76. Yeah it is but

almost 1/4 of the population are POC. There has been a slow migration further north and some of those rednecks have moved into Central Bucks.

[DeminPennswoods]

77. Latest stats

879 negative, 96 positive. I guess that means the total is 975 although that is not abundantly clear.
I have not heard of any reported deaths.

PA has a population of about 12.8M. That makes the total cases investigated to date .0000762 (.008%) of the state's population. Cases have been reported in 15 of the 67 counties (22%). In case you are wondering why most people are not in a panic.

[BumRushDaShow]

78. The state site isn't completely updated

because the city reported 18 here in Philly yesterday but the state site is still only showing 10. There will continue to be a lag in actual stats as more and more people get tested and the data comes in. They are estimating results now in 4 - 5 days with the "drive-throughs" so for those who were tested yesterday, we may (or may not) see a jump by the weekend.

COVID-19 Testing in Pennsylvania*
​Negative Positive
879
​96
* Map, table and case count last updated at 12:45 p.m. on 3/17/2020

To date, there are 96 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania.
Counties impacted to date include:

Allegheny 7
Beaver 1
Bucks 8
Chester 4
Cumberland 10
Delaware 9
Lehigh 1
Luzerne 1
Monroe 8
Montgomery 32
Northampton 1
Philadelphia 10
Pike 1
Washington 2
Wayne 1

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

Last updated: 3/17/2020
Current situation and risk to Philadelphia

Number of cases of COVID-19 coronavirus in Philadelphia: 18
Number of cases of COVID-19 coronavirus in Pennsylvania: 96
Overall risk in Philadelphia: Low

https://www.phila.gov/services/mental-physical-health/environmental-health-hazards/covid-19/whats-new/

[DeminPennswoods]

84. Regardless, it's still a very small number

I don't think the state is tracking flu cases right now, but as of 3/7, there were over 115k of those. Just for perspective.

I expect the numbers will rise, too, because more people will be tested, but you still have to have some symptoms and/or be assessed by a clinician in order to be tested.

I don't know if there's a test for anti-bodies specific to covid-19, but that's the kind of test that would yield enough data to know what the actual infection and recovery rate is.

[BumRushDaShow]

85. The Governor was just on about 10 minutes ago announcing the first death

We are literally at the embryonic stage of this. When I watched the State Health Director's report today (which was echoed by the Montgomery County Commissioner) - they are now assuming there is community spread and will cease doing any contact tracing. That means "officially" in the next phase which is mitigation.

I think the issue that they are trying to emphasize with this vs flu is that this is more contagious than the flu (they even mentioned that it is as bad as measles) and when it hits someone who is vulnerable to its effects, it is far more lethal than the various flus.

Due to the lack of test kits and medical personnel/infrastructure, yes they are actively triaging and selecting based on various criteria because of those shortcomings (and I have read that there are various municipalities including Philly, putting out a call for volunteers who have medical/nursing backgrounds). They also mentioned that the reports that come out today are based on tests that were done 4 - 5 days ago, so there is that lag too.

[DeminPennswoods]

86. No one really has any idea how contagious or not covid-19 is

Because of the lack of data, most of these "mitigation" efforts are complete panic moves. It would be useful to know how many people are hospitalized or being treated for actual respiratory infections. That might give people some idea of where things stand even if it's a mix of flu, other respiratory disease and covid-19. I did hear speculation that this virus might hang in the air like measels, but that is completely unconfirmed afaik. I think if that were true, a whole lot more people would be sick as measles is, if I understand correctly, the most contagious virus in the world.

I guess you can downplay the flu, but 83 people have already died from it and over 115,000 have had it, including myself. It is perfectly capable of causing pneumonia, too, in people who are older and/or might have underlying medical conditions.

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87. This strain was identified in December

and much of what we see going on is based on the impacts that countries like Italy, Spain, Iran, etc have experienced when they essentially dealt with it as if it were a "seasonal flu" (there are many that appear every year). However what was seen in those countries was that the virulence of this vs the flu COVIDs, has been much higher for target groups. I.e., flu mortality is ~0.1% where mortality with this has been running just over 1%. So using your example -

I guess you can downplay the flu, but 83 people have already died from it and over 115,000 have had it, including myself. It is perfectly capable of causing pneumonia, too, in people who are older and/or might have underlying medical conditions.

Meaning if you have seasonal flu resulting in 83 deaths, the potential of COVID-19 could be the equivalent of 830 deaths if allowed to run unchecked in the manner that the seasonal flu is generally handled. In addition, each year vaccines are distributed for various seasonal Influenza A and B strains (depending on which ones are found to be most active before the official start of a season), where no such vaccine is available for COVID-19 yet.

Interesting recent analysis here - https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/16/lower-coronavirus-death-rate-estimates/

In the case of Italy - here is a paper on past seasonal flu mortality (over those whole seasons) - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971219303285 and that can be compared with the latest data after just 6 weeks from the first confirmed COVID-19 cases - https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/19/italys-death-rate-reaches-record-high-hospitals-in-lombardy-struggle.html

This is why the panic among epidemiologists - especially since the more common "seasonal" flu transmissions tend to be significantly reduced at certain times of the year where a concern is that temperature (during a solar season) might not impact/reduce the transmission of this particular pathogen.

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79. Philly teachers told to halt remote instruction due to equity concerns

Latest 9 minutes ago
10:30 AM - March 18, 2020
Philly teachers told to halt remote instruction due to equity concerns

Philadelphia teachers may no longer offer remote instruction to students, according to a memo sent to Philadelphia School District Tuesday night.

“To ensure equity, remote instruction should not be provided to students, including through the internet, technology at home, by phone or otherwise,” said the memo, which was obtained by The Inquirer.

“Students should not be required to complete new assignments or homework activities. Schools may not make independent decisions to provide remote instruction at this time. As guidance and circumstances continue to unfold, we will provide updates as necessary.”

The memo was signed by Naomi Wyatt, the superintendent’s chief of staff, and by Malika Savoy-Brooks, the Chief Academic Support Officer, and cited recent guidance from the state and federal education departments.

“...We may not offer remote instruction to some students unless we can serve all children,” Wyatt and Savoy-Brooks wrote. “As we all know, some of our students have special instructional needs, some lack access to a computer, and some will have responsibility for taking care of younger siblings or older relatives while their parents are at work. As a result, the district is not able to provide remote instruction during the period of school closures to all children.”

Teachers at some Philadelphia schools had been offering optional remote instruction on their own before the edict went out; there was no formal program of instruction. Instead, Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. has encouraged parents to engage children in learning activities during the coronavirus shutdown, and has made learning guides available to families through the district’s website.

— Kristen A. Graham and Maddie Hannah

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-testing-sites-20200318.html#card-575133124

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80. Pennsylvania to join the N.Y., N.J. and Conn. coronavirus 'coalition,' Cuomo says

Latest 1 minute ago
12:10 PM - March 18, 2020
Pennsylvania to join the N.Y., N.J. and Conn. coronavirus 'coalition,’ Cuomo says

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that Pennsylvania would join his “coalition” indicating statewide social restrictions that apply to New York would also apply to Pennsylvania, as well as New Jersey and Connecticut.

“None of these measures work unless you have a large enough geographic basis,” Cuomo said at a press conference. “People will just move ... The geographic footprint, by definition, is essential for this to work.”

In the same press conference, Cuomo mandated that no non-essential business can have more than 50 percent of its employees working outside their homes. It was not immediately clear whether that applied to Pennsylvania businesses, as well.

— Erin McCarthy

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-testing-sites-20200318.html#card-291471804

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81. Philadelphia 'clearly in a rapid growth phase of this epidemic' as coronavirus cases double

23 minutes ago
1:22 PM - March 18, 2020
Philadelphia ‘clearly in a rapid growth phase of this epidemic’ as coronavirus cases double in one day

The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the city of Philadelphia doubled in a day to 34, and city officials expect that figure to continue climbing.

“We are clearly in a rapid growth phase of this epidemic,” city Health Commissioner Thomas Farley said, “and I expect that to continue.”

Of those cases, 19 were people age 20 to 39, 10 were age 40 to 59, and five are over the age of 60. Of the 34 patients, five were hospitalized, he said.

Farley said testing capabilities continue to improve and said 700 people were tested Tuesday at new sites throughout the greater Philadelphia area.

He also confirmed officials are developing a testing site near the stadiums in South Philadelphia they hope to open “soon.”

— Anna Orso

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-testing-sites-20200318.html#card-1481814724

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82. State still doesn't have updated Philly numbers (on their site as of today 3/18/20)

Philadelphia reported 34 positives this morning.

To date, there are 133 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania.
Counties impacted to date include:


Allegheny 11
Beaver 2
​Berks ​1
Bucks 9
Chester 9
Cumberland 10
Delaware 14
​Lackawanna ​1
Lehigh 1
Luzerne 1
Monroe 7
Montgomery 42
Northampton 1
Philadelphia 17
Pike 2
Washington 2
Wayne 1
​York ​2

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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83. Pennsylvania announces first death from coronavirus

Latest Just now
4:25 PM - March 18, 2020
Pennsylvania announces first death from coronavirus

Pennsylvania has announced its first coronavirus death, “an adult from Northampton County,” according to the Wolf administration.

The individual was being treated at a hospital, the administration said.

— Sarah Anne Hughes

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-testing-sites-20200318.html#card-1876918300

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88. Dad Vail officials cancel 2020 regatta on the Schuylkill because of coronavirus

Dad Vail officials cancel 2020 regatta on the Schuylkill because of coronavirus
by Joe Juliano, Updated: 52 minutes ago


Officials of the Dad Vail Regatta announced Thursday that they have canceled the 82nd staging of the event scheduled for May on the Schuylkill River “in order to comply with government recommendations” stemming from the coronavirus pandemic.

“The Dad Vail Regatta Organizing Committee members have been collaborating daily regarding the 2020 regatta,” DVROC president Jim Hanna said in a statement, “and we are aware and disappointed that the current health crisis has caused many traditional Dad Vail schools to cancel their season, and the impact that has had on coaches and athletes.”

The regatta had been planned for May 8 and 9. More than 100 men’s and women’s teams and 3,500 rowers competed last year. Hanna said in an interview earlier this week that about 30 teams had registered for the 2020 regatta.

Hanna added in that interview that the safety of everyone involved was the regatta’s first concern, and that all emergency health protocols announced by the federal, state and city governments would be followed.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/dad-vail-regatta-canceled-coronavirus-rowing-schuylkill-river-20200319.html

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89. Pennsylvania Dept. of Education cancels PSSA, Keystone exams amid coronavirus outbreak

Pennsylvania Dept. of Education cancels PSSA, Keystone exams amid coronavirus outbreak

The Pennsylvania Department of Education has canceled all state standardized tests for this year, as schools are shut down over the coronavirus outbreak.

“Assessments should not be the focus of school leaders right now,” Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Pedro Rivera said in a statement Thursday, describing “extraordinary efforts” in schools to provide meals to students and continue learning. He said the department will be seeking waivers from federal rules requiring states to conduct the tests.

Pennsylvania System of School Assessment exams, or PSSAs, were scheduled to begin April 20. Students in third through eighth grade take those tests. Keystone tests for high schoolers were to begin May 11.

The state education department said it would release information “on the effects on accountability and school reporting as it becomes available.”

— Maddie Hanna

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200319.html#card-587850881

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92. Gov. Tom Wolf orders all Pennsylvania businesses that aren't life-sustaining to close, will enforce

Gov. Tom Wolf orders all Pennsylvania businesses that aren’t ‘life-sustaining’ to close, will enforce order

by Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA, Updated: 10 minutes ago


Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday evening will announce that he is extending his shutdown order to apply to all but “life-sustaining” businesses as the novel coronavirus continues to spread.

The governor had previously asked nonessential businesses such as salons, theaters, and entertainment venues to close. Life-sustaining businesses that may continue physical operations include gas stations, farms, health care facilities, and transit systems, according to the Wolf administration.

Restaurants and bars were previously required to stop all dine-in services.

“Enforcement actions will be taken against non-life sustaining businesses that are out of compliance effective March 21, 2020, at 12:01 a.m.,” according to an order signed by Wolf.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/spl/pennsylvania-shutdown-lifesustaining-businesses-tom-wolf-shut-down-20200319.html

[DeminPennswoods]

93. Beer distributors are apparently "life sustaining" establishments

From the Tribune Review link:

Grocery stores, gas stations, pharmacies, beer distributors, bakeries and auto parts stores are among those businesses permitted to stay open.

Here is the very odd list: https://docs.google.com/file/d/1sUJLtmTSeqYwZ-zqOutgG-__tVcWceQD/view

This is why people are not taking this stuff seriously. Getting beer is more important that getting a haircut or fixing a road. There's supposed to be severe weather tonight, but if you get storm damage, too bad if you need a contractor to fix something.

[BumRushDaShow]

94. My local nursery had sent out an email a couple days ago noting they would open

with "limited hours" and only allowing up to 10 people to be on the property at the same time. Last night, they sent out an update saying they were closing until further notice.

I think because they kept the beer and wine sales in supermarkets intact, then it made sense to leave the beer distributors alone... otherwise there'd be some rioting going on!

[DeminPennswoods]

95. Today, I saw one of those red liqour license application notice signs

on our local Walmart. They're not going to miss out on beer and wine sales!

I think I'd bet that this list will be revised with more exceptions within 24 hours.

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97. Some of us are thinking they are working up to a "shelter in place"

which is also why that "coordination". I guess they'll she how this working in the San Francisco metro area.

What they did there is essentially what Wolf has done here now with this latest order, except for going the next step to then order "shelter in place" - https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/Bay-Area-must-shelter-in-place-Only-15135014.php

[DeminPennswoods]

98. People aren't going to do it and it's just not enforceable

imho.

[BumRushDaShow]

99. I think it will take a significant chunk off the streets

and the others will never abide by any rules regardless (plus you have many homeless out there so no place for them to "shelter" ). And don't underestimate those who will "tell on you". And in the case here in Philly, Jim Kenney don't play.

The problem isn't in the rural areas, it's in the urban areas where you have that higher density.

[DeminPennswoods]

102. Enforcement action is "on hold"

as I predicted would happen. The list is hit and miss and really was not carefully vetted as it was apparently based on existing guidance from the federal Dept of Homeland Security. Further complicating matters was Wolf announced it at 5PM Friday and expected businesses to close up by 8PM that same night.

Apparently there is a process to appeal the order to close also. Laudromats, for example, were considered "non-life sustaining" even though many people who live in apartments or don't otherwise have access to a washer/dryer depend on them. Having the ability to launder clothes during a public health emergency is pretty essential, it seems to me. Now they are off the list required to close.

I think Gov Wolf has overall done a good job managing everything, but this wasn't his best moment.

[BumRushDaShow]

112. Enforcement happening today as of 8 am

Coronavirus In PA: Enforcement Underway For Business Closures


HARRISBURG, PA — Enforcement began Monday morning against non-life-sustaining businesses that have not closed their physical locations following to the governor's order to do so, issued to fight the spread of the new coronavirus. Enforcement could include citations, fines, and license suspensions, Gov. Tom Wolf said.

During a news conference Sunday evening, Wolf urged compliance, asking businesses to do their part to safeguard the health of all Pennsylvanians. As of Sunday, Pennsylvania was reporting 479 cases of COVID-19 and three deaths. In Philadelphia, a stay-at-home order too effect at 8 a.m. Monday.

Wolf ordered Thursday that all non-life-sustaining businesses must close in an effort to blunt the spread of the coronavirus. Enforcement was originally set to start Saturday but was extended to 8 a.m. Monday due to the high volume of waiver requests. Life-sustaining businesses include grocery stores, gas stations and pharmacies. Restaurants are permitted to offer takeout only. Non-life-sustaining businesses may continue to operate remotely by telework.

State police have said they're prepared to enforce the order. "The priority of the Pennsylvania State Police is protecting lives and maintaining order in the commonwealth," said Col. Robert Evanchick, commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police. "In light of the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic, troopers and liquor control enforcement officers are prepared to ensure compliance with Governor Wolf's order." Other agencies that will be enforcing the order include the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, the Department of Health, the Department of Agriculture and local officials.

https://patch.com/pennsylvania/doylestown/coronavirus-pa-enforcement-underway-business-closures

[DeminPennswoods]

96. In Heaven there is no beer

For your listening pleasure:

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100. 23 new cases today in Philly - now at 67

Link to tweet

TEXT

Jim Kenney
✔
@PhillyMayor
· 31m

Today's updates:
➡️Confirmed cases
➡️New @PHLPublicHealth drive-through testing site
➡️Change in free meal sites locations
➡️Update on #PHLCOVID19Fund
➡️Roundup of worker resources

Jim Kenney
✔
@PhillyMayor

The @PHLPublicHealth commissioner @DrTomFarley reported 23 new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus, for a total of 67. Ten are healthcare workers.

The increase is due to both an increase in testing and the spread of the virus.

We expect that increase to continue.
1
1:47 PM - Mar 20, 2020

Dr. Farley noted this of the 67 confirmed cases in Philly as of today (of that total, 6 are hospitalized) -

1 - person < age 20
37 - people between ages 20 - 39
18 - people between ages 40 - 59
11 - people > 60

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101. Additional note on this

Philadelphia's Cases Weighted Toward Young Adults

Among the city's 67 known coronavirus cases, over half of those who tested positive are between the ages of 20 to 39. That age group accounts for only a third of Philadelphia's total population.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200320.html#card-323985378

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103. Pennsylvania's second coronavirus death reported in Allegheny County

Latest 33 minutes ago
11:20 AM - March 21, 2020
Pennsylvania’s second coronavirus death reported in Allegheny County

A person in Allegheny County has died from the coronavirus, the county’s health department said Saturday.

It is the second reported death in Pennsylvania due to the coronavirus.

Allegheny County officials said the adult had been hospitalized. They did not immediately provide additional information out of respect for the person’s family, but more details are expected at an afternoon news conference.

On Wednesday, Gov. Tom Wolf announced the state’s first coronavirus death, a 55-year-old man from Northampton County. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pennsylvania has been growing rapidly, passing 250 on Friday.

— Maddie Hanna

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200321.html#card-2112154652

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104. With an additional 18 positives in Philly, the city has now surpassed Montco as of 3/21/20

with a total of 85. Montco reported 9 more today for a total of 77.

Philly confirms first case of coronavirus in a nursing home

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Tom Farley has called for all nursing homes to stop accepting visitors after the city on Saturday announced the first confirmed coronavirus case in a facility for seniors.

“We have been trying very hard to avoid this,” Farley said at a news conference. “I would expect that there may be more of these in the future.”

The nursing home resident was one of 18 new confirmed coronavirus cases the city announced Saturday, bringing Philadelphia’s total to 85. Confirmed cases, however, likely account for only a fraction of the number of infected people in the city due to the speed at which the disease is spreading, the time it takes infected people to show symptoms, and the widespread shortages of testing kits.

» READ MORE: Nursing homes are running out of protective equipment amid coronavirus pandemic

Nursing homes are especially dangerous environments for the coronavirus because seniors and immunocompromised individuals are the most at risk to die from the disease and because the contained facilities can become fertile grounds for the virus to be transmitted. Farley said that, in addition to nursing homes, he believes all hospitals should keep visitors out.

— Sean Collins Walsh

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200321.html#card-1270589918

2020 Press Releases
Posted on: March 21, 2020
Nine More COVID-19 Cases Reported in Montgomery County
CORONAVIRUS PIC

Montgomery County officials and the Office of Public Health (OPH) today reported nine additional individuals who tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the countywide total to 77 cases.
Additional Info... (PDF file)

https://www.montcopa.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=3202

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105. Philadelphia residents ordered to 'stay-at-home' starting Monday morning

Latest 8 minutes ago
1:30 PM - March 22, 2020
Philadelphia residents ordered to ‘stay-at-home’ starting Monday morning

Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration will order Philadelphia residents to stay at home starting Monday morning.

No outdoor gatherings of any kind will be allowed unless they are related to essential businesses like food or medicine.

Outdoor exercise with social distancing is permitted.

.@PhillyMayor Jim Kenney’s administration is instituting a stay-at-home order beginning tomorrow morning. No outdoor gatherings of any kind unless they are related to essential businesses like food or medicine. Outdoor exercise with social distancing is permitted. #coronavirus
— Sean Walsh (@sbcmw) March 22, 2020

— Sean Collins Walsh

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200322.html#card-465514182

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106. 11 more cases in Philly for a total of 96

https://www.phila.gov/services/mental-physical-health/environmental-health-hazards/covid-19/what-the-city-is-doing/

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107. Pa. legislature expected to begin action today on postponing state primary election until June 2

Latest 59 minutes ago
5:00 AM - March 23, 2020
Pa. legislature expected to begin action today on postponing state primary election until June 2 due to coronavirus outbreak

The Pennsylvania General Assembly is poised to advance legislation to move the state’s primary election from April 28 to June 2, the Inquirer has learned.

The action comes a day after Gov. Tom Wolf and top lawmakers have reached agreement on postponing the primary, underscoring the upheaval is pandemic is causing for the 2020 presidential election.

The rescheduling will give county election officials more flexibility in consolidating polling places this year and make long-term changes to a sweeping election law passed last year.

The deal was reached after multiple conference calls throughout the day Sunday.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200323.html#card-1350245157

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108. Philadelphia "Stay at Home" order now in effect

Link to tweet

TEXT

Jim Kenney
✔
@PhillyMayor
· 29m

Prohibited
❌Any gatherings except for essential business and activities
❌Walk-in takeout orders at restaurants
❌Food trucks and ice cream trucks

Allowed
✅Outdoor walking, running, and cycling
✅Delivery of food or essential goods
✅Free meal siteshttps://www.phila.gov/2020-03-22-the-new-business-activity-and-stay-at-home-order-what-you-need-to-know/-you-need-to-know/ …

Jim Kenney
✔
@PhillyMayor

Prohibido
❌Cualquier reunión de personas excepto por actividades esenciales
❌Pedidos para llevar realizados directamente en restaurants

Permitido
✅Caminar al aire libre, correr y andar en bicicleta
✅Entrega de alimentos o bienes de primera necesidadhttps://www.phila.gov/2020-03-22-que-necesitas-saber-sobre-la-nueva-orden-que-regula-la-actividad-comercial-y-social-en-filadelfia/ …
COVID-19 picture in Spanish about Permanecer en Casa
Qué necesitas saber sobre la nueva orden que regula la actividad comercial y social en Filadelfia |...

Qué necesitas saber sobre la nueva orden que regula la actividad comercial y social en Filadelfia
phila.gov

7:55 AM - Mar 23, 2020

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109. Pa. top court tosses challenge to Wolf's ban non-life-sustaining businesses

1 hour ago
8:55 AM - March 23, 2020
Pa. top court tosses challenge to Wolf’s ban non-life-sustaining businesses

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Gov. Tom Wolf’s authority to enact a statewide ban on “non-life-sustaining" businesses, clearing the way for its enforcement starting Monday.

Late Sunday, the court denied the petition brought by a gun shop, a gun purchaser and a law firm claiming that the governor’s shutdown order violated their constitutional rights, including the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

The judges issued their decision in a one-page order offered without comment.

Last week, Wolf, a Democrat, ordered all nonessential businesses — excluding staples like grocery stores, pharmacies, laundromats, and restaurants offering takeout or delivery only — to close indefinitely in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus across the state.

Though the order has been in effect since Thursday, enforcement by the Pennsylvania State Police and other state agencies was delayed until Monday morning, to give businesses time to prepare and the administration to review thousands of waiver requests from companies and industry representatives around the state.

— Jeremy Roebuck

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200323.html#card-269018088

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110. Latest PA totals reported since noon 3/23/20 - 644 positives (10% of those tested)

A separate report at the site noted the 3rd death from Montco

​COVID-19 Testing in Pennsylvania*
​Negative Positive ​Deaths
6,595 644 ​2

* Map, table and case count last updated at 12:00 p.m. on 3/23/2020

Counties impacted to date include:

​County ​Cases ​Deaths
​Adams
6
​
Allegheny
48 / 1​

Beaver
3
​
​Berks
14
​
Bucks
43
​
​Butler
​5
​
​Cambria
1​
​
​Centre
​3
​
Chester
40
​
​Columbia
​1
​
Cumberland
12
​
​Dauphin
1​
​
Delaware
54
​
​Erie
3
​
​Fayette
​1
​
​Franklin
​1
​
​Lackawanna
7
​
​Lancaster
5
​
​Lebanon
​3
​
Lehigh
25
​
Luzerne
10
​
​Mercer
​1
​
Monroe
43
​
Montgomery
129 / (1)
​
​Montour
​1
​
Northampton
23 / ​1

Philadelphia
128
​
Pike
3
​
​Potter
​1
​
​Schuylkill
​3
​
Washington
7
​
Wayne
3
​
​Westmoreland
6
​
​York
10

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx​

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111. Gov. Tom Wolf to issue stay-at-home order for 7 counties including Philadelphia, suburbs, & Allegn'y

25 minutes ago
12:43 PM - March 23, 2020
Gov. Tom Wolf to issue stay-at-home order for 7 counties including Philadelphia, suburbs, and Allegheny County

Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to issue a “stay-at-home” order today for Philadelphia and its suburbs, as well as Monroe and Allegheny Counties, taking the fight against the coronavirus to a new level by requiring residents to remain inside except for essential trips such as buying food or seeking medical help.

The order will apply to Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties in the southeast, Monroe County in the northeast, and Allegheny County in Western Pennsylvania, according to four sources with knowledge of the governor’s plans.

It was not immediately known when the order will take effect, how long it will last, or what enforcement might entail. Wolf is expected to make the announcement this afternoon, according to the sources, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the plan.

Wolf’s order comes a day after Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney issued a similar order for the city’s 1.6 million residents, which began at 8 a.m. on Monday.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200323.html#card-321091134

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113. Philly now up to 175 positives (about 12% of total tested so far)

https://www.phila.gov/services/mental-physical-health/environmental-health-hazards/covid-19/what-the-city-is-doing/

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114. Pennsylvania schools to remain closed through April 6, at least

Latest 8 minutes ago
2:48 PM - March 23, 2020
Pennsylvania schools to remain closed through April 6, at least

All Pennsylvania K-12 schools will be closed for another two weeks, through at least April 6, according to the Department of Education.

I'm also extending school closures and other statewide #COVID19 mitigation efforts for ALL counties for 2 more weeks.

These measures may seem extreme. However, we are in desperate times and need to make drastic changes in order to save lives. #COVID19

— Governor Tom Wolf (@GovernorTomWolf) March 23, 2020

— Sarah Anne Hughes

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200323.html#card-483637887

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115. 7 PA counties under "stay at home" order

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

Beginning at 8 p.m., residents of the following counties must stay home unless someone’s life depends on it:

📌 Allegheny
📌 Bucks
📌 Chester
📌 Delaware
📌 Monroe
📌 Montgomery
📌 Philadelphia

More information: http://pa.gov/COVID-19
Stay at Home

5:56 PM - Mar 23, 2020

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116. PA cases as of noon 3/24/20

​Negative Positive ​Deaths

8,643 /851 /7

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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117. Pa. State Police issue warnings to businesses ordered to close to stop spread of coronavirus

Latest 5 minutes ago
12:22 PM - March 24, 2020
Pa. State Police issue warnings to businesses ordered to close to stop spread of coronavirus

Pennsylvania State Police issued 27 warnings to non, life-sustaining businesses on Monday, the first day of enforcement of Gov. Tom Wolf’s order for such places to close to stop the spread of the coronavirus. He had originally ordered these businesses to close their physical locations by 8 p.m Thursday, but enforcement was pushed back until Monday as officials assessed many requests for exemptions.

Only five of those warnings were issued in Philadelphia, Delaware, Montgomery, Chester, Lancaster, York, Lehigh, and Northampton counties (the warnings were segmented by state police troops, each of which encompass several counties).

Several state agencies, as well as state and local police, have the authority to enforce the governor’s business closure order with warnings, mandated closures, business license suspensions, forfeitures of disaster relief funds and other loans, and health code and criminal violations.

Meanwhile, by the end of the day Monday, the state Department of Community and Economic Development received 15,092 requests for exemptions from Pennsylvania’s businesses, and DCED staff are working to process them as quickly as possible. As of end of day March 23, 2,486 have been approved; 2,135 have been denied; and 1,279 were not required.

— Erin McCarthy, Christian Hetrick

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200324.html#card-1534042048

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118. Per Philly Mayor's daily presser - 77 new positives since 1 pm yesterday/252 total in city

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119. Stotesbury Regatta, scheduled for mid-May, canceled

(am surprised they didn't cancel when the Dad Vail was cancelled)

9 hours ago
9:40 PM - March 24, 2020
Stotesbury Regatta, scheduled for mid-May, canceled


The annual Stotesbury Cup Regatta, which typically draws thousands of student athletes and spectators to the banks of the Schuylkill, has been canceled, the Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia announced Tuesday.

It had been scheduled for May 15-16. The decision came after discussions between the city and regatta officials, regatta organizers said, and took into account Mayor Jim Kenney’s stay-at-home order.

“The well-being of our athletes, coaches, families, fans, referee corps, and volunteers is at the forefront of this decision,” said Erika McCormick, regatta director.

“We deeply regret that this disappointing outcome is added to all the things with which they must cope,” said Paul Horvat, commodore of the Schuylkill Navy.

— Anthony R. Wood

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200324.html#card-733928290

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120. Gov. Tom Wolf extends 'stay-at-home' order to Erie County amid exponential rise in Pa.

13 hours ago
5:52 PM - March 24, 2020
Gov. Tom Wolf extends ‘stay-at-home’ order to Erie County amid exponential rise in Pa. coronavirus cases

On Tuesday, Gov. Tom Wolf extended his “stay-at-home” order to Erie County. The directive also applies to Philadelphia and its suburbs, as well as Monroe and Allegheny Counties.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200324.html#card-1324037512

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121. Pa. unemployment claims skyrocket to 540,000 since statewide coronavirus shutdown, shattering record

Pa. unemployment claims skyrocket to 540,000 since statewide coronavirus shutdown, shattering records


by Rebecca Moss, Updated: 43 minutes ago


HARRISBURG — More than half a million Pennsylvanians have filed new unemployment claims during the past week, a record number indicative of the sweeping economic fallout from Gov. Tom Wolf’s statewide shutdown in order to slow the coronavirus.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the Department of Labor and Industry had received a total of 540,000 new unemployment claims since March 16, when Wolf first announced the closure of all non-essential businesses, according to a state senator briefed by the labor secretary.

Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, the highest number of first-time claims ever filed in Pennsylvania was 168,200, but that was for the entire month of January 2010, said Sen. Christine Tartaglione (D., Philadelphia), the minority chair of the senate committee on labor and industry.

The state has far surpassed that number in about seven days. “You are going to have more and more people laid-off,” Tartaglione said. “There are going to be a lot more.”

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/spl/pennsylvania-pa-coronavirus-unemployment-claims-business-shutdown-20200325.html

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122. Delaware County reports first coronavirus deaths

Latest 7 minutes ago
10:25 AM - March 25, 2020
Delaware County reports first coronavirus deaths

Two people from Delaware County have died from the coronavirus, officials announced Wednesday. They are the first deaths connected to the pandemic reported by the suburban county.

The first patient to die, an 85-year-old man, had been hospitalized for several days prior to his passing, according to officials. A county spokesperson did not identify the hospital and declined to say where he lived in Delaware County.

The second death was an 86-year-old woman, who was hospitalized in Montgomery County. She was previously a resident at the Rosewood Garden Rehab and Nursing Center in Broomall.

— Vinny Vella

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200325.html#card-1776091078

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123. Gov. Tom Wolf extends Pennsylvania 'stay-at-home' order to 10 counties

Latest 6 minutes ago
12:15 PM - March 25, 2020
Gov. Tom Wolf extends Pennsylvania ‘stay-at-home’ order to 10 counties

Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday expanded his “stay-at-home” order to Lehigh and Northampton Counties, bringing the state total to 10 counties under the directive. Philadelphia and its collar counties were already under the order, as were Erie, Monroe, and Allegheny Counties.

» READ MORE: The full list of what you can and can’t do under Gov. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus ‘stay-at-home’ order

— Angela Couloumbis

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200325.html#card-938115301

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124. Philly now up to 342 positives - 90 more than yesterday plus 1st death

Current situation and risk in Philadelphia

Last updated: 3/25/2020 9:30:00 AM

Number of cases of COVID-19 coronavirus in Philadelphia: 342
Number of negative of COVID-19 coronavirus in Philadelphia: 2,508
Overall risk in Philadelphia: Low

COVID-19 tracking in Philadelphia: See testing guidance and results.

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

(3 cases adjusted between yesterday and today)

Latest 8 minutes ago
12:50 PM - March 25, 2020
Philadelphia reports first death from coronavirus

One person in Philadelphia has died due to the coronavirus, the state department of health reported Wednesday. There are 257 cases of the virus in the county, according to state data.

As of Wednesday afternoon, 11 people have died in Pennsylvania due to the coronavirus.

— Oona Goodin-Smith

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200325.html#card-1048014300

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125. Pennsylvania legislators approve moving primary election to June 2

Pennsylvania legislators approve moving primary election to June 2

Pennsylvania’s General Assembly on Wednesday voted unanimously to shift the state’s primary election five weeks into the future, postponing it from April 28 until June 2 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The state House took first action, giving final approval to legislation that also allows county boards of elections to consolidate polling places by up to 60%, allowing the primary to be held with fewer poll workers.

“I think between moving the date back and expanding the ability of our county election officials to cope with this problem that we’ve done a lot of good,” said State Rep. Garth Everett (R., Lycoming), the chair of the House State Government Committee, before the vote. State Rep. Kevin Boyle, a Philadelphia Democrat and minority chairman of the committee, supported the legislation but said “it doesn’t go far enough.” Boyle wanted funding for counties to send every registered voter an application for mail-in ballots, an approach Republicans rejected.

Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman (R., Centre) expressed optimism the situation will have improved by June 2. “We hope things will have cleared up and we’ll be able to vote in person that day better than we would have on April 28,” he said.

The state Senate then swiftly approved the measure, which has the support of Gov. Wolf. A spokesperson said Wolf would sign it into law. The vote drew bipartisan praise from Philadelphia’s City Commissioners, who said an April 28 primary “was becoming more and more unrealistic.” Twelve states and Puerto Rico have taken action so far to alter their election calendars due to the pandemic and more states are still mulling such moves.

— Chris Brennan

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200325.html#card-651948800

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126. Pennsylvania looking into 'soft reopening' of liquor stores, lawmaker says

5:10 PM - March 25, 2020
Pennsylvania looking into ‘soft reopening’ of liquor stores, lawmaker says


State Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, a Republican from Centre County, told reporters Wednesday the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board “is looking into a soft reopening” of its stores, which have been closed for more than a week due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“It is either a possible delivery or possible curbside pick-up kind of thing,” Corman said. “I think the LCB is working on that as we speak. I don’t know that they’ve picked a date as of yet to reopen. I think most states have kept their liquor stores open.”

Corman noted that many states have private liquor store ownership. In Pennsylvania, the PLCB operates about 600 liquor stores and service centers that supply restaurants and bars.

The PLCB has boarded up some of its stores. Some bar and restaurant owners have taken similar measures.

— Chris Brennan

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200325.html#card-1057614779

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127. PA now at 1687 positives as of noon 3/26/20

​Negative Positive ​Deaths

16,441 / 1,687 / 16

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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128. As of 10 am (3/26/20), Philly has 475 positives

Per the city presser.

127 new cases
475 total cases
(as of 10am)

Age breakdown

18 < age 20
216 between ages 20 - 39
126 between ages 40 - 59
115 > 60

40 hospitalized / 44 are healthcare workers

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129. Philly now at 637 positives as of 9:30 am 3/27/20

Current situation and risk in Philadelphia

Last updated: 3/27/2020 9:30:00 AM

Number of cases of COVID-19 coronavirus in Philadelphia: 637
Number of negative of COVID-19 coronavirus in Philadelphia: 3,987
Overall risk in Philadelphia: Low

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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130. Gov. Wolf signs bill moving Pa. primary election to June 2

Latest 11 minutes ago
11:50 AM - March 27, 2020
Gov. Wolf signs bill moving Pa. primary election to June 2

June 2 is shaping up to be the Super Tuesday of postponed primaries. Pennsylvania will join 11 states and the District of Columbia in voting that day, after rescheduling its primary due to the coronavirus.

Gov. Wolf on Friday signed a bill passed through the Pennsylvania legislature to move the primary back six weeks to allow enough time for people to register to vote by mail, for polling locations to shift and to give election officials time to prepare for an election taking place in unprecedented circumstances.

The law also authorizes county election officials to close and consolidate polling places without the usual court approval. (Officials had asked for that flexibility, as they’ve lost polling places and poll workers due to concerns over the coronavirus.)

Election officials will also now be able to begin processing absentee ballots earlier instead of after 8 p.m. on Election Day, which could have meant elections would take days to call.

With Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland and D.C. also voting June 2, it’s been dubbed the Acela Primary.

While the moves are unlikely to derail former Vice President Joe Biden from winning the Democratic nomination, it does mean he’ll need more time to clinch it. Meanwhile, the delay could hurt some candidates running for the state legislature who have limited campaign resources they now need to stretch.

For election officials, it’s a welcome extension to prepare for an election that keeps voters and poll workers safe.

— Julia Terruso

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200327.html#card-6268543

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131. Philly could use Temple University (Liacouras Center) for coronavirus hospital overflow

42 minutes ago
1:06 PM - March 27, 2020
Philly could use Temple University for coronavirus hospital overflow

Philadelphia has reached an agreement with Temple University to use the Liacouras Center and other facilities at the college for overflow hospital space if needed. “Materials and supplies will be moving into the Liacouras Center over the next few days," Kenney said. Kenney said he hopes that the city will not have to use the Temple facility, but it will be there if needed.

The city is continuing to search for other facilities in addition to the Liacouras Center and the Holiday Inn Express at 13th and Walnut, which will be used as a quarantine site. Other cities plan to use convention centers as hospital overflow space, including the Javits Center in New York and the Atlantic City Convention Center.

John McNichol, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Convention Center, said they continue to have conversations with the city regarding the use of the space, but no decisions have been made. “Our focus is on getting back to business as soon as possible so we can save jobs,” he said. In terms of being used as a hospital overflow space, McNichol said: “We’re trying to be as nimble as possible. Right now there’s no plan to use the Convention Center for that purpose.”

Managing Director Brian Abernathy said the facilities could hold as many as 250 patients. The city hopes that FEMA will help staff the facility with health care workers, he said, but officials are looking into other options if that does not come through. Kenney said the city is not paying Temple anything for the use of the facilities. “We’re very Temple proud,” he said. The Holiday Inn quarantine site has already hosted some city employees who have tested positive, and will be fully operational this weekend, Abernathy said.

— Laura McCrystal, Anna Orso

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200327.html#card-940682712

Link to tweet

TEXT

Temple University
✔
@TempleUniv

Temple is Philadelphia’s public university. This is our fight too. https: //twitter.com/PhillyMayor/status/1243584553400373255 …

Jim Kenney
✔
@PhillyMayor

Big news for this Friday: Temple University has stepped up during this critical time. We reached an agreement to use The Liacouras Center and other Temple facilities as hospital space. #TempleMade #ThankYouPhilly
Temple flag with the words "Thank you, Temple" on top

1:22 PM - Mar 27, 2020

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132. Pennsylvania 'stay-at-home' order extended to 9 more counties

11 minutes ago
2:20 PM - March 27, 2020
Pennsylvania ‘stay-at-home’ order extended to 9 more counties


Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday said he is expanding his stay-at-home order to another nine counties, bringing the total of counties under some form of lockdown to 19.

Wolf said the new counties where residents are being asked to limit their movements are Berks, Butler, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Luzerne, Pike, Wayne, Westmoreland, and York.The order takes effect at 8:00 p.m. Friday, and will remain in place until April 6.

Counties already under a stay-at-home order are: Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Erie, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, and Philadelphia.

Wolf has said he’s taking a “measured” approach to the order, which directs residents to leave their homes only for essential items, such as groceries and medicine. He has said he is not, for the moment, considering extending the order statewide.

» READ MORE: Full list of what you can and can’t do under Gov. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus ‘stay-at-home’ order

— Angela Couloumbis

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200327.html#card-853844799

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/wolf-adding-lancaster-york-other-counties-to-stay-at-home/article_54c140b2-7040-11ea-a153-97d8b3336ed1.html

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133. PA cases now at 2,751 as of noon 3/28/20

​Negative Positive ​Deaths

25,254 / 2,751 / 34

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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134. Philly now up to 806 positives (as of 9:30 am 3/28/20)

169 more since yesterday + a couple more deaths for a total of 5.

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Tests and Results
Total Positive Tests: 806
Total Negative Tests: 4,793
3/28/2020 9:30 AM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/the-citys-response/monitoring-and-testing/

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135. 3 more PA counties added to the stay-at-home order - Beaver/Centre/Washington (total 22 counties)

Four more coronavirus deaths reported in Philly area

Four additional deaths from the coronavirus were reported Saturday in the Philadelphia area, including two in Philadelphia, as the virus continues its rapid spread. State health officials said an additional 533 cases of the coronavirus had been confirmed, bringing the statewide total to 2,751 in 56 counties. The statewide death count is now 34, with 12 new deaths reported Saturday.

Philadelphia, which reported a total of 806 confirmed cases of the virus as of 9:30 a.m. Saturday, now has five coronavirus deaths. That total includes 169 new cases reported since Friday morning. An additional death was also reported in Montgomery County, bringing that county’s total to five. Delaware County officials announced another death Saturday that was not included in the state report, bringing that county’s total to five deaths. The patient was a 65-year-old man from Springfield Township, officials said.

Health officials said most of the people hospitalized from the virus are aged 25-49, while most of the deaths have occurred in people 65 or older.

Gov. Tom Wolf on Saturday added three more counties — Beaver, Centre and Washington — to the state’s stay-at-home order, bringing the total under the order to 22. The order will take effect for those three counties at 8 p.m. Saturday.

— Maddie Hanna, Laura McCrystal

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200328.html#card-156847959

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136. Map of current stay-at-home counties in PA (22 as of 3/28/20)

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

The latest counties added to my Stay at Home Order are:

📍Beaver
📍Centre
📍Washington

Reminder: ALL Pennsylvanians should be staying home. The residents of these counties are ordered to do so, and are only permitted to leave for tasks crucial to sustaining their lives.
Stay at home order
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2:00 PM - Mar 28, 2020

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137. Gov. Wolf today requested a major disaster declaration per his office twitter account

Link to tweet

TEXT

Office of the Governor
✔
@GovernorsOffice

.@GovernorTomWolf today requested a major disaster declaration from the president through @fema to provide additional support for state and local governments and certain nonprofits, as well as individuals who are struggling during the COVID-19 outbreak. https://on.pa.gov/2JnSIDj
Governor Wolf Requests Major Disaster Declaration for Additional Support in COVID-19 Response

Governor Tom Wolf today requested a major disaster declaration from the President through the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide additional support for state, county and municipal...
governor.pa.gov

10:18 AM - Mar 29, 2020

Governor Wolf Requests Major Disaster Declaration for Additional Support in COVID-19 Response

March 29, 2020
Press Release, Public Health

Governor Tom Wolf today requested a major disaster declaration from the President through the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide additional support for state, county and municipal governments and certain nonprofits, as well as individuals who are struggling during the COVID-19 outbreak.

“The COVID-19 outbreak has taxed our commonwealth and our communities in ways that are almost incomprehensible,” said Governor Wolf. “I am calling on the President and the federal government to make available to us the assistance that will make a tangible difference in the lives of our friends and neighbors, and the dedicated public servants who are working in overdrive to support them.”

Pennsylvania already received an emergency declaration under the President’s nationwide emergency proclamation, which provides reimbursement for eligible expenses for emergency protective measures to state, county and local governments and certain nonprofits for the duration of the emergency incident. The declared nationwide emergency incident started Jan. 20, 2020, and continues.

The request for a major disaster declaration, if approved, will provide the same emergency protective measures available under the nationwide emergency proclamation; the following Individual Assistance programs: Disaster Unemployment Assistance, Crisis Counseling, Community Disaster Loans and the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Program; and Statewide Hazard Mitigation.

It is not known how quickly the President will decide to grant or deny Governor Wolf’s major disaster request for additional federal assistance. Governor Wolf signed a Proclamation of Disaster Emergency for the COVID-19 outbreak, which is a required step to request a federal major disaster declaration, on March 6, 2020.

https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/governor-wolf-requests-major-disaster-declaration-for-additional-support-in-covid-19-response/

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138. Philly now at 890 positives as of 3/29/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Tests and Results
Total Positive Tests: 890
Total Negative Tests: 5,225
3/29/2020 7:30 AM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/the-citys-response/monitoring-and-testing/

(note testing is primarily only being done on healthcare workers and those showing symptoms who meet age/underlying condition criteria)

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139. PA jumps from 2,751 positives to 3394 (for noon presser 3/29/20)

​Negative Positive ​Deaths
30,061 / 3,394 / 38

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

(results as of midnight)

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140. Wolf administration lays off about 2,500 state employees

Wolf administration lays off about 2,500 state employees as financial fallout from the coronavirus deepens


by Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA and Rebecca Moss, Updated: 47 minutes ago


HARRISBURG — The Wolf administration has laid off about 2,500 part-time and seasonal employees and interns as the financial fallout from the coronavirus deepens, straining Pennsylvania’s cash flow, Spotlight PA has learned. The affected workers, which include temporary clerical staff and employees who help out in departments across state government during busy periods, were placed on “leave without pay” Friday. There is currently no timeline to recall them back to work, according to Gov. Tom Wolf’s Office of Administration.

Some of the departments impacted include revenue and transportation, state officials said. It wasn’t immediately clear which other departments were affected, though several employ seasonal workers, including the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which oversees state park facilities, and the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board

Employees who work for the state health and labor departments, which are central to the coronavirus response, were not impacted, state officials said.“While we work to fund the increased need for essential state services, there has been, and will continue to be, a decline in revenue coming into the state,” the Office of Administration, to which the governor’s office referred questions, said in a statement. “The state is taking a measured approach to the COVID-19 outbreak and that includes managing our finances.”

The layoffs Friday could be the first in a wave of job losses within state government, which is bracing for hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenues as businesses shut down, unemployment claims spike to unparalleled levels, and more people seek other public assistance benefits.


https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/spl/pennsylvania-coronavirus-layoffs-state-government-workers-20200329.html

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141. Philly now registering 1,072 positives as of 9:30 am 3/30/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Tests and Results
Total Positive Tests: 1,072
Total Negative Tests: 5,747
3/30/2020 9:30 AM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/the-citys-response/monitoring-and-testing/

Philly had its first positive case on March 10 and in 20 days, has gone to >1000.

Temple has started staging for overflow at the Liacouras Center -

Link to tweet

TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
✔
@PHLPublicHealth

#ThankYouTemple for helping organize a surge facility to support hospitals during the pandemic. This is truly amazing.
View image on Twitter
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9:53 AM - Mar 30, 2020

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142. PA now at 4,087 as of 3/30/20, up almost 700 from the 3,394 yesterday

​Negative Positive ​Deaths

33,777 | 4,087 | 49

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[DeminPennswoods]

146. IOW, 10% positive of all tested, presumably

the majority tested are symptomatic individuals.

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147. Yup - that has been very consistent

They are also testing healthcare workers and/or first responders (including police/fire/EMTs) - who are also a good chunk of those being tested over here in the metro Philly area (symptomatic or not).

[DeminPennswoods]

148. We have a couple localized outbreaks here

that are driving our county's numbers. The biggest being in the former county nursing home that was sold about 5 years ago to a private business, but remained a nursing and rehab facility. I think all the residents are being, or are going to be, tested. There's another in a local EATON plant.

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149. That is the scary part - something like this getting into a nursing home

I saw an article a couple days ago where there were some health workers in Italy who volunteered to stay (quarantine themselves) at the facility where they were working in order to try to reduce the likelihood of transmitting the infection from exposure they might have had "from the outside" when commuting back and forth between their homes and the facility.

[DeminPennswoods]

155. The former county home is pretty big,

they have a rehab facility and they have a good number of staff. I'm not surprised there was an outbreak in it. The other local assisted living and nursing homes don't have any cases afaik.

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143. PA schools now closed "indefinitely" and 3 more counties added to "stay at home" order

Gov. Wolf and Sec. of Health Expand ‘Stay at Home’ Order to Carbon, Cumberland, Dauphin and Schuylkill Counties, Extend School Closures Indefinitely

March 30, 2020
Press Release, Public Health

Governor Wolf’s Amended Order
Secretary of Health’s Amended Order
Stay at Home Guidance

As COVID-19 cases continue to grow and the state continues to seek relief to save lives and stop the spread of COVID-19, today Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine revised their “Stay at Home” orders to include Carbon, Cumberland, Dauphin and Schuylkill counties, bringing the state total to 26 counties under a stay-at-home order. This order takes effect at 8 p.m., Monday, March 30, 2020, and will continue until April 30. All stay-at-home orders are now extended through April 30. All Pennsylvania schools will remain closed until further notice. Non-life-sustaining business closures remain in effect.

The order now includes these 26 counties: Allegheny, Beaver, Berks, Bucks, Butler, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Pike, Schuylkill, Washington, Wayne, Westmoreland and York counties.

Individuals may leave their residence only to perform any of the following allowable individual activities and allowable essential travel:

Tasks essential to maintain health and safety, or the health and safety of their family or household members (including pets), such as obtaining medicine or medical supplies, visiting a health care professional, or obtaining supplies they need to work from home

Getting necessary services or supplies for themselves, for their family or household members, or as part of volunteer efforts, or to deliver those services or supplies to others to maintain the safety, sanitation, and essential operation of residences

Engaging in outdoor activity, such as walking, hiking or running if they maintain social distancing

To perform work providing essential products and services at a life-sustaining business

To care for a family member or pet in another household

Any travel related to the provision of or access to the above-mentioned individual activities or life-sustaining business activities

Travel to care for elderly, minors, dependents, persons with disabilities, or other vulnerable persons

Travel to or from educational institutions for purposes of receiving materials for distance learning, for receiving meals, and any other related services

Travel to return to a place of residence from an outside jurisdiction

Travel required by law enforcement or court order

Travel required for non-residents to return to their place of residence outside the commonwealth

Anyone performing life-sustaining travel does not need paperwork to prove the reason for travel.

The following operations are exempt:

Life-sustaining business activities

Health care or medical services providers

Access to life-sustaining services for low-income residents, including food banks

Access to child care services for employees of life-sustaining businesses that remain open as follows: child care facilities operating under the Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning waiver process; group and family child care operating in a residence; and part-day school age programs operating under an exemption from the March 19, 2020 business closure Orders

News media

Law enforcement, emergency medical services personnel, firefighters

The federal government

Religious institutions

Individuals experiencing homelessness are not subject to this order but are strongly urged to find shelter and government agencies are urged to take steps needed to provide shelter for those individuals.

International students, foster youth, and any other students who would otherwise experience displacement or homelessness as a result of campus closures are exempt and may remain in campus housing.

The Department of Education will be providing updated guidance and resources on the continuity of education for students to schools in the coming days.

At this time, law enforcement will be focused on ensuring that residents are aware of the order and informing the public of social distancing practices rather than enforcement. To report a noncompliant business, contact your local law enforcement agency’s non-emergency number or the nearest Pennsylvania State Police station. Please do not call 911 or the Department of Community and Economic Development to file reports. Law enforcement officers should refer to Business Closure Order Enforcement Guidance available online.

Read Governor Wolf’s original order here or view on Scribd. Read Governor Wolf’s amended order here or view on Scribd.

Read Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine’s original order here or view on Scribd. Read Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine’s amended order here or view on Scribd.

For the most up-to-date information on COVID-19, Pennsylvanians should visit: https://www.pa.gov/guides/responding-to-covid-19/.

https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/gov-wolf-and-sec-of-health-expand-stay-at-home-order-to-carbon-cumberland-dauphin-and-schuylkill-counties-extend-school-closures-indefinitely/

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144. Map of current PA county stay-at-home order (as of 3/30/20)

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

Pennsylvania #COVID19 updates —

🏫 Schools/businesses closed: Until further notice
🏡 Added to Stay at Home Order: Carbon, Cumberland, Dauphin & Schuylkill counties
📆 Stay at Home Order in effect: Through at least April 30

Resources and more info: http://pa.gov/covid-19 .
Stay at home
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3:00 PM - Mar 30, 2020

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145. President Trump declares disaster in Pennsylvania

9 hours ago
9:47 PM - March 30, 2020
President Trump declares disaster in Pennsylvania

President Trump has approved a major disaster declaration in Pennsylvania, opening up millions of dollars of federal assistance for the commonwealth’s response to the coronavirus, the White House announced Monday night.

“The President’s action makes Federal funding available to Commonwealth and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations for emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, for all areas in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania impacted by COVID-19,” the White House said in its announcement.

Gov. Tom Wolf asked Trump for the declaration Sunday, saying that the coronavirus “outbreak has taxed our commonwealth and our communities in ways that are almost incomprehensible.”

Pennsylvania had already received an emergency declaration under the president’s nationwide emergency proclamation, but the major disaster declaration provides more financial support.

— Ellie Rushing

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200330.html#card-2000510080

[Sunlei]

150. wouldn't it be best to close all schools now & plan to finish the year online or july-aug?

2 weeks isn't long enough and all states should be on the exact same national plan by now.

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151. I have been using the thread for updates but all schools here are now on indefinite closure

And one of the problems is that the state fiscal year ends June 30, so that has been their "hard" date where schools cannot be held past that date until the regular "new" school year starts AFTER a budget is passed and implemented... (I guess unless they pass some legislation to delay it, which has happened in the past, although in this circumstance they might also require a change in the state Constitution, which has its own set of criteria to execute). And as it is, they are already fretting about how to even deal with the state budget process given the current events.

You also have the issue where most of the urban areas in the state have families without internet access and/or computers to go online. There has been some movement thanks to philanthropic gestures, where there is now an effort to purchase chromebooks for Philly public school children who have no at-home computer (latest was an attempt to purchase 50,000 of them). But then that also means getting internet hookups to those households (Comcast has indicated that they would offer 3 months of their "Internet Essentials" service to those in need but not sure of all the details for that either).

And with respect to holding school in the summer - probably 70% of the schools have no air-conditioning. The idiot School Superintendent who came here from wealthy Prince George's County, MD, had no clue and "assumed" that the schools here were new or recent construction like down there, whereas there are dozens and dozens that are in century-old piece of junk buildings that were old and piece of junk even when I was going to them 50 years ago. They "tested" opening schools the week before Labor Day the year before last and ended up closing the schools 4 of the 5 days (with that one day a half day) due to a heatwave and few schools with any AC - or even window units. Alumni orgs of some schools were even purchasing window ACs for their school (where the article notes "40% without AC" but that was a School Superintendent WRONG assumption - it was 70+%) and attempts last year to buy more had to stop due to lack of money.

[Sunlei]

156. I hope your state government gets moving and works on a plan.

It's about 8 weeks of classes to finish the school year.

There is the problem of many children (and families) without internet access.
Also the problem of no adult in the home able to help with 'at home' education.

That's why I suggested all states (The Federal department of education must lead) finish the school year in the fall. Even if next years school year is delayed start a month or even two.

Two weeks is just not enough time, they are kicking the can down the road. The country will not be over the pandemic in two weeks, maybe two months (hopefully) It's also time to expand testing, develop a vaccine and start to test titers to see if we're starting to develop group immunity in society.

There has to be a way to provide totally free internet access statewide (nationwide) through the Federal government. Times have changed, no cost internet access and education is critical for our society. These are the times where poor government leadership really shows.

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157. To clarify-the "2 weeks" was the decision back on March 13 (OP date). NOW it is "indefinite" closure

The state legislature is completely GOP-controlled (the governor is a Democrat) so that should give you a clue on what their mindset would be. We are one of the few if the only state left that has no "dedicated" funding formula for our schools so the digital divide here in PA is extreme and this situation has literally thrown every spotlight available on that issue. Nearly 1/2 of Philadelphia public school students have no internet service at home and/or no computer (most do have some sort of cell phone so that is how they manage to get on the internet).

And this is also why the state hasn't gone "full" stay at home - it's been a series of several counties at a time (although I do know that a whole bunch of counties here, although geographically "large", have 10,000 or fewer people in them, so they don't have the same amount of "social contact" that the urban and suburban areas have.

Agree that there should be a "national internet". Hell... the "original" internet (ARPANET) belonged to the federal government (military) and the government (through congressional legislation) eventually sold access to private entities for consumer use- to supplement the education, government, military initial use of it.

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152. Philly positives up 243 since 3/30/20 and now at 1,315 as of 3/31/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Tests and Results
Total Positive Tests: 1,315
Total Negative Tests: 6,850
3/31/2020 9:00 AM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/the-citys-response/monitoring-and-testing/

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153. PA positives increase by almost 800 to 4,843

Negative Positive ​Deaths

37,645 | 4,843 | 63

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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154. Wolf adds 7 more counties to "stay at home" order - now at 33 counties as of 3/31/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

Today I'm adding 7 new counties to my #COVID19 Stay at Home Order:

📍 Cameron
📍 Crawford
📍 Forest
📍 Franklin
📍 Lawrence
📍 Lebanon
📍 Somerset

What does it mean? Stay home, except for essential tasks. Details: http://pa.gov/covid-19
Stay at home
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3:25 PM - Mar 31, 2020

[ProfessorGAC]

158. Illinois Extended Stay At Home To April 15

With longer term TBD.
Schools are closed to at least end of April.

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159. In PA now, businesses are until April 30 and school closures are extended "indefinitely".

(have been using the thread to post updates but still have the original OP header)

[ProfessorGAC]

160. Chicago Is Indefinitely

Rest of state is through April. But since they've extended twice already, it's effectively indefinite.
I also got that wrong. Pritzker announced yesterday SaH is until Apr 30.

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161. I think what some were doing (like here)

was "adjusting" to the federal "April 30" date to appease the RW loons in their states (like those here in PA). We have a Democratic governor (thankfully) but a repuke state legislature, so Wolf has been trying to tiptoe though the landmine fields scattered across the state. We do have a pile of counties right along the northern border of PA that border southern NY and those probably have more elk there than people. And that is why he hasn't done the state-wide immediate shutdown but has slowly added counties each day.

[DeminPennswoods]

162. Some of the counties are asking Wolf to declare

a stay home order. That's what mine did.

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163. That's what Dr. Levine mentioned yesterday at the presser

when the media asked what the process was for the declarations and why some counties were under the order while others weren't. She noted that they were working with county officials (in addition to looking at the number of positive cases and rates of increase in numbers of cases)... and some had requested it even if they had less cases than others who did not have a stay-at-home designation.

[ProfessorGAC]

164. Our Limits Are Statewide.

More than half our 102 counties have cases, and 30% of our counties have under 20k people. So, where the people are, we're more like at 72% counties with cases.
Our governor isn't worried about the droolers. He won in a landslide without them.

[BumRushDaShow]

165. The difference between IL and PA

is that IL's state general assembly (both chambers) is majority Democratic and PA's (both chambers) is majority Republican (even with Wolf having been re-elected by almost 60% of the vote).

[ProfessorGAC]

166. Makes Sense

[DeminPennswoods]

169. Wolf wants to be safe without shutting down everything

so his administration is going case-by-case, trying to strike a balance, but the fact is, the most populous counties in PA are mostly under stay-at-home orders now.

By some of the counties in the mountains, Laurel highlands, Allegheny National Forest area and other big state parks and game lands probably do not need to be closed because there just aren't enough people living there or a lot of options other than local businesses.

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167. Philly number of positives increases by 360 since 3/31/20, going from 1,315 to 1,675 on 4/1/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Tests and Results
Total Positive Tests: 1,675
Total Negative Tests: 7,777
4/1/2020 9:00 AM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/the-citys-response/monitoring-and-testing/

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168. PA positives up almost 1000 since 3/31/20 and now at 5,805 on 4/1/20

​Negative Positive ​Deaths

42,427 | 5,805 | 74

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170. Wolf just extended stay-at-home STATE WIDE.

Last edited Wed Apr 1, 2020, 02:36 PM - Edit history (1)

Latest 11 minutes ago
3:20 PM - April 1, 2020
Wolf extends Pennsylvania stay-at-home order statewide

Gov. Tom Wolf confirmed Wednesday he is expanding his stay-at-home order statewide, until at least April 30.

“Some might think a month is too long to go without seeing your friends or family,” Wolf said during a news briefing. But if residents do not stay home during the coronavirus outbreak, “there are some people you’ll never see again.”

Health Secretary Rachel Levine said Pennsylvania’s frontline workers — like doctors, nurses, law enforcement, and grocery store employees — need everyone to follow the order.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200401.html#card-270262663

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171. Order for PA state-wide stay-at-home

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

Today I’m ordering all Pennsylvanians to stay at home indefinitely.

I am doing this to avoid an exponential growth in the number of #COVID19 cases across our commonwealth.
Stay at home

4:02 PM - Apr 1, 2020

[DeminPennswoods]

172. Feds are going to prep a local

hospital in Ellwood City that closed due to bankruptcy to accept covid19 patients. It's only been closed a few months so it still should be in good structural and functional shape.

I'm sure there are other small hospitals in the more rural parts of the state where the same could be done.

[BumRushDaShow]

173. I thought I had heard that from some of the news outlet asking questions during today's presser.

If anything, they need to at least start identifying sites that can be used for overflow too - moving the more routine hospital patients to those sites and reserving the primary hospital for the critical COVID patients.

[DeminPennswoods]

174. Our local hospital chain's two hospitals are pretty empty right now

I think they've been moving patients out by design for at least the last few weeks in anticipation.

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175. PA positives have jumped by 1,211 cases to 7,016 as of 4/2/20

Negative Positive ​Deaths

47,698 | 7,016 | 90

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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176. Philly positives have increased by 425, from 1675 to 2100

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Tests and Results
Total Positive Tests: 2,100
Total Negative Tests: 8,738
4/2/2020 9:00 AM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/the-citys-response/monitoring-and-testing/

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178. PA Primary Election dates (for revised election day)

Link to tweet

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PA Department of State
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@PAStateDept

The primary election will be held on June 2, 2020.

📅 Voter registration deadline: May 18
✉️ Mail-in & absentee ballot request deadline: May 26
✅ Return ballot deadline: June 2
🗳️ Primary Election Day: June 2

Learn more: https://www.votespa.com/About-Elections/Pages/Upcoming-Elections.aspx …
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9:00 AM - Apr 2, 2020

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179. Pa. announces pay freeze for 9,000 state workers amid coronavirus fallout

Latest 18 minutes ago
11:00 AM - April 3, 2020
Pa. announces pay freeze for 9,000 state workers amid coronavirus fallout

Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration on Friday told nearly 9,000 state employees — more than 10% of its workforce — that it will stop paying them by the end of next week in order to reduce spending as the coronavirus shutdown continues to batter the economy.

The affected employees have jobs that cannot be completed through teleworking, according to the administration, which began shuttering state offices in mid-March to reduce the risk of spreading the virus. Starting April 11, those workers will have to use vacation, sick, or other personal leave time if they want to continue receiving paychecks. Otherwise, they can file for unemployment.

It is unclear how long the state will withhold paychecks, although Wolf has said that state offices will remain closed until at least April 30. The administration said it will continue providing health care benefits for all affected workers.

— Angela Couloumbis / Spotlight PA

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200403.html#card-1992236865

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180. Philly has an additional 330 new positives for a total of 2,430 as of 4/3/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Tests and Results
Total Positive Tests: 2,430
Total Negative Tests: 9,595
4/3/2020 9:00 AM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/the-citys-response/monitoring-and-testing/

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181. PA adds another 1,404 positives since 4/2/20, for a total of 8,420 as of 4/3/20

​Negative Positive ​Deaths

53,695 | 8,420 | 102

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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182. Well now the recommendation in PA is to "wear a mask"

(basically like the old days of putting a handkerchief over your face)

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

Please wear a mask if you leave your house. Masks help keep those wearing them from sharing illnesses.

See instructions on how to make your own mask using materials you have at home: http://pa.gov/covid-19 #COVID19
Wear a mask
818
4:00 PM - Apr 3, 2020

The state and city have been recommending a pattern the NYT had posted (PDF) - https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/6860-printable-face-mask-tutorial/ded6e67bb78f2599a7ff/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

Quickie "no-sew" version

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf
· 18h

Please wear a mask if you leave your house. Masks help keep those wearing them from sharing illnesses.

See instructions on how to make your own mask using materials you have at home: http://pa.gov/covid-19 #COVID19
View image on Twitter

Jennifer Hill @JenniferHillPa

This is such an easy way to make a mask at home. No sewing required! pic.twitter.com/PcQHxmZKWX
Embedded video

8:56 PM - Apr 3, 2020

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183. Philly positives jumped 578 on 4/4/20, from 2430 to 3008 since 4/3/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Tests and Results
Total Positive Tests: 3,008
Total Negative Tests: 10,766
4/4/2020 9:00 AM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/the-citys-response/monitoring-and-testing/

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184. PA has now gone over the 10,000 positives mark at 10,017 as of 4/4/20

(an increase of 1,597 cases since 4/3/20)

​Negative Positive ​Deaths

60,013 | 10,017 | 136

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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185. PA has another increase in positives (by 1493) and now at 11,510 as of 4/5/20

​Negative Positive ​Deaths

66,261 | 11,510 | 150

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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186. Philly positives now up to 3,189 as of 4/5/20 (increase of 181 and without some lab data)*

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Tests and Results
Total Positive Tests: 3,189
Total Negative Tests: 11,450
4/5/2020 9:00 AM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/the-citys-response/monitoring-and-testing/

* it was noted at previous pressers that not all labs send test results data 7 days a week so a "catch up" number will probably be reflected in tomorrow's figures

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187. PA has another increase in positives (1,470) from 11,510 to 12,980 as of 4/6/20

​Negative Positive ​Deaths

70,874 | 12,980 | 162

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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188. Philly has a 1-day increase of 539 new positives and now at 3,728 as of 4/6/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Tests and Results
Total Positive Tests: 3,728
Total Negative Tests: 12,628
4/6/2020 9:00 AM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/the-citys-response/monitoring-and-testing/

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189. Latest from Philly - 544 more positives to go from 3,728 to 4,272 as of 4/7/20

Current situation and risk in Philadelphia

Last updated: 4/7/2020 9:00:00 AM

Number of cases of COVID-19 in Philadelphia: 4,272
Number of negative test results of COVID-19 in Philadelphia: 13,655
Number of COVID-19 deaths in Philadelphia: 65
Overall risk in Philadelphia: high risk of community transmission

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

[DeminPennswoods]

190. Trout season is open

Trout season opened today so at least some sportsmen/sportswomen and their children have something to do.

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191. And I heard it was altered where people would be allowed to see the stocking

I know my dad and grandfather used to fish for trout and hunt elk upstate! I still have my dad's old bamboo fly fishing pole (it's missing the reel though).

[DeminPennswoods]

193. Not a fisherman, but around here

I was told a big tradition is to go to the local lake and camp out overnight for opening day. That wasn't allowed this year and was disappointing to some that they couldn't go, camp out and drink beer until they dropped.

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192. PA positives increase by 1,579 to 14,559

​Negative Positive ​Deaths

76,719 | 14,559 | 240

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[DeminPennswoods]

194. Positive rate was hanging around 10%, but now looks

to be around 15%, but not too surprising given there's more testing and testing still only involves symptomatic individuals.

[DeminPennswoods]

195. Epic thread here

my friend!

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196. It is. lol Philly went from their 1st positive March 6th and a month later, over 4000

And during the presser today, it's now official that there is at least 1 case in every county in the state.

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197. PA curve not flattening yet - now up 1,680 more cases, from 14,559 to 16,239 as of 4/8/20

​Negative Positive ​Deaths

82,299 | 16,239 | 310

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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198. Philly positives increase by 505, from 4272 to 4777 as of 4/8/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission

Confirmed cases
4,777

Deaths
78

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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199. Gov. Wolf to order school buildings to remain closed for rest of academic year

Latest 12 minutes ago
10:10 AM - April 9, 2020
Gov. Wolf to order school buildings to remain closed for rest of academic year

Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday will order that Pennsylvania schools stay closed for the rest of the academic year due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to sources familiar with the governor’s decision.

Wolf’s expected announcement comes as a growing number of states have shut down schools for the year amid the continued outbreak.

The governor had previously said that Pennsylvania schools would be closed indefinitely — an extended shutdown that began when Wolf on March 13 ordered schools closed for two weeks.

Since then, schools across the state have been grappling with how to continue instructing students at home. Some districts began a learning program the first week schools were closed, while others have yet to launch formal online instruction.

In Philadelphia, the district plans to begin a remote learning program the week of April 20.

— Maddie Hannah

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200409.html#card-1913717881

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200. PA total positives now up by 1,989 to 18,228 as of 4/9/20

Negative Positive ​Deaths

87,374 | 18,228 | 338

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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201. Philly now up 494 to 5,271 total so far as of 4/9/20 (daily increase rate is stablizing)

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
5,271
Deaths
104

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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202. PA positives increase by 1,751, to 19,979 as of 4/10/20

​Negative Positive ​Deaths

93,040 | 19,979 | 416

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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203. Philly positives increase by 522, from 5271 to 5793 as of 4/10/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
5,793
Deaths
137

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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204. PA positives increase by 1676, from 19,979 to 21,655

Negative Positive ​Deaths

98,498 | 21,655 | 494

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205. Philly increases by 359 to 6152 positives (which doesn't include labs that don't report on weekends)

City Provides Update on COVID-19 for Saturday, April 11, 2020
For immediate release: April 11, 2020
Published by: Board of Health, Managing Director’s Office, Department of Public Health,
Office of the Mayor, Office of Emergency Management Contact: Mayor's Office of Communications [e-mail]


PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Department of Public Health today announced 359 additional presumptive confirmed cases of COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Philadelphia. That brings the number of confirmed cases to 6,152. This lower daily count is partially because some labs do not report results over the weekend.

The Department of Public Health again noted clusters of positive cases in congregate settings, including nursing homes, behavioral health facilities, and the Department of Prisons. Five additional inmates have tested positive, bringing the current total of positive cases at correctional facilities to 63.

The Department of Public Health confirmed 23 additional fatalities in Philadelphia. This brings the number of residents who have succumbed to the virus in Philadelphia to 160. Seventy-seven of the 160 deaths (48%) were in long-term care facility residents. One hundred and one of the 160 deaths (63%) were in people over age 70.

The Department of Public Health reports 700 patients with COVID-19 are currently being treated in Philadelphia hospitals—a decrease from 717 yesterday—and a total of 1,236 people are hospitalized in the region (including Philadelphia).

https://www.phila.gov/2020-04-11-city-provides-update-on-covid-19-for-saturday-april-11-2020/

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206. PA positives up by 1,178 to 22,833 on 4/12/20 (drop due to labs that don't report on weekends)

​Negative Positive ​Deaths
102,057 | 22,833 | 507

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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207. Philly positives up by 234 to 6,386 on 4/12/20 (drop due to labs that don't report on weekends)

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
6,386
Deaths
176

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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208. Meanwhile, back at Pitt and UPMC

they are quietly testing other treatment strategies combined with AI learning: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2020/04/12/COVID-19-UPMC-AHN-remdesivir-hydroxychloroquine-ivermectin-Derek-Angus/stories/202004060098

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209. PA positives increase by 1,366 to 24,199 as of 4/13/20 (curve flattening)

​Negative Positive ​Deaths

105,593 | 24,199 | 524

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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210. Philly positives up by 427 to 6,813 (curve flattening)

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
6,813
Deaths
190

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211. Meanwhile, back at the GOP-controlled state legislature

it's business as usual. No cut backs in staff, no vows of not putting in for per diem or mileage, no talk about using their legislative financial goodie locker to help out the state, but they did hire Charles Zogby to analyze the budget at a cool 100+k salary despite already having committees to do that in addition to the independent financial office.

Way to go Rs!

Info from a story in the Sunday Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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212. PA new positives continue to slow, now up 1,146 to 25,345 as of 4/14/20

Negative Positive ​Deaths

108,286 | 25,345 | 584

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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213. Philly's positives increase by 317 (although missing results), for a total 7,130 as of 4/14/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
7,130
Deaths
206

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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214. PA new positives appear to be plateauing with 1,145 new cases for a total of 26,490 as of 4/15/20

​Negative Positive ​Deaths

111,094 | 26,490 | 647

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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215. Philly positives continue to be on downswing, with an increase of 311 to 7,441 as of 4/15/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
7,441
Deaths
222

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

(note the Philly Health Director Tom Farley still believes there are results that some labs have not reported yet)

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216. Wolf busy issuing orders today

what businesses have to do: masks, staggered work hours, no non-essential vistors, if someone tests postive, then take temps and if above normal, send employee home, have someone sanitizing, must turn away customers not wearing masks.

I doubt Wolf would've done this on his own, but now that PA is part of the NE compact, Cuomo is driving the train.

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217. Plus the state assembly passed a DOA bill to require the opening of businesses faster

in an attempt to negate Wolf's EOs, but they won't be able to override his certain veto!

Must give thanks to that 2018 election that got rid of the GOP supermajorities!

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218. There's no doubt some cities and counties can open relatively soon

The northern tier counties between Erie and the NE corner near NYC are lightly populated and have very few cases. Same with the next tier of counties north of Centre and in the mountains. There's really no reason to keep them closed past the end of April.

I also think we have to recognize that all the social distancing and the like are not really for the benefit of keeping everyone healthy, but keeping the hospital system from too getting too many patients.

And, right on cue: https://www.timesonline.com/news/20200415/report-local-hospitals-were-in-financial-distress-pre-covid-19

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219. One of the problems that cropped up with those counties bordering north Jersey and southeastern NY

was that because they were "lightly populated", you had realtors and rental folks encouraging people to "flee" NY and North Jersey and stay there because it was nearly virus-free and not as crowded. It started with those counties like Luzerne, Lackawana, Monroe, and others that encompass the Poconos (with many vacation homes and resorts), resulting in them blowing up in numbers of cases to the point where they have been recording higher infection "rates" than here in Philly - most of it brought in by outsiders.

I agree that those counties, some with less than 10,000 - 15,000 in the whole county, could operate on some "tier" of a shutdown. But what has happened, which is what you saw happen in NJ - initially in North Jersey and now in South Jersey where people started "fleeing" to their shore homes to "ride it out", they brought the virus INTO those counties, "from the outside". I expect those upstate counties have hunting lodges and accommodations and that need to be something for county residents only.

So if those counties like Elk, etc. can maybe include checkpoints (hell, on this side of the state, both South Jersey and Delaware are stopping vehicles with PA tags), then they can limit bringing more infection into those areas that currently don't have the virus circulating endemically.

And yes, they are trying to keep the infection spread down so as to not overwhelm the already broken hospital system. The rural areas with more elk than people, would be impacted the most just due to the lack of hospitals that ultimately brings those folks into the cities to get care.

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220. The NE counties that are within commuting distance of NY

weren't in my calculation. The cases in NY are concentrated in NYC, Buffalo, Rochester - the biggest cities.
Buffalo is close to Erie which is why I left it out, but places like Elk, Clarion, Tioga, McKean, Potter, Lycoming, Forest, Venango, Clinton, Union, Snyder, Mifflin, Juniata, Huntington, Bedford, Somerset, Fulton, Mifflin, Blair, Cameron. They are in the mountains and lightly populated. Some of them don't even have that many roads.

The fact is, not that big a percent of people even end up in hospitals. I thought I heard Levine say something like 3% of all infected people end up on ventilators. I just don't see a big risk for any of those counties. Heck, even here in Beaver county, I don't see a huge risk. About 2/3rds of our cases are linked to just one nursing home. I look around and lots of retail are open, contractors, landscape/tree companies are working, ATT, Verizon, T-mobile, all the wireless stores, beer distributors. There are more places open than closed. I'd guess a bare majority are wearing masks in public. I think restaurants could open with spaced out seating, or now that the weather's getting nicer outside seating, tbh. Around here, all the stay home order is doing is damaging small, local businesses.

I have a friend in S NJ who tells me they are annoyed by all the folks from Philly going across the bridges to buy booze. Roger Wilco must be making a mint!

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223. I think my point is

that places that became "hot spots" didn't spontaneously become so. It was because people who were infected, traveled to those locations.

And with the apparent potential that there have actually been positives found in asymptomatic people who might have only been tested because it was done during the earlier period of contact-tracing and testing that normally wouldn't have been done on them at the time, makes it all the more dangerous for exposure because probably 95% of the testing is ONLY being done (at least over here) on people who have symptoms and/or are healthcare workers/first responders. So it has been assumed that the virus is circulating a whole lot more than the current data is showing just because there has not been enough test kits to do general community testing. Meaning that there is potential that someone with a "light exposure" (vs a "heavy load" with a 5 day incubation period that might trigger symptoms early), might only need much more time than the 14 days for that tiny amount to eventually explode as it reproduces, and finally cause an obvious infection with symptoms.

In addition - you might recall that yesterday, Cuomo adjusted the number of COVID-related deaths in their state based on deaths that happened at home or at a hospital when no testing was done/available at the time, but apparently where they were able to go back and test (perhaps from earlier lab samples, etc) to confirm. That is something that is most likely happening everywhere.

Since this is "novel", no one knows the end game and there is potential (like seen in some past viruses like chickenpox/shingles) of reactivation and subsequent illness from it - perhaps even in initially-asymptomatic individuals. You also have the potential, which is apparently under investigation in Asia, of mutations of this virus.

So this cavalier simplistic dismissal of this virus, is idiotic. Rural people (many who may be at risk due to age, etc) will die at home or flee to places like here in the city bringing their infection HERE. If that type of selfishness is what they embrace, then they may be in for a rude awakening when it happens to them, although fortunately the "good people" who would care for them anyway, tend to outnumber the selfish. It is ridiculous to wave away what is happening, especially when we are seeing reinfections in China (including Hong Kong), South Korea, Japan, and other parts of Asia, who threw caution to the wind, and attempted to go back to normal too soon - even with their experience successfully handling SARS and other previous COVID infections.

I don't live far from historic Germantown, a place where post-colonial-era folks like the recently-formed U.S. Congress (and even George Washington) fled to when Yellow Fever hit this city. People often reference the 1918 Spanish Flu here but before that, you had an equivalent in the Yellow Fever outbreak (although in that case, spread by mosquitoes).

The common issue across all of these outbreaks? People fled to lesser-populated areas and there is no reason why they won't continue that behavior today. And that makes PA's rural areas ripe for infection from people fleeing there, if we don't knock this down now.

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221. Rs never had a supermajority in the state house, but

they did in the state senate until they lost 6 seats in 2018.

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222. Wolf has a fine line to walk here, though

A story in today's Beaver Co Times quotes a couple of the local GOP reps and senators who voted for the bill. They make some good points, points a lot of folks here agree or will agree with. They are willing to have businesses comply with CDC and other guidelines as well. Dems don't have great counterarguments with "be patient" or "things might get worse again" because there's no real data to back them up one way or the other. Dems aren't offering any alternative like a pilot program in one of the counties where there are few cases of cv19, either, to see what could be done safely and how.

A big part of this is the way the shutdown was done, annouced with no warning, not really well-thought out and the waivers being inconsistently granted. The construction at the big Shell cracker plant is going to resume soon and the state has said "no waiver needed". Yet no one can get a haircut in a business where it's common practice to space out customer appointments or work by appointment only.

The other contributor is that no one at the dept of labor evidently bothered to make sure the UE system could handle the volume of claims that would result from shutting down all these businesses. That is causing no end of frustration to all the claimants and contributing to the clamor to return to work.

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224. ???

There are working groups going on right now with the 6 "regional" states to work through that. PA isn't the only state with rural areas like here. NY and NJ also have rural areas that have similar issues.

The way that Wolf has done this has been almost the polar opposite of the way Cuomo and Murphy have done it - i.e., a "slow/rolling" shutdown vs an immediate slam shut that might have caused even worse push-back by the populace here. I.e., people were essentially being "conditioned" for what was to come (if they paid attention which apparently they didn't) and it was extremely obvious to me what was happening - a "phased" shutdown.

With respect to the state unemployment system, I expect you missed when it was noted that it was undergoing an upgrade when this hit. This is an example of "preparing for the unexpected" but to do that, you need money and the GOP doesn't want to spend money on that. So they starve the system and then point fingers of blame when it fails.

A "brief" preview of the impact of extreme events, that although generally focused on a couple locations (but impacting nationwide), was 9/11, where for 4 days, not one aircraft (other than CAPs) was in the air. Not one. No planes, no helicopters, no hot-air balloons, no gliders, nothing. Planes were forced to land at the closest airport and stay there and people were stranded (including one of my bosses who was stuck in Canada) and had to try to make it back home the best way they could. Then came the hard work of "restarting the air traffic system" and moving planes back to their "home" airports.

I'm not getting where you continue to come from. This is unprecedented and acceptance of that needs to a happen. Insinuating what "Dems" are not doing is bordering on RW talking points. The entire world is trying to work out how handle this (both health-wise and economically) so western PA is not in some unique situation.

Philly is being hit more than anyplace in PA in terms of economic impact (with estimates of 40% now unemployed), so the whining is noted, but with the caveat that we could become NYC if action doesn't happen to help knock the spread down. Philly has been there/done that, unfortunately in a notorious way, at least twice in history (1793 and 1918).

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227. I am just saying what is resonating with the folks

where I live. We are not experiencing what the eastern part of the state is. I think part is quick action by Peduto in Pittsburgh, maybe part is because DeWine shut down Ohio, which we border, early so that cases are not bleeding into PA, part is the lower population density out here and part was good emergency planning by UPMC/AHN/local Beaver county hospital system.

What the local Rs were quoted in the local paper saying about their bill wasn't crazy talk. It makes sense to a lot of people here. There's only 1 D left in my area and his comment wasn't even on the order of PA is right now planning with 6 other states on how to re-open and that information will be forthcoming in a matter of days or weeks. It was as if he/Dems had no answer or plan.

As you say, it's not one-size-fits-all. You have the densely populated SE, Harrisburg area, Allegheny county, Erie county, NE bordering N NJ and NY and the vast wilderness of the "T". Making decisions for the entire state based on what's happening in the SE/Phila is confusing to many people outside that area.

There are entire school districts here that qualify for free lunch based on community poverty levels (greater than 40% of families). Many people, some of them my friends, are living on a knife's edge. Not getting the UE is not only a big deal, but the difference between surviving or not.

[BumRushDaShow]

228. I understand but here is the thing to think about

NY reported its first "confirmed" case March 1st. Philly didn't confirm its first until 5 days later on March 6th. There was never an assumption that the entire country would experience this all at the same time. The hope is to restrict travel to/from areas NOT impacted by areas that ARE impacted to reduce the spread. But even in that case, there would still be a delay before lesser-impacted areas would have been impacted, had there been no intervention - just based on the people-movement.

When you look at the spread map, you can see how in many cases, it started in cities and surrounding areas where sadly, Americans were directed to fly into when evacuated from countries overseas (where the virus was running rampant) -

13 airports designated to process people returning to U.S. from restricted countries

By: Mario Sevilla
Posted at 6:26 PM, Mar 13, 2020
and last updated 9:30 PM, Mar 13, 2020

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- Officials with the the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday plans to screen people returning from restricted countries.

American citizens, legal permanent residents, and their immediate families returning to the United States will be required to arrive at one of 13 airports for enhanced screening for coronavirus.

“While the overall risk of serious infection from the coronavirus to the general public remains low at this time, the Trump administration is taking these aggressive measures to keep the risk low, requiring all Americans returning from affected areas in Europe to be funneled through 13 airports for screening upon their return to the U.S.,” said Acting Secretary Wolf. “To minimize disruptions to travelers, TSA, CBP, and air carriers are working to identify qualifying passengers before their scheduled flights. These passengers will be rerouted to one of the 13 airports by their airline at no cost to them.”

Two of the 13 aiports are in California, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

· Boston-Logan International Airport (BOS), Massachusetts
· Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), Illinois
· Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Texas
· Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW), Michigan
· Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), Hawaii
· Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Georgia
· John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York
· Los Angeles International Airport, (LAX), California
· Miami International Airport (MIA), Florida
· Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), New Jersey
· San Francisco International Airport (SFO), California
· Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Washington
· Washington-Dulles International Airport (IAD), Virginia

https://www.10news.com/news/national/coronavirus/13-airports-designated-to-process-people-returning-to-u-s-from-restricted-countries

And at that point, it has been "working its way" towards the center, from the country's "borders" (all around the country including the midwest/south). And I think this is why Wolf did a "rolling" closure vs state-wide right off the bat. I.e., it started with the most impacted counties and gradually, over a couple weeks, became state-wide. I think this thread shows when the eventual move towards "statewide" closures began - but that had already happened in the impacted counties earlier.

Just now hearing with today's presser that COVID-10 is 10 - 20 times more contagious than the flu, and that was factoring in for why they have been doing what they have done.

[DeminPennswoods]

229. I was and am ok with Wolf's rolling closures

I think he tried to maximize the time he could to let as much stay open as possible.

While the disease may be working its way around the country, it's still spotty. Even in MontCo, there are areas with with lower double digit cases. The municipalities with the most cases are those closest to the border with Philadelphia. Under the "working from out to in" theory, there should be increasing cases as one moves north away from Phila, but that does not appear to be the case as the new daily reported cases in MontCo have been declining since hitting a peak a week ago.

Personally, I am very surprised Philly's cases are only 6k+ (of 1.5M residents) what with people living in duplexs and row homes cheek-to-jowl. Kudos to Mayor Kenney and all the residents for not becoming NYC.

Without widespread anti-body testing, I'm inclined to take Levine's claim about contagiousness with a grain of salt.

BTW, shopping in Giant Eagle out here is now like driving in Center City - every other street is one way!

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230. What you just wrote

is a direct result of people being restricted, businesses closed down, and institutions forced to cancel large gatherings.

But there are also all those waivers that were granted too.

This is the exact result that was hoped for and was expected when you restrict movement. It has slowed the spread from reaching the types of numbers seen in NY and now being seen in NJ. The fact that Jersey was hit the hardest in the north (due to the close interaction and commuting that goes on up there) made sense. However as soon as those who had 2nd homes along the south Jersey shore, fled down there, and/or the rental places started advertising for people to go there, the incidences in the south Jersey shore towns and counties started increasing - and there were few if any places testing there (after screaming, they finally got testing set up in south Jersey counties). And now a couple of the counties that had the lowest rates are seeing a sudden surge in cases that would have been infinitely worse had the restrictions not been put in place. So this grand experiment appears to be working.

HOWEVER - remember that all the reporting is an undercount because they are only testing people with symptoms or people who are healthcare workers/first responders. Meanwhile the asymptomatic have the potential to spread it like wildfire.

Sadly this thing is a slow-motion trainwreck and the concern is that trying to go back to the way it was too soon, will result in what is happening in Asia with a resurgence (in some cases, a "2nd peak" ) of cases again. And those countries put in immediate crackdowns after lifting too soon.

Japan
Hong Kong and Singapore
China
South Korea

I know mayor Kenney mentioned today in his presser, that he's trying to avoid having to force another shutdown if all the restrictions are suddenly lifted and the cases start piling up again.

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231. Lots of business are open out here

and people are out and about, but there's not really an increase in cases. I am only a few miles from the Ohio and northern WVA panhandle lines and there are lots of people who cross over from Ohio/WVa to work in PA and PA to Ohio. There's not been much, if any, cross contamination at all. People are being more careful to keep their distance, but otherwise, not a whole lot has changed. I think businesses could slowly re-open out this way if they were allowed.

SE Pa is a different from the rest of the state and, of course, should be more cautious and move more slowly based on its own unique circumstances.

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232. Whenever I have been out and about here

there are still places open (supermarkets, hardware stores - some which include garden centers/nurseries and were able to slide in under the hardware store waiver), post offices, UPS stores, pharmacies, pet stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, etc.. I have an appointment scheduled for Monday to get my car inspected (my dealer called to let me know they were open and I could schedule). My neighbors are in and out on and off all day. At least where I am, the "non-millennials" are masked and gloved up. Meanwhile the potential asymptomatic "carriers" - the millennials and younger, are footloose and fancy free.

I agree that when you have communities more isolated from opportunities for infection (e.g., not necessarily in areas where there are big airports - I know Pittsburgh's airport used to be a big hub for USAir/US Airways/American Airlines back in the day and I have been through there multiple times to go to Pittsburgh for work-related travel, but it is not as busy as it was in the past). But I think the main thing that is being worked out now in order to AVOID those places suddenly becoming "latent" hot spots, is to change the way things are operating now in order to mitigate further spread.

This virus will never ever be completely "eliminated", but rules and practices need to be changed so that when the "engine" starts up again, hospitals will not suddenly be overwhelmed with newly infected people in areas that were previously clear. If anything, what we are seeing are the extreme weaknesses and gaps in our current system that need to be addressed for the future. The current under-the-media-radar collapse of the food supply due to sick workers, is one example and a big red flag - and that might not be seen in the immediate timeframe, but down the road, there will be shortages.

One of my fears has been infection getting into the Amish communities in Lancaster and other states. Just like what happened with measles in a number of Hasidic communities in NYC in the past, the same could happen with the Amish (and/or Mennonites).

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233. No doubt about it that this has exposed plenty of

weak spots in our system of capitalism. It's easy to see how frayed the social safety net is. People who thought "this will never happen to me or us" are now lined up for boxes of food. The trillions of dollars authorized by Congress isn't getting into the hands of the people who need it most.

I sure hope lots of people see how out of whack things have gotten for the "little guys" and vote Dems in to clean up the GOP's mess.

[BumRushDaShow]

234. And being a retired fed who has been through government "furloughs"

hopefully people now understand what that means and be more sympathetic regarding "human beings who are just like them" - especially when you had people mocking federal workers as if they were partisan, "overpaid", do-nothing zombies during that last shutdown from Dec. 2018 - Jan. 2019 that went on for 5 weeks last year. And sadly like many are experiencing today, federal workers (notably the more common lower-paid ones) were in food lines and had no money to pay for rent/mortgages, utilities, and food -

[DeminPennswoods]

235. Think being un- or under-appreciated comes with the turf

of being a federal civil servant, or any government employee for that matter.

[BumRushDaShow]

225. PA cases now up by 1,245 to 27,735

Negative Positive ​Deaths

113,735 | 27,735 | 707

(day-to-day variation of a probable plateau)

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226. Big batch of backlog came in for Philly for 604 new cases for a total off 8,045 positives on 4/16/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
8,045
Deaths
264

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

(the curve is still flattening overall however, at least so far)

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236. PA positives increase by 1,706, to 29,441 as of 4/17/20

Negative Positive ​Deaths

117,932 | 29,441 | 756

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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237. Philly positives up 518 to 8563 as of 4/17/20 (continuing to plateau)

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
8,563
Deaths
298

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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238. PA positives now up by 1,628 to 31,069 (now coming in 4th for total positives for the U.S.)

​Negative Positive ​Deaths

122,896 | 31,069 | 836

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

PA has crept up to #4 behind NY, NJ, and MA for total positives as of post-time reporting - https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

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239. Philly positives increase by 451 to 9014 as of 4/18/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
9,014
Deaths
342

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

Still plateauing (although backlog is still being worked through by private labs).

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240. PA positives increase by 1,215 to 32,284 as of 4/19/20

​Negative Positive ​Deaths

126,570 | 32,284 | 1,112

(some labs don't report results on weekends however)

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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241. Philly positives increase by 200 as of 4/19/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
9,214
Deaths
365

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

(most likely missing data from labs not reporting on weekends)

[DeminPennswoods]

242. Big news! State stores re-opening for curbside pickup

Not all, but some state liquor stores are re-opening from 9-1PM for orders and curbside pick up. This comes after Ohio and WVa decided to ban alcohol sales to out-of-state residents. I think NJ might have done the same.

Some state stores are also re-opening to process online orders.

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243. Even better

Despite there being so few stores that will do this (I think 104 out of 600+ total stores), I live near 2 that were designated for those pickups (about 2 miles from one and about 4 miles from the other).

8 hours ago
8:10 AM - April 19, 2020
Pennsylvania liquor stores to offer curbside pickup starting Monday

You might have some trouble getting through on the phones, but starting Monday some of Pennsylvania’s state-run liquor stores will be offering curbside pickups on a limited basis, the state announced Saturday.

Only one order will be accepted per caller per day and it cannot exceed six bottles, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board said, adding that store staff would inform callers about what was available at each location.

Orders will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Curbside pickup will be available at 10 stores in Philadelphia and about 45 in the collar counties. A list of stores and phone numbers can be found here.

— Anthony Wood


https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200419.html#card-1080400093

The bad news is that although I had already sortof stocked up last summer and at Christmas, my family and buddies have had a difficult if not impossible time trying to buy online. As I understand it, the state will also start doing phone orders (in addition to online).

And yes, both NJ AND DE have been targeting PA plates in their liquor store parking lots (they were sortof doing that at some of the over-the-state-line stores anyway before all of this happened). Not sure what those near the NY border are doing or what MD is doing for those in PA who live near the MD line and go there, but apparently people WERE going down to MD!

https://www.pennlive.com/business/2020/04/border-bleed-pennsylvanians-are-making-tracks-to-get-their-booze-during-fine-wine-good-spirits-stores-coronavirus-closure.html

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244. I'm not too far from one of the stores opening

out this way, but, sadly, my drinking days are mostly over. When I was in college, the drinking age was 21 and the 21 or older seniors were the designated "rum runners" buying booze for all their underage classmates.

Probably the south central border/mountain counties were going to MD. The far SW were likely going to one or the other of WVa panhandles. When you think about it, we actually border a lot of states: OH, WVa, MD, DE, NY and NJ and Canada, too!

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245. When I was in college at UMASS

the drinking age was 20 (just changed to that from 18 my freshman year) and I was introduced to the alien concept of "the package store" and we would make "packie runs". It was truly shocking to walk into a supermarket and see all kinds of bottles of liquor on the shelves too.

I think there are people over here on this side of the state going down to MD too (Elkton in particular because it's an easy exit off I95). DE was probably preferable due to no sales tax. However it had always been more standard practice to go over the bridge to Jersey since people were often over there for one thing or the other anyway, or going "dunna shore".

What is funny about borders and whatnot - all during elementary school, PA kids learn about "our" Great Lake, which is Erie. But my opportunity to actually see it was from the OH side in Cleveland (the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is overlooking Lake Erie).

[DeminPennswoods]

246. Over here, Presque Isle State Park

is where a lot of people vacation. I remember us going there to the beach when I was a kid.

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247. PA positives increase by 948 to 33,232 as of 4/20/20

Negative Positive ​Deaths

129,720 | 33,232 | 1,204

(most likely missing results from labs that don't report on weekends)

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248. Gov. Tom Wolf extends Pa. stay-at-home order to May 8, but plans to ease some restrictions;

Gov. Tom Wolf extends Pa. stay-at-home order to May 8, but plans to ease some restrictions;

Updated 12:44 PM; Today 12:13 PM
By Ron Southwick | [e-mail]

Gov. Tom Wolf said the state is moving toward opening up some restrictions of businesses by May 8. The governor said Pennsylvania’s stay-at-home order will extend until May 8. It had been slated to expire April 30.

But Wolf announced some steps to ease restrictions. He said he’s taking steps to allow limited construction activity and some online auto sales beginning on May 8. The vast majority of construction work has been put on hold under Wolf’s restrictions on businesses.

Today is also the first day that some state liquor stores will offer phone orders and curbside pickup. Wolf said the rollout of curbside service in the state stores could lead to the extension of similar services for other retailers.

With many businesses still shut down in an effort to mitigate the coronavirus, a rally is taking place outside the Capitol to protest Wolf’s order to shutdown many businesses.

https://www.pennlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/update-on-coronavirus-in-pa-watch-gov-tom-wolf-and-secretary-of-health-live.html

[DeminPennswoods]

250. You can only hold back the tide for so long

I think Wolf recognizes this especially with warm weather coming. None of the people I saw out today were wearing masks. Inside stores, people had them on to get in, but once outside, lots like myself removed them.

Figured there would be a rolling re-opening by region and/or county in sort of reverse order of how they were closed.

The state needs revenue in order to avoid a disastrous budget that must be enacted by June 30. The GOP state legislature will be eager to use a budget deficit to cut the social safety net, already so small it hardly catches anyone, and give tax breaks to business.

It's also good to remember that all the mitigation efforts weren't designed to keep people safe, but to enable hospitals to treat people who got sick and needed specialized care.

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251. I was out and made trips to multiple places yesterday, both here in Philly and in Montco

-Had to get my car inspected + emission tests, oil changed, filters changed, recall issue serviced - all done at the car dealership where I bought the car (Montco)

-Had to mail a bill (went to post office) (Philly)

-Had to pick up a prescription at my nearby pharmacy (Philly)

-Had to pick up a couple things at the supermarket that were not available the last time I went there last week (Philly)

For the most part, people were masked and gloved up (where at the car dealership, a bunch of service techs were pulling out the boxes of gloves and masks, although despite other cleaning staff complying, one of the "young" cleaners had to be reminded to get his mask on as he pooh-poohed the whole thing, and there were a couple other customers in their nice waiting area with masks). There was even a landscape service mowing the grass strips alongside the dealership and those guys had masks on (and should normally use them anyway with what they do operating mowers and weed-wackers).

The only clueless ones were yet again, a few of the same tuned-out millennials, but fortunately fewer of them this time were in la la land, than what I saw last week.

I don't have an issue with being "maskless" outside and not grouped together (say if I go outside to put the trash out), but in places with close quarters, they need to get with the program

The hope is that some of the next stimulus WILL give some money to the states and counties so they can make up the shortfalls. And here in Philly metro - although there is some capacity still available, it is uneven and they started moving people into the Liacouras Center as the primary overflow COVID-19 facility - https://temple-news.com/liacouras-center-accepts-first-patient/

[DeminPennswoods]

252. FEMA set up an overflow

facility in a hospital that closed in bankruptcy late 2019, but no need for it so far.

We just have not been hit very hard at all except for the outbreak at the biggest nursing home in the county. I am really starting to think that some version of this coronavirus made its way through here in late Feb, early March, but is hidden in the flu statistics. If you look at the flu year-to-year comparison chart the Dept of Health puts out, the final chart shows this was the highest incidence of flu cases recorded in the last 8 years. Maybe it's a coincidence, but maybe not.

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253. I have been seing more and more articles

about the "asymptomatic" rates and the continued attempts to determine what triggers a reaction for symptoms (outside of underlying health conditions). There have also been suggestions that there are variations (mutations) that may present differently and that establish how virulent it is.

[DeminPennswoods]

256. I read the cv19 that has infected NYC

actually came from Europe, not China although it may have been by way of China.

Last night FRONTLINE did a report on cv19 focusing on Washington State. Washington state health officials had been following the outbreak in China and were well-prepared for it. They'd even done a disaster preparedness drill just a couple weeks before identifying patient #1 in the US. In fact that's how they were able to ID the person. They took every precaution including contact tracing involving around 40 people. The interesting thing was the next patient was in a nursing or assisted living home, had not travelled or had contact with any of the people traced to patient #1. So how did it get there after all those precautions?
To me, that's just more evidence that some version was already circulating around before Jan.

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257. Yup

in fact as I understand it, they think the Washington State infection may have come directly from China or perhaps even Canada. I have been to Seattle and up through the northern part of the state all the way into Vancouver, BC, and there are a lot of Chinese living there. It was quite the culture shock for me!

Interestingly enough, the various "ever-changing" types of symptoms that have been reported, are probably related to the different stains. E.g., although a cough seemed to be universal, most seem to get a fever but not all. Many lost their sense of taste when eating food, but not all. Some had gastrointestinal issues but not others. So unfortunately, the earlier "screening" criteria for testing was no doubt missing infected people early on and not just the asymptomatic ones!

[DeminPennswoods]

258. Patient 1 had just returned from Wuhan

so he had the original virus.

There must be different strains circulating around, some make you very sick, some make you somewhat sick and some not at all. Researchers should probably focus on the strain the most virulent strain - sort of like cowpox or chickenpox vs smallpox.

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259. I expect they are trying to sort it out

notably what happened with Italy and NYC with the virulence (that we are seeing in NJ now)... vs other places (although there has been acknowledgement that those locales tend to have older populations too and we are seeing that once this gets into nursing facilities, the results are horrid).

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249. Philly positives increase by 200 as of 4/19/20 by 339 to 9,553 as of 4/20/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
9,553
Deaths
370

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

(probably missing data from labs that don't report over weekends)

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254. PA positives increase by 1,296 as of 4/21/20

Negative Positive ​Deaths

132,323 | 34,528 | 1,564

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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255. Philly broaches the 10K positives mark with 475 additional, for 10,028 as of 4/21/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
10,028
Deaths
394

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

[BumRushDaShow]

260. PA positives increase by 1,156 to 35,684 as of 4/22/20

Last edited Wed Apr 22, 2020, 12:52 PM - Edit history (1)

Total Cases* ​Total Deaths* ​Negative

35,684 | 1,622 | 136,272

* Total case counts and deaths include confirmed and probable cases.

(new type of reporting)

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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261. Philly positives up by 615 (including cases reassigned here) to 10,643 as of 4/22/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
10,643
Deaths
419

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

[BumRushDaShow]

262. PA will use a "red, yellow, green" system as part of re-opening

What will be allowed in the red, yellow, and green phases of Pa.'s coronavirus reopening plan?
Updated 7:24 PM; Today 7:11 PM

Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf announced that a red, yellow, and green phased approach will be used to reopen the state amid the coronavirus pandemic. “The initial benchmark we’re setting is for the population to have an average of less than 50 cases per 100,000 individuals over the course of 14 days in order to return to work," Wolf said, “but we’re also going to continue to look at areas like testing rates, the ability to investigate cases, contact tracing capabilities and proximity to high-risk settings.” The assessment will be a regional one.

Wolf said that all of Pa. is currently in the red phase, and reiterated that May 8 is the target date for a phased reopening. That’s when the statewide stay at home order is currently set to end, of course. The north-central and northwest parts of the state could go first. It’s worth noting, too, that delays could occur if the case-count requirement is not met. Here’s how Wolf outlined what would be allowed in each stage (information from a news release provided by the governor’s office is in intalics:

Red

“We’re currently obviously in the red phase statewide, with only life-sustaining businesses operating in Pennsylvania, and [we’re] staying at home, except to fulfill critical needs.”

Yellow

“This yellow phase will lift some restrictions, including parts of the business closure order,” Wolf said. “The phase will continue to limit things like high-risk activities, such as keeping school buildings closed, restricting restaurants to curbside pickup or delivery only, allowing retail to reopen with protections in place for workers and customers in preventing large social gatherings, and businesses will need to continue to prioritize telework or abide by worker safety guidelines if telework isn’t possible.”

<snip>

Green

“Finally, a region will move to the green phase, which will include lifting the remaining parts of the stay at home orders but still require Pennsylvanians to adhere to CDC and Department of Health guidelines. An example would be to still require universal masking if the CDC and the Department of Health are recommending it when a region reaches this green face.”

<snip>

More: https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/04/what-will-be-allowed-in-the-red-yellow-and-green-phases-of-pas-coronavirus-reopening-plan.html

Saw a Philly Inquirer breaking on it (was looking for the article but found the above one). I guess after 9/11, people (except the younger ones) were conditioned to the color code thing.

[DeminPennswoods]

263. Former gov Ridge did invent it afterall

[DeminPennswoods]

264. The biggest problem for Wolf is the state UE system

Here's some background on why it's a mess: https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-pa-gop-split-unemployment-office-20161208-story.html

Wolf and ex-state senator/R gubenatorial candidate Scott Wagner and state legislature share blame. But Wolf's move to shut 3 UE offices in R districts as retribution for holding up the bill turned out to be a bad decision as we now have discovered.

I have heard only universal complaints about how slow the process is. Even from people who have had their claims approved and gotten checks, I hear complaints how you simply cannot get a call through to a real person to answer even the simplest question regardless of how many times a minute you keep calling.

If the UE system was much smoother and responsive, you would see a lot fewer calls to re-open things.

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265. PA positives increase by 1,369 to 37,053 as of 4/23/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

37,053 | 1,421 | 142,061

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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266. Philly positives increase by 583 (with re-homed data) to 11,226 as of 4/23/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
11,226
Deaths
443

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

[DeminPennswoods]

267. Looks like SW Pa could get the nod to re-open

in a couple weeks if things stay on the current path. Right now all the counties that make up the region are well under the .05% goal for new cases over 14 days.

Also, construction in the entire state has the green light to resume on May 1st.

[BumRushDaShow]

268. I think the other criteria to open includes a region's access to sufficient testing & tracing

and the testing alone has been a major hurdle nationally.

I know Cuomo has people working on systems in NY with volunteers from major universities, etc., for the tracing part. And that is something that Dr. Levine mentioned regarding similar being looked at here.



Interesting that I saw something today about NJ possibly following our lead on how to go about their phased reopening plans. Of course they are in dire straits like NY and have the issue of North Jersey vs South Jersey in terms of coordinating approaches based on the commuting patterns.

[DeminPennswoods]

269. The hospitals out this way are not stressed

UPMC is actually making their own swabs using 3D printers and is now testing everyone who comes in for any type of treatment.

Allegheny county executive Rich Fitzgerald was interviewed on local news yesterday and was optimistic about being able to reopen in two weeks. He said he was talking to the governor's office for clarification on testing.

It was interesting that the daily death count dropped because some deaths that were initially believed to be cv19 related turned out not to be. It's good that the state dept of health is trying to determine the real cause of death instead of reflexivly attributing it to cv19.

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270. The issue with testing

is validation of the many "new" tests and more dire, the availability (or lack thereof) of sample transport media. You can have all the swabs you want but once those swabs have been utilized in an individual, they need to be placed in media that will preserve the collected mucous material until it can be run through PCR testing (or similar). Apparently what they are doing with it is promoting replication of the genetic material and then treating it so that components of it fluoresce (which can be detected by a fluorometer).

Plus having the resources to do contact-tracing in order to make sure that anyone exposed to someone who is confirmed positive, gets notified - which is something they attempted early on and it just exploded to become too cumbersome a job to do.

With respect to the fluctuating death count - that was not something they had been doing all along. They apparently attempted to do it only this week and then decided against doing it - with the recognition that some locations were reporting deaths to the state as "COVID-19" but then later admitting that no test had been done to confirm that. This does not mean that the death was not due to it but that it was not CONFIRMED BY TESTING to have been the cause.

The fact that you have who knows how many asymptomatic individuals - essentially the equivalent of being "Typhoid Mary-style carriers" - circulating around, is extremely concerning.

[DeminPennswoods]

272. The formula for the reagents is available on the CDC

website so that isn't really an issue. Things are just not as bad out here as they are in SE Pa. I fully expect our region to re-open within the next 2-3 weeks. The outbreaks here are concentrated around nursing homes and assisted living facilities. No family has been allowed to visit since mid-March, so no contact tracing needed for infected residents and infected employees are many fewer, known and easier to contact trace if needed.

People with anti-bodies are not "typhoid Marys". This is just fear-mongering plain and simple. If anything, it proves how widespread cv19 is and very likely that is was here in the US much earlier than Jan when the first positive case was recorded. It also points to the virus as having a much lower mortality rate as the denominator of cases is increased.

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274. Having "the formula" is irrelevant

It's the availability of the components used in the formula to make the media that is the issue and where you have shortages - particularly given that these items tend to be used for other viral testing. This is biotech stuff that is basically attaching markers to genetic material to induce fluorescence that can be qualitatively identified in specially-modified (common) instruments when the amount is over a certain threshold to be detectable.

The other problem (although it's good to have more involved in developing tests) is that the various tests being used are proprietary and are directly tied to a particular manufacturer's instrument (the modified fluorimeter). So there are variations in procedures and types of media required to process the samples to obtain a result.

And I completely disagree about the dismissal of spread via asymptomatic contact, which doesn't necessarily have anything to do with "antibodies". It is exactly what the concept of a "Typhoid Mary" was about and is exactly the type of thing that is going on now. In her case, she actually had Typhoid harbored in her body (gallbladder), and it was being shed without her own body reacting to it, which had nothing to do with presence of "antibodies" to it.

Because it is unknown at this time how an individual may react to exposure to any one of the apparently many mutations of this virus that are circulating, that is what requires some type of mitigation.

Just because this virus isn't overwhelming SW PA, doesn't mean it won't eventually get there with the amount of travel that people do, and you want to be ready for it if it does come. The areas that seemed to have been initially most overwhelmed, regardless of earlier anecdotal community spread, were places with large airports that were directed to receive incoming flights from overseas as those countries were closing down (there were 13 designated airports I believe). Those folks then went back to wherever they lived and some brought the disease with them, and if those areas were densely populated, then it exploded.

Head in the sand doesn't make things go away. I agree that hysterics can be just as bad, but dismissal of science is never prudent.

[DeminPennswoods]

277. Not dismissing science at all

In fact UPMC, part of the University of Pittsburgh, has been doing yeoman work on developing tests and potential vaccines although it gets little national or even statewide attention. They were emininently prepared for an epidemic and have had no shortage of beds, PPE, ventilators or anything else. That is true in the adjoining county where I live, too. Wolf is basing his decisions on predictive models created by CMU, not the one from Washington state.

I've read many posts predicting an big outbreak of virus here, but it's just not happening despite this being an area with an older population and one where many residents grew up in the shadows of the mills spewing who knows what into the air and water for decades. Fewer than half the population I see wears masks routinely and plenty others only grudgingly wear them because they can't shop otherwise. Once outside, off they come. Only around half the population even stays home on any given day. So why aren't we seeing a dramatic rise in cases?

Here's a story from the NYT via Yahoo! on the increasing belief that the virus was here much earlier than thought: https://www.yahoo.com/news/amid-signs-virus-came-earlier-122540809.html. I am more than halfway convinced now that some variant of cv19 swept through here in Feb and was just swept up in the flu stats. I belive that's at least part of the reason there hasn't been a rash of cases.

[BumRushDaShow]

278. Here is the thing

As you can see by many maps of cases, the highest levels of "confirmed" cases started at the most populated areas along the coasts and at the north/south borders of the U.S. , and it has slowly migrated inwards. So for example (from CDC's twitter feed as of 4/22/20) -

Link to tweet

And when overseas travelers were told to come home back in mid-March, the airports they were directed to fly into, predominately fall within the states that now have the most cases (there were 13 airports designated). And as Cuomo again noted today, most returning from Europe, came through JFK & Liberty (in Newark, NJ) - e.g. people coming in from the UK, and some of the worst places like Italy and Spain. And Asians (from the entire Pacific Rim) came through places like LAX, SEA-TAC, and HNL.





Surprise surprise surprise.

The fact that a state like Massachusetts, which is rarely talked about, has been walloped and is 3rd, only behind NJ and NY for total cases, is obviously because Logan airport was a designated airport to come into. And since PA's eastern side borders the hotspots of NJ and NY, with I-95 and Amtrak's northeast corridor being a huge thoroughfare for people up and down the the coast from D.C. to Boston, then it was only a matter of time before we got hit here in the east.

And this realization is why states shutdown to stop the spread by travel. If anything, the states to watch at this point, are MD and VA due to Dulles having been a designated airport (and it's probably why Congress pretty much got out of dodge).

The most dramatic models were showing case and fatality predictions IF NO MITIGATION STRATEGIES WERE DEPLOYED. If most states hadn't started "locking down", then YES, this would have spread like wildfire including where you are.

That is the lesson of this so far.

I think once the worst is over, states are going to be looking back at whatever specimens they may have collected from past deaths (if they preserved them) to see if any where actually COVID-19 related and generically labeled as being due to "flu" or "pneumonia" or "undetermined" with a list of organ failures or whatever). Many states have asked facilities who can, to start doing that and actually re-testing (vs some of the confusing reports about hand-waving a death as "probably due to COVID-19" ).

[BumRushDaShow]

315. Updated CDC tweet/map of spread (as of 4/29/20 - just 1 week after the above)

The highest category went from "10,001 or more" to "25,001 or more" - literally doubling in 7 days.

Link to tweet

TEXT

CDC
✔
@CDCgov

Updated on April 29: Reported US cases of #COVID19 total more than 1 million. 19 states report +10,000 cases. Continue to wear a cloth face covering & keep 6+ feet of physical distance between yourself & others when in public. https://bit.ly/2UjQ9XR
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5:59 PM - Apr 29, 2020

[BumRushDaShow]

321. This week's CDC update (as of 5/6/20) - VA getting walloped & rapid spread in IA, SC, TN

Link to tweet

TEXT

CDC
✔
@CDCgov

Updated on May 6: Reported U.S. cases of #COVID19 total close to 1.2 million, with 21 states reporting more than 10,000 COVID-19 cases. County-level data and number of new cases by day are now available. Visit https://bit.ly/2UjQ9XR
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7:21 PM - May 6, 2020

[BumRushDaShow]

362. Updated as of 5/13/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

CDC
✔
@CDCgov

Updated on May 13: Reported U.S. cases of #COVID19 are now close to 1.4 million. 28 states report 10,000+ cases. New interactive charts show cases by race and ethnicity: https://bit.ly/2UjQ9XR
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550
5:54 PM - May 13, 2020

[BumRushDaShow]

271. Pa. liquor board to expand curbside pickup to nearly all stores on Monday

8 hours ago
10:20 PM - April 23, 2020
Pa. liquor board to expand curbside pickup to nearly all stores on Monday


The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board plans to expand its curbside pickup program to nearly all its stores on Monday.

PLCB press secretary Shawn Kelly said the decision came “after working through the challenges of introducing and refining completely new store processes.”

The PLCB reopened 176 stores statewide on Monday, April 20 after it closed all of its locations in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

It had already reopened online sales for home delivery, but due to overwhelming demand, site access was randomized to limit the number of customers placing orders at once.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-deaths-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200423.html#card-2051950819

This will be good news for the desperate - assuming they can even get an order processed.

And as a note - I don't recall ever being in a state store that was jammed packed (although just before they closed with this pandemic, that apparently did happen). Sometimes there are lines if there is only one cashier (and that might happen ahead of holidays), but am also guessing there may be logistics issues they would run into with respect to store cleaning/sanitizing each day (and the cost of that to the state) if they decided to actually open the stores directly for customers. Am wondering if they can deploy plexiglass at the checkouts and operate like the supermarkets have been doing.

I remember as a kid when I was with my parents going into one (well before they re-did the stores to be dubbed "Wine and Spirits Shoppes" ), there was always a "library-style hush" in them and an atmosphere of restrictive control - even with the always-friendly and chatty state store workers. It was so ingrained in me that I still to this day, feel uneasy going in one.

[DeminPennswoods]

273. No surprise

The state stores make money for the commonwealth and the demand for alcohol seems to be pretty strong right now. Might as well cash in!

[BumRushDaShow]

275. PA totals up by 1,599 positives to 38,652 as of 4/24/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

38,652 | 1,492 | 147,491

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[BumRushDaShow]

276. Philly positives increase by 651 to 11,877 as of 4/24/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
11,877
Deaths
449

(continues to include previously-backlogged results)

[BumRushDaShow]

279. PA positives increased by 1,397 to 40,049 as of 4/25/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

40,049 | 1,537 | 152,886

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[BumRushDaShow]

280. Philly positves increase by 452 to 12,329.

Link to tweet

TEXT

Jim #StayHomePHL Kenney
✔
@PhillyMayor

Today our @PHLPublicHealth department reported:
– 452 new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Philadelphia, for a total of 12,329.
– 17 people died, for a total of 466 deaths.

More COVID-19 resources and updates: https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/ …
3D illustration of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) | Department of Public Health

Providing information and updates about COVID-19 in Philadelphia.
phila.gov

1:08 PM - Apr 25, 2020

More: https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

[BumRushDaShow]

281. PA positives increase by 1,116 to 41,165

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

41,165 | 1,550 | 157,428

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[BumRushDaShow]

282. Philly positives increase by 237 and now at 12,566

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
12,566
Deaths
472

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

(most likely missing results not transmitted by some labs over weekends)

[PCIntern]

283. Wow...just wait until they relax the mandate...

It's gonna look like NY.

[BumRushDaShow]

284. As long as the most infected don't come here!

It'll be awhile before this area goes "yellow", and forget "green". With South Jersey continuing to increase (as they finally start testing in earnest), it's going to be a battle on our side of the river to keep from spiking!

[PCIntern]

285. You and I (and others) should keep this thread alive

During this crisis.

It’s a takeoff on the old”thread that will never die” from years ago here.

[BumRushDaShow]

286. Ha!

I've been posting updates in here... And I remember a couple "old thread that never dies" on DU2!

[BumRushDaShow]

287. PA positives increase by 885 to 42,050

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

42,050 | 1,597 | 161,372

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

(most likely missing results from labs not reporting on weekends)

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[BumRushDaShow]

288. Philly positives up by 302 to 12,868 + Blue Angels/Thunderbirds flyover on 4/28/20 @2pm

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 41,113
Total COVID-19 Cases: 12,868
4/27/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

Link to tweet

TEXT

Jim #StayHomePHL Kenney
✔
@PhillyMayor

Tomorrow, the U.S. Air Force @AFThunderbirds and the U.S. Navy @BlueAngels will fly over Philadelphia to honor first responders and essential workers.

Please stay safe if you choose to peek outside to catch the display. Continue to follow social distancing guidelines. https: //twitter.com/BlueAngels/status/1254771125181050886 …
Blue Angels
✔
@BlueAngels

(1 of 2) #AmericaStrong ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re heading your way New York City, Newark, Trenton and Philadelphia on Tuesday! Check out the overhead times and route on the graphic below.#InThisTogether#HealthCareHeroes@NYGovCuomo@NYCGov
@NYCHealthCareSystem@NJGov@phillymayor
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12:40 PM - Apr 27, 2020

[BumRushDaShow]

289. PA cases increase by 1,214 to 43,264 on 4/28/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

43,264 | 1,716 | 165,824

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[BumRushDaShow]

290. Philly cases increase by 577 to 13,445 as of 4/28/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 42,472
Total COVID-19 Cases: 13,445
4/28/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

[BumRushDaShow]

291. Blue Angels/Thunderbirds Philly flyover clip

Link to tweet

TEXT

Philadelphia OEM
✔
@PhilaOEM

VIDEO: United States Navy Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds fly-over of Philadelphia as part of their #AmericaStong tribute to
frontline COVID-19 responders, medical workers, and essential employees. @BlueAngels @AFThunderbirds
Embedded video

3:44 PM - Apr 28, 2020

[DeminPennswoods]

297. No matter how you view the military, these flight demo teams

are still awesome. It's just too bad they are flying so fast, blink and you missed them. Been to a few airshows featuring the Blues. The coolest part of the show is just watching the pilots walk to their planes and return salutes from the crew. The knife edge passes are my favorite - when two planes fly toward each other about 100' above the runway, then at the last second, both planes flip 90 degrees so they pass each other belly to belly.

[BumRushDaShow]

292. Philly positives increase by 358 to 13,803 as of 4/29/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 43,788
Total COVID-19 Cases: 13,803
4/29/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

[BumRushDaShow]

293. PA positives increase by 1,102 to 44,366 as of 4/29/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

44,366 | 2,195 | 170,517

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[BumRushDaShow]

294. Verge Aero, part of UPENN's Pennovation Works program, had a light show over W. Philly on 4/28/20

The "performance" took place over HUP (Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania) and CHOP (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) in West Philadelphia (which would probably be visible by Drexel U too since they are all in the same general vicinity).

Never heard of this type of use for the tech - these are lighted, fast-moving drones that fly in sync and the company does regular shows.

https://verge.aero/

5 hours ago
9:25 AM - April 29, 2020
Drone light show in University City pays tribute to front line workers in COVID-19 fight

A high-tech light show lit up the skies over University City on Tuesday night to thank front line workers in the fight against the coronavirus. The show was designed by the drone light show creator Verge Aero, which is based at the University of Pennsylvania’s Pennovation Works offices and labs.

The fast-flying drones formed images of medical symbols, a flattening curve, a waving American flag, a ringing Liberty Bell, the LOVE sign, and the message “Thank u heroes.” Part of the local #PhillyShinesBlue campaign and the international #LightItBlue campaign,the show featured about 150 illuminated drones whizzing over Franklin Field, according to Pennovation Works.

The show was staged close to The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania. The show occurred just hours after the Navy Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds staged an aerial tribute to thank health-care workers in the Philadelphia area.

Pennovation Works could not immediately be reached to provide information about whether any future light shows were planned.


https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-deaths-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200429.html#card-1309427393

[BumRushDaShow]

295. PA cases increase by 1,397 to 45,763 as of 4/30/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

45,763 | 2,292 | 175,602

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[BumRushDaShow]

296. Philly positives increase by 665 to 14,468 as of 4/30/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 45,603
Total COVID-19 Cases: 14,468
4/30/2020 1:00 PM

It was noted during today's daily presser that the new positives data includes re-homed individuals (those who might have been counted elsewhere but were determined to be Philadelphia residents and were added to our totals and presumably subtracted from the totals for wherever they were when tested)

ETA - I saw Montgomery County had an informative chart on estimates for the SE to reach YELLOW -

Link to tweet

TEXT

Montgomery County PA
✔
@MontcoPA

Gov’s Yellow phase is 50/100,000
Montco population = 830,915
830,915 divided by 100,000 = 8.30915
8.130915 x 50 = 415
415 over 14 days = 30 cases/day
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3:23 PM - Apr 25, 2020

[BumRushDaShow]

298. PA positives increase by 1,209 to 46,971 as of 5/1/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

46,971 | 2,354 | 180,477

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[BumRushDaShow]

299. Philly positives increase by 669 to 15,137 as of 5/1/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 48,676
Total COVID-19 Cases: 15,137
5/1/2020 1:00 PM

(data continues to include backlogged results and re-homed cases)

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

[DeminPennswoods]

300. Wolf allows NW and North central counties

to partially re-open next Friday, 5/8. It basically every county north of and including Centre county, west of Susequehanna.

Not too surprising to me except that Erie and Centre counties are included. The SW could probably re-open, but it's being held back, imo, by the huge outbreak at Brighton Wellness and Rehab nursing home, the largest such facility in the state I believe. There is now a state DoH overseer there now to manage the facility's response. It's a good chance to develop contact tracing system the gov says he wants to be in place since the employees are known and no family has been permitted to visit for 6 weeks or more.

[BumRushDaShow]

301. 24 counties

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

On May 8, 24 counties will reopen — moving from the red phase of #COVID19 response to the yellow phase.

✅ More businesses can open with safety guidance in place
🏡 Telework must continue where possible
😷 Residents should social distance + wear masks to avoid an outbreak
Map shows 24 counties moved to the yellow (aggressive mitigation) phase: · Bradford · Cameron · Centre · Clarion · Clearfield · Clinton · Crawford · Elk · Erie · Forest · Jefferson · Lawrence · Lycoming · McKean · Mercer · Montour · Northumberland · Potter · Snyder · Sullivan · Tioga · Union · Venango · Warren
1,468
1:28 PM - May 1, 2020

I was not surprised by Centre county but was surprised by Erie County. Centre County is home to Penn State (and Accuweather) so I expect the thought was that with the help of the University, they could support the contact-tracing (Nursing school).

[DeminPennswoods]

302. That's the plan to work with local health systems, schools

for contact tracing, etc.

I guess Wolf couldn't realistically keep Erie closed while every other surrounding county opened back up. UPMC bought a big hospital in Erie that's a regional hub, too, so they have the medical resources for the far NW region.

I think this is the same reason, the SW wasn't opened. The big outbreak is in Beaver county at the state's largest nursing home. Wolf couldn't keep Beaver county closed while every other county in western PA was re-opened. As a county resident, I feel badly this local outbreak is keeping everyone else in our region from going back to work. Now that the nursing home has a state DoH overseer/manager on board, maybe we can re-open on the 15th.

[BumRushDaShow]

303. PA positives increase by 1,334 to 48,305 as of 5/2/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

48,305 | 2,418 | 187,071

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[BumRushDaShow]

304. Philly positives increase by 390 to 15,527

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 50,501
Total COVID-19 Cases: 15,527
5/2/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

[DeminPennswoods]

305. Butler County very unhappy they aren't among the re-opened

counties. They, too, are a victim of the big outbreak in Beaver County's nursing home. Cranberry Twp, a huge retail area, unfortunately for them directly abuts New Sewickley Township on the NE border of Beaver county. They asked to be considered part of the NW or north central so they could re-open, but that request went nowhere. They're talking about a lawsuit now.

[BumRushDaShow]

306. PA positives increase by 962 to 49,267 as of 5/3/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

49,267 | 2,444 | 191,374

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[BumRushDaShow]

307. Philly positives increase by 327 to 15,854 as of 5/3/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 51,968
Total COVID-19 Cases: 15,854
5/3/2020 1:00 PM

(most likely missing results from labs that don't report on weekends)

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

[BumRushDaShow]

308. PA cases increase by 825 to 50,092

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

50,092 | 2,458 | 195,498

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

(most likely missing data from labs that don't report on weekends)

[BumRushDaShow]

309. Philly cases in crease by 186 to 16040 as of 5/4/20 (also 1st day without a death)

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 53,236
Total COVID-19 Cases: 16,040
5/4/2020 1:00 PM

(most likely missing results from labs that don't report over weekends)

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

[DeminPennswoods]

310. Allegheny 0 deaths for 2 straight days

Beaver County with 0 reported deaths yesterday.

[BumRushDaShow]

312. I listen to Montco's presser every day and they had 8 more deaths today.

(their presser is going on now and is usually on at 3 pm M - F).

[BumRushDaShow]

320. Allegheny County 7 new deaths on Tuesday 5/5/20 + 2 today 5/6/20 & Beaver County 3 deaths on 5/6/20

https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/7-deaths-10-new-cases-of-coronavirus-reported-in-allegheny-county/

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2020/05/06/COVID-19-coronavirus-Allegheny-County-Western-Pennsylvania-deaths-cases-data-pandemic-1/stories/202005060099

[DeminPennswoods]

311. Red to Yellow observations

There's a lot more car/truck traffic on the road today. The intersection I travel a lot was busy as opposed to hardly needing to check both ways for the last month or so. The contractors are back in business. Home Depot was busy this afternoon when I was there around noon. They have a 100 person limit, but this was the first time I had to wait in line to enter. People are out and about. Home improvement, lawn and garden work seem to be the order of the day for the still have to stay-at-home crowd.

[EllieBC]

313. BumRushDaShow, you're awesome.

I saw this thread growing and growing and realized you’ve been updating. You are so thorough!

[BumRushDaShow]

314. LOL

Thank you Ellie! One of those "threads that never die". It is showing a progression of what is happening here in PA. It's been a harrowing couple months especially since we here on the eastern side of the state are so close to the 2 states (NY and NJ) that have registered the most number of positives and fatalities due to this virus!

[BumRushDaShow]

316. PA positives increase by 865 to 50,957 as of 5/5/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

50,957 | 3,012 | 199,925

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[BumRushDaShow]

317. Philly positives increase by 370 to 16,410 (with 17 new fatalities) as of 5/5/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 54,726
Total COVID-19 Cases: 16,410
5/5/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

[BumRushDaShow]

318. PA cases increase by 888 to 51,845 as of 5/6/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

51,845 | 3,106 | 204,495

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[BumRushDaShow]

319. Philly cases increase by 287 to 16,697 (including 60 new fatalities) as of 5/6/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 56,108
Total COVID-19 Cases: 16,697
5/6/2020 1:00 PM

(new cases missing some backlogged data and deaths include backlogged reports)

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

[BumRushDaShow]

322. PA positives increase by 1,070 to 52,915 as of 5/7/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

52,915 | 3,416 | 209,873

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[BumRushDaShow]

323. Pennsylvania extends pause on evictions and foreclosures through July 10

Latest 5 minutes ago
12:59 PM - May 7, 2020
Pennsylvania extends pause on evictions and foreclosures through July 10


No one in Pennsylvania can be evicted or have their home foreclosed on due to inability to pay until at least July 10, officials will announce Thursday.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and state Attorney General Josh Shapiro are expected to announce the extension, which Wolf will institute via executive order.

The pandemic has ground economic activity in the state to a halt and more than a quarter of the workforce — 1.7 million people — have filed for unemployment benefits. Renters and homeowners alike have sounded the alarm that a housing crisis could follow once moratoria on evictions are lifted. In Philadelphia, where almost half of residents are renters, 1,700 evictions will be considered once the city moratorium is lifted and landlords are in waiting to file for thousands more.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered on halt on evictions and foreclosures through at least May 11, and some counties extended court closures past that date, effectively extending the moratorium. At the end of April, Shapiro and the Pennsylvania Apartment Association asked landlords to not begin new eviction proceedings based on nonpayment until at least July 15, but the request wasn’t legally binding.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-pennsylvania-evictions-foreclosures-governor-tom-wolf-josh-shapiro-attorney-general-20200507.html

[BumRushDaShow]

324. Philly positives increase by 350 to 17,047 as of 5/7/20 (13 new fatalities)

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 58,223
Total COVID-19 Cases: 17,047
5/7/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

[BumRushDaShow]

325. PA positives increase by 1,323 to 54,238 as of 5/8/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

54,238 | 3,616 | 216,231

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[BumRushDaShow]

326. Philly positives increase by 470 to 17,517 as of 5/8/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 56,399
Total COVID-19 Cases: 17,517
5/8/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

[BumRushDaShow]

327. Wolf officially opens 24 northern/central/western counties with 13 additional to open 5/15/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
@GovernorTomWolf
Today, the first 24 Pennsylvania counties moved from Stay at Home Orders (red) to the Aggressive Mitigation (yellow) phase of my COVID-19 reopening plan.


This loosening of restrictions will allow more businesses to open with safety guidance in place.
Map of PA shows Northwest in yellow with the rest of the state in red
8:06 AM · May 8, 2020

Pa. officials will allow Pittsburgh region to relax coronavirus-related restrictions
by Cynthia Fernandez, Updated: 12 minutes ago


HARRISBURG — State officials will allow 13 counties in the Pittsburgh region to ease coronavirus-related restrictions on businesses and residents, a coveted step toward reopening that took effect Friday in much of northwest and north-central Pennsylvania.

Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to announce that Allegheny, Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Fulton, Greene, Indiana, Somerset, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties will be able to move into the “yellow phase” of his tiered reopening plan on May 15, an administration official said.

They will join 24 counties that were previously given the go-ahead to loosen some restrictions.

Not included in Friday’s announcement is Beaver County, where a COVID-19 outbreak inside a long-term care facility has left at least 58 people dead. U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb (D., Allegheny) is calling for a federal investigation.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/spl/pennsylvania-stay-at-home-business-restrictions-lifted-pittsburgh-region-20200508.html

[DeminPennswoods]

328. Beaver county is set to defy the order

Link: https://www.timesonline.com/news/20200508/da-businesses-that-reopen-under-red-phase-will-not-be-prosecuted

Businesses that decide to re-open will not be prosecuted and law enforcement is being asked to concentrate on real crimes rather than being a tool of enforcing "red" status.

The fact is the state DoH has had its own temporary manager on site since 4/12, a month, and cannot figure out what to do at Brighton Wellness and Rehab. We shouldn't be punished for something the state can't even get a handle on.

[BumRushDaShow]

329. GOP deregulation!!!111!!

Why have any "government authority" tell a "private business" what to do?

[DeminPennswoods]

330. It's not that at all

and don't make it out to be a political thing.

Brighton Wellness and Rehab is the largest nursing home in the state. It has over 500 beds and a 3 floor wing of rehab beds. We had the misfortune of having an outbreak there. This facility has always been a last resort for people with no other options for care. They are the poorest and sickest with, literally, no where else to go. I've seen it first hand when my mom was there for rehab. The most vulnerable, by most estimates, populations for cv19 infections. It doesn't help that the company who bought the facility from the county in 2014 had little to no experience in health care and is focused on "management services".

Back on April 12th, the state DoH installed its own temporary manager among other things. That's been a month ago with little to no improvement. Maybe the state began contact tracing, but I have seen no reporting on it, if so. I believe there are unused facilities where either well or sick residents/staff could be isolated and quarantined, but there have been no reports that DoH is looking at that option.

Next Friday, Beaver County will be surrounded by open or partially open counties and states (Ohio and WVa). There's a huge outlet mall in Grove City (Mercer county), a series of big strip malls in Cranberry (Butler county) and another big series of stores, including a Sam's Club, in Boardman, Ohio. Ohio is going to allow bars and restaurants to open at half capacity in another week or so, plus hair salons and barbershops.

We are already economically depressed. Re-opening isn't just a nice to have, with everything around us opening, it's a matter of economic survival for the local small businesses.

Is the governor ready to send in State Troopers to enforce county residents from going outside the county?

[BumRushDaShow]

331. On this side of the state

we have the largest concentration of nursing/rehab/convalescent facilities in the state. I can't even count how many such facilities I have in my neighborhood or even within a mile of where I live.

The issue is the complete mental disconnect about the fact that the virus didn't spontaneously erupt in those facilities. It was brought there - by visitors, by the staff (both medical and services staff like those who cook the facility meals and clean the rooms), and by any "new" admissions who may have been unknowingly infected. Many of those staff go back and forth to work on public transit - another source of infection (which is why NYC is cleaning subway cars every night now).

However none of those who work at those facilities are residents and live at the place they work year-round. They leave there and go home and then come back. Day after day. Plus you have mail deliveries there as well as medical, food, and office supply deliveries, and you'll always need maintenance/repair services for the equipment and air-handling systems.

I.e., unless you require that anyone working in those facilities, stay there onsite for the duration (I read an article last month about some nurse/physician caretakers in Italy who have been doing that) and/or get yourself a Star Trek replicator to make food and supplies and completely wall off the facility from the area, then they cannot be somehow "subtracted out" from being there. That's just ridiculous.

Making working people in those institutions "invisible" won't solve the problem.

The point being that you cannot completely "isolate" such a facility from the rest of the county as long as people (even if they are not visitors) come in and out of them - assuming, with head in sand, that they don't exist and thus will never be potential vectors to spread infection when they leave and/or bring it in when they return to go to work, UNLESS strict protocols are in place to mitigate.

If you want to talk about "economically depressed", unfortunately Philadelphia has been dubbed the biggest city with the highest poverty rate in the country. But see the mentality over yonder is apparently one of - "well that's those ghetto/slum people".

This city made a mistake a century ago with dumbass rah rah bullshit (not unlike the crap that the GOP Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Gayle whined about with a childish, GOP talking points-filled rant yesterday at their presser, bemoaning the County moving the date to distribute and place flags for Memorial Day, to July 4th) and we paid the price.

Thankfully we are NOT going to make the same damn mistake.





All I can say then is just stay on that side of the Appalachians. I have always been fascinated by my state but not anymore.

[DeminPennswoods]

332. I was a real resident of Phila

for 3 decades and worked there, too. I know exactly the poverty level and inequality and all the other issues.

You have posted many times about staff, etc, spreading the virus around. This is simply not happening here. The outbreak at the nursing home has consistently been at least 2/3rds of all cases and almost all of new cases as well as being 90% of all deaths. We do not have a robust mass transit system here. There is exactly 1 bus that stops at the facility and you have to either drive or take another bus to the transit system depot to catch it.

The staff are known. There is no reason contact tracing should not be being done assuming it's not. There have been no outside visitors since mid-March. There have been 2 or 3 (2 residents, 1 staff) other cases reported at 2 other area nursing homes. All have recoverd, iirc. This is the only facility with a major problem.

I will repeat again, the state department of health has been in charge of the facility since April 12th. That there continues to be infections there is a major fail on the part of the state and DoH. Congressman Lamb is so frustrated, he has asked for a federal investigation of what has been going on there.

[BumRushDaShow]

333. So they get no mail or boxes/cans of institutional-type food for the patients

nor medical supply deliveries? I.e., there are no boxes of various PPE like masks and gowns and gloves taken off the back of a truck and placed onto the apparently non-existent facility loading dock by an "invisible person"? No boxes of specimen cups or packages of catheters or needles or swabs or bandages that were ordered and that had to somehow get inside a medical facility? No medical grade oxygen tank deliveries? They just generate their own O2 "in house"? No medication whatsoever unless they compound all of that in-house with magical ingredients that spontaneously appeared out of thin air? Or by "sterile" drone drops perhaps ?

And the idea of "have recovered" is still up in the air regarding what that really means per scientists worldwide, which is why it is still being called "novel". Is someone who is asymptomatic who never needed to be hospitalized but tested positive, "fully recovered"?

And how is the state the problem not even a month in a facility that obviously had severe issues? When one comes onsite to "take over", one needs to do a thorough investigation of the problems (like interviewing upper management and 1st line supervisors as well as staff) and eventually find a way to start making heads roll if need be. But the problem is trying to do that in the middle of the worst pandemic in a century.

Remember that GOP talking points are "oversight" = "nanny state".

[DeminPennswoods]

334. Here's an update

According to reporting in our local county paper, the "temporary manager" turned out to be a management consultant firm that was recommended by the DoH and hired by the owners of Brighton Wellness. They never visited the facility and their mandate was just to review processes and procedures and identify recommended changes. Absolutely unbelievable. A month completely wasted. NOW that DoH plans to hire and pay a professional manager and put him or her onsite to handle the situation. That may be too late as now 300 of the 400+ residents are infected and 71 are dead. As a democrat, I believe in accountability. The failure to address this outbreak falls squarely on the shoulders of Dr Levine and Gov Wolf. They need to acknowledge it and take corrective action as quickly as possible.

Link:https://www.timesonline.com/news/20200508/state-to-pay-for-full-time-manager-at-brighton-rehab-as-questions-swirl-about-role-of-rsquotemporary-managerrsquo

Department of Health officials said the state put a “temporary manager” in place at the facility on April 15, a Connecticut-based management and consulting company called The Long Hill Company. After several media reports identified the company as the manager at Brighton Rehab, Long Hill officials released a statement to other media outlets clarifying that they were retained as a consultant to provide a limited review of the practices and protocols of the facility. The Long Hill Company has never managed (even on a temporary basis), operated or surveyed the facility.”

Levine called the confusion “a matter of semantics.” The department considered the company to be serving in a voluntary, advisory role, officials said.

“The role that they played at the facility was similar to what the department would call a temporary manager,” department spokesman Nate Wardle said. “However, since we did not bring them into the facility, they were not acting as a temporary manager on behalf of the state in this instance.”

Documents obtained by the Times detailing the agreement between Brighton Rehab and Long Hill indicate that the company was charged with evaluating the overall leadership and management of the facility, reviewing staffing and reviewing management pandemic/COVID-19 policies and procedures. The company was also expected to review and comment on management’s strategies to extend the life of available personal protective equipment, or PPE, and projected inventory rates of PPE.

[BumRushDaShow]

335. Am guessing you've never done "investigations" or are aware of governmental functions

It was mentioned during the presser about what was going on there with a "consultant". It's a "private" business. It's not run by the state but is "regulated" (a word the GOP hates) by the state.

Remember that the whiny "anti-nanny state" GOP that control our state legislature has the mindset that if you were stupid enough to utilize a "business" that failed for you, then that is on you. And any attempt by Democrats to exercise more control over private entities is shot down - and as we see with the silly temper tantrums around the state - attempts to "regulate" are ignored.

The type of thing that has to be done before going into someplace and slashing and burning the place down right away, is to actually find out what the hell is going on - medically, financially, structurally, and administratively, and then come up with plans for implementing long-term fixes. You don't ad hoc go into a huge facility, that has probably submitted fraudulent documents to the state as it is, and try to change something when you have no idea what is really going on.

Even if the state somehow had the power/authority to go in and fire the entire staff, then they would now have to hire "new" people for replacements and that takes time - surely not less than a month and especially when everything is already stressed to the limit as it is.

From what I heard yesterday, Connor Lamb is involved since the facility is in his district.

The virus exposed a whole lot of gaps in our private medical facilities, and certainly in our private, state, county, municipal, and federally-run penal systems, when it comes to health. These congregate settings are where this virus has run rampant.

Cuomo addressed the similar type of media idiocy - in their case regarding their data systems and demanding to know why they "didn't plan for" tens of thousands of people filing for unemployment every week - and his response was that if they had spent the money to do that type of large-scale upgrade, the self-same media would demand to know why they "wasted all that money on something that would probably never happen".

The below is about the cemetery that my mother is buried in just over 5 years ago -

175 bodies in 2 days: Deluged with coronavirus victims, a Philadelphia cemetery aims to preserve the dignity of the dead

by Mike Newall, Updated: May 5, 2020


David Drysdale Jr. stood in the hallway of the crematorium his family has run for three generations and took stock of the pandemic’s dead. He could barely move. The bodies, in cardboard cremation boxes, had overtaken the hallway. He had to cut a path around them. The refrigerators were long past filled. So was the receiving vault, the moss-covered stone edifice in East Mount Airy’s Ivy Hill Cemetery and Crematory that hadn’t held a body in a century — not since the 1918 flu epidemic swept through the city, leaving devastation in its wake.

In the grip of that crisis, the gravediggers at the historic cemetery could not dig fast enough. By late April, as the coronavirus continued to extract its toll, Drysdale and his crematorium operators could not keep up with the unrelenting flow of bodies, the line of hearses that snaked down the driveway and through the cemetery’s cresting hills. They had tried to prepare. They watched the death toll in New York, and knew Philadelphia’s dead would be coming. They cleaned out the old receiving vault, beneath the shade of a red maple tree.

And Drysdale added an extra crew to keep up. But he soon realized there was no keeping up. The cremation machines burned all day, so hot that even in the mornings, after cooling all night, the bricks glowed cherry-red. Some of the dead were from the same family. A mother and son. A father and son. All of the families were denied the chance to say goodbye. Drysdale wanted to help grieving families and accommodate funeral directors, who were as overwhelmed as he was. But storing bodies in a crematorium hallway does not afford the dead the dignity he was taught they deserve.

So, standing among the victims of a vicious virus, he decided he had to cap the number of bodies the crematory could accept on any given day at 40. Still a number unlike any he’d seen in his life, and his life has been spent at the cemetery.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-ivy-hill-cemetery-crematory-20200505.html

As Wolf said - "The enemy is not government. It is the virus". And unfortunately since people can't physically "see it", they deny it exists and are left with pointing fingers at someone or something "more tangible".

[DeminPennswoods]

336. The federal, state and local gov'ts regulate

nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Their license to operate can be pulled. That is plenty of influence to have over their operations in normal times.

Right now the state is busy telling all of us who can go out, who has to stay home, that private businesses are to deny service to any customer without a mask on, what private businesses can and cannot open and is operating under an emergency declaration where Gov Wolf has claimed and used broad powers. So stop with the gov't regulation vs private business cannard.

Dr Levine and DoH knew there was a big problem at this specific facility. It made national news and was being covered by local news and newspapers for pete's sake. They had enough influence to recommend an outside consulting firm to the facility's ownership that they then hired. The state could have sent in its own inspectors to review the processes, procedures, plans or whatever. That is what the local state reps were calling for, more inspections. There could have even had a surprise inspection to avoid pre-inspection prep. The reason this has blown up now is because inspectors caught employess not washing their hands or sanitizing equipment after the outbreak and that was made public. It's why Lamb got involved and is calling for a federal investigation. It's why the state is very belatedly hiring and paying for a full-time on-site manager who will report to the state.

You and I both believe in government. This is a failure of government at all levels to do its job protecting public health and safety. I think Gov Wolf is a stand-up guy and has generally tried to do the right and least disruptive things during this epidemic. But, he should acknowledge the state's failure here. And he should acknowledge the reason we cannot re-open is because the DoH did not properly use the tools available to it to manage the outbreak better. There should be a plan to address the outbreak, that plan should be implemented asap so the rest of the county can re-open. If it means temporarily supplementing staff with national guard personnel or DoH personnel, renting hotel space to quarantine staff, moving well residents to a seperate floor with their own staff, do what's necessary.

And, yes I understand our republican state legislature doesn't believe in gov't, business regulations or raising taxes meaning agencies like DoH are understaffed with inspectors, have fewer regulatory tools and so on.
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Ftr, my mom was in assisted living and did a couple of rehab tours in skilled nursing over about four years. I know most inspections are announced in advance and the facilities clean up prior to the visit so everything is in order and being done by the book. Then the inspector leaves and everything reverts back to business as usual.

[BumRushDaShow]

337. Correct and when the GOP controls your purse strings

and yells "nanny state" and "government over-reach" because they don't give a shit about "healthcare", then it will stymie whatever the state under a Democratic governor can do. We need to take back one of the general assembly chambers and get some control over this malfeasance of the GOP after they took super-majority control a decade ago (finally broken in that one chamber) and worried more about "Voter ID" and "Transvaginal probes" than about what was happening in "private" institutions. I'm sure whatever is going on in that facility didn't just start in 2014 when Wolf was first sworn in.

Whenever a Democrat tries to use a "tool", then the GOP starts calling up the media and spouting RW talking points and jumping up and down about "totalitarian government" and some Pennsylvanians start cheering that "libertarian" bullshit. That is essentially what is going on right now.

And this part is the be-all end-all of what is happening here -

And, yes I understand our republican state legislature doesn't believe in gov't, business regulations or raising taxes meaning agencies like DoH are understaffed with inspectors, have fewer regulatory tools and so on.

Wolf has been forced to be the opposite of Cuomo to get anything done because of our general assembly, where Cuomo has (finally) achieved a majority-Democratic state legislature in both chambers and can blast through any ancillary RW-noise with his mandates.

[BumRushDaShow]

338. PA positives increase by 1,078 to 55,316 as of 5/9/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

55,316 | 3,688 | 221,791

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[BumRushDaShow]

339. Philly positives increase by 364 to 17,881 as of 5/9/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 58,286
Total COVID-19 Cases: 17,881
5/9/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

[BumRushDaShow]

340. PA positives increase by 1,295 to 56,611 as of 5/10/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

56,611 | 3,707 | 227,772

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[BumRushDaShow]

341. Philly positives increase by 330 to 18,211 as of 5/10/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 60,135
Total COVID-19 Cases: 18,211
5/10/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

[DeminPennswoods]

342. National Guard to help at Brighton Wellness

Link: https://www.timesonline.com/news/20200509/officials-national-guard-to-provide-support-at-brighton-rehab

They were in to evaluate how they could help and will be in place tomorrow 5/11 thru Monday 5/18. Brighton Wellness has hired extra nursing staff from TX to supplement the current staff. We shall see.

Additonally, Sullivan county is also set to defy it's "red" status and move to "yellow" on 5/18.

[DeminPennswoods]

343. CMU real-time CovidCast

This is a pretty cool, interactive and interesting model: https://covidcast.cmu.edu/?sensor=doctor-visits-smoothed_adj_cli&level=state&region=&date=20200505&signalType=value

[BumRushDaShow]

344. Gov. Wolf threatens to pull funding from counties that buck closure orders

Latest 15 minutes ago
11:45 AM - May 11, 2020
Gov. Wolf threatens to pull funding from counties that buck closure orders

As a growing number of Pennsylvania counties have released plans to buck the state’s shutdown orders, Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday threatened to pull state funding from those counties “operating illegally” and said politicians pushing for a reopening before the orders are lifted are “jeopardizing the lives of citizens of those counties.”

Wolf said during a news conference that businesses reopening “prematurely” are “engaging in behavior that is both selfish and unsafe.He said funding will go to counties “doing their part,” including discretionary funds supplied to the state through the federal CARES Act. Wolf also issued a warning to business owners that reopen, saying they risk losing state licenses and are risking their insurance coverage “because insurance does not cover things that happen to businesses breaking the law.”

Twenty-four counties moved to the first phase of reopening on Friday and another 13 will enter that phase this week. Those counties are concentrated in the northern and western parts of the states.

An additional seven counties in south and central Pennsylvania have threatened to partially reopen their counties despite Wolf’s order and some districts attorney have said they won’t prosecute violations of the stay-at-home order.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-pennsylvania-new-jersey-philadelphia-cases-deaths-update-news-20200511.html#card-1033830590

[BumRushDaShow]

345. PA positives in crease by 543 to 57,154

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

57,154 | 3,731 | 231,704

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

(most likely missing data from labs that don't report on weekends)

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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346. Philly positives increase by 102 to 18,313 as of 5/11/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 60,994
Total COVID-19 Cases: 18,313
5/11/2020 1:00 PM

(missing results from labs that don't report on weekends)

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

[BumRushDaShow]

347. Gov. Wolf re-opening phases explained

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

My reopening plan for Pennsylvania is gradual and prioritizes health and public safety.

The politicians who are encouraging counties to reopen prematurely are putting all of us at risk of resurgence.

Here is our measured approach to reopening, advised by health experts. ⤵
Embedded video

4:40 PM - May 11, 2020

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348. PA cases increase by 837 to 57,991 as of 5/12/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

57,991 | 3,806 | 237,989

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[BumRushDaShow]

349. Philly cases increase by 224 to 18,537 as of 5/12/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 61,975
Total COVID-19 Cases: 18,537
5/12/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

[DeminPennswoods]

350. Atty Genl Shapiro launching criminal

investigation of at least several nursing homes for abuse and neglect of residents. Presumably this is in conjunction with all the covid19 cases and deaths.

DoH head Levine announces "robust" testing program for all residents, stalff also I assume, at nursing homes in the state. Just a little late in the game...

[BumRushDaShow]

352. "I assume, at nursing homes in the state. Just a little late in the game..."

Not enough testing-related equipment/supplies available early on during this pandemic and it's only been in the past month that they finally got enough PPE and other tools/reagents needed for the tests (plus more labs online) to even do more testing.

With Test Kits in Short Supply, Health Officials Sound Alarms

By Katie Thomas, Sarah Kliff and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

March 6, 2020


/snip

But states and public health experts are warning that access is still limited and varies from state to state, hampering the ability to know how far the virus has spread or for how long it has gone undetected in some regions of the country. “We’re going to need millions and millions and millions of tests,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in a CNN town hall Thursday.

/snip

A total of 71 public laboratories in 47 states and the District of Columbia had the capacity to test for the coronavirus as of Friday afternoon, according to the Association of Public Health Laboratories, which represents government laboratories around the country. That’s up from just eight labs able to process tests last Thursday. “We’ve seen major progress with essentially the lights coming on across the country,” said Scott Becker, the association’s chief executive. But the delays mean that “we’re absolutely a few weeks behind where we should be,” he said, adding, “There is no way you can sugarcoat that.”

Maine said it was still bringing its state laboratory online. Pennsylvania officials said they would have the capacity to test 150 specimens a day at the state laboratory beginning this weekend. Arkansas can process eight to 10 tests daily, and has so far tested six patients. Large, private laboratories are also ramping up. LabCorp, a major diagnostics company, began offering a coronavirus test Thursday evening. Another firm, Quest Diagnostics, said it would launch a similar product on Monday.

“The reason that’s important, the reason that meets future demand is because the enormous capacity of these commercial laboratories and others in the country are precisely how we will make coronavirus tests available for your local doctor, available to your pharmacy and broadly available to the American public,” Mr. Pence said at the White House coronavirus task force briefing Friday. But Wendy Bost, a Quest spokeswoman, sounded a more cautious tone. “While we believe we have capacity to accommodate initial demand, this is an evolving situation and we anticipate building additional capacity over time,” she said in a statement.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/health/testing-coronavirus.html

Pennsylvania asked FEMA for nearly 500,000 N95 masks. It’s still 380,000 short.
by Jonathan Tamari, Updated: April 2, 2020


WASHINGTON — As Pennsylvania braces for the worst of the coronavirus to hit, state officials have requested 494,392 N95 medical masks from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to protect frontline medical workers.

To date the state has received less than a quarter of that amount — 112,250.

State officials have been told that more are on the way, but even once those arrive, they’ll be more than 261,000 masks short of what they’ve asked for, according to FEMA data and the state’s Health Department. The medical-grade masks block particles and are critical for health-care workers treating coronavirus patients.

It’s a similar story with some other vital equipment, according to FEMA figures released Thursday by Democrats who run the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee. As of Monday Pennsylvania had received 216,621 fewer pairs of gloves and nearly 55,500 fewer surgical gowns than it has requested, according to the information House Democrats received from FEMA.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania-coronavirus-fema-supplies-falling-short-20200402.html

Health
April 22, 2020 | 6:26 PM
What’s holding up coronavirus testing? Lack of necessary chemicals and lab equipment
“Supplies are really literally a day-to-day conversation with the commercial labs and the CDC."

By Alan Yu/WHYY


(Philadelphia) — The United States needs to do far more coronavirus testing, public health experts say, but the problem isn’t just related to the number of machines required to run the tests. There’s also a shortage of the supplies, such as chemicals and plastic lab equipment, that are needed to run those machines.

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Meyer said the test chemicals come in early in the morning every day, but the health system finds out only a day or two ahead how much they can get. He said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advise companies where the disease hot spots are, and thus which places need tests more than others. Once Jefferson Health staff members get their daily supply of testing chemicals, they look at how many patients need tests and decide who gets one. They typically use up all the testing chemicals they receive. “Supplies are really literally a day-to-day conversation with the commercial labs and the CDC,” Meyer said. “We’re still sending a lot of tests out to the commercial labs that we would rather do locally, if nothing else because of turnaround time.”

/snip

These test chemicals are useful only to labs doing research on viruses, but all of a sudden every state wants them at the same time. That’s both surprising and frustrating to scientists, said Kristin Omberg, a chemist and lab manager at a nonprofit research institution studying the new coronavirus. “Every major supplier that I’m talking to is telling me, ‘I don’t know when I’ll get these in, but I’ll ship them to you when I get them in, based on where you are on my wait list,’” she said. “It’s like toilet paper; it’s maddening. These things are never in short supply.”

/snip

To test someone for the virus, a health care worker uses a swab that goes all the way to the back of the nose to collect a sample. That sample has to go into a mix of chemicals and nutrients called viral transport media to keep the virus, if it’s there, intact until it gets to a lab. Then the lab puts the sample in another mix of chemicals called a lysis buffer, which makes the virus relatively harmless but keeps the genetic material intact, so people in the lab can test for the genetic material in the virus without worrying too much about becoming infected themselves. All those things — the various chemicals, the swabs, even the plastic pipette tips used to transfer bits of virus from one place to another – can be hard to get now, Omberg said.

https://www.witf.org/2020/04/22/whats-holding-up-coronavirus-testing-lack-of-necessary-chemicals-and-lab-equipment/

With the recent expansion (and validation) of other types of tests now (as of May 9,2020) - months later - more "testing capacity" (that is verifiable and accepted) is becoming available.

[DeminPennswoods]

354. Sorry, not really buying that excuse

Just a week or so in to the epidemic, Quest actually had a couple drive through testing sites in my area, one in Beaver county. From the start, UPMC was developing its own tests. They were also doing drive through testing. Really, there was no reason once the outbreak started at the big nursing home here that everyone could not have been tested. Out this way, there was no shortage of PPE. Levine/DoH simply failed to recognize the seriousness of the nursing home outbreak and act sooner.

[BumRushDaShow]

356. It's not an "excuse" but a fact.

Comparing "drive-through testing sites" that were ONLY testing a very narrow criteria of people - "symptomatic of a certain age, with healthworkers/first responders also a priority" vs having the resources to test everyone in hundreds of nursing/rehab/assisted living facilities, including the staff (the "invisible" people who clean the vomit and shit out of the toilets or cook the food) - was absolutely NOT possible.

[DeminPennswoods]

357. It is an excuse

Just because something is true in NYC or Philadelphia or eastern PA, does not make it true out here in this part of the state. There are roughly 1000 people associated with the nursing home that is the epicenter of the outbreak here. If there were enough tests for a commercial lab and hospital lab to do drive through testing along with other testing, then there were enough tests to test the residents and employees of the nursing home. If you want to not believe that, go right ahead.

[BumRushDaShow]

358. What?

I provided a series of articles starting from March until near the end of April, that were talking "nationally". There was a nationwide shortage of the reagents, swabs, transport media - even for places like Quest and Labcorp, to do the number of tests that are being called for in order to contain this.

Again - the "drive-through" testing, many sites of which were set up by FEMA, were specifically designated for "symptomatic" people, of a certain age, and for healthcare workers/first responders. That's ALL they had enough testing materials/detection instruments, to do. They weren't even accepting "symptomatic younger people" (those under 65) and many in that younger age group DIED after being turned away.

The problem is that people with an agenda are trying to confuse the numbers of who is more at risk of "dying" vs who is more at risk of actually getting infected and spreading the virus (whether they get physically sick or not). Most of the spread is happening due to exposure to asymptomatic people (in other words "community spread" ).

Those, mostly elderly, who are most negatively-impacted and who may eventually die, are rarely the ones out and about in the community. They are often in facilities - hospitals, nursing homes, rehab facilities, assisted living facilities, etc. It's the healthcare workers, the other facility support/maintenance staff, and friends and family "from outside of the facility" who brought it into those facilities, and except for the healthworkers and EMTs, no one else was being tested because they did not fit the criteria.

I have an 85-year old aunt who is in an assisted living facility in GA and my cousin is freaking and trying to make sure that her nurse has the proper PPE. My 77 year old uncle who has been really getting impacted by the sarcoidosis that he's had much of his adult life, was able to get out of a rehab in MN just in time at the start of this mess (he was there because he had a bad fall in his house). I have a 62 yo BIL who is on dialysis 3x a week, and 2 sisters, one whose immune system is shot after chemo/radiation from uterine cancer, and another who has had RA for the past 20 years and gets infusions every 6 weeks - ALL of them are at extreme risk of contracting this and being impacted, so this is no game for me.

This thing about "well we are not being impacted here" - all you need to do is go look at what is happening in Texas and rural areas in other states that are now seeing spikes.

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351. PA positives increase by 707 to 58,698 as of 5/13/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

58,698 | 3,943 | 244,171

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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353. Philly positives increase by 242 to 18,779 as of 5/13/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 63,253
Total COVID-19 Cases: 18,779
5/13/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

Also reporting 78 new fatalities today which represent reconciliation of databases (hospital records + death certificates - am assuming by Coroners). These occurred during the period from 4/21/20 - 5/7/20.

[DeminPennswoods]

355. Remdisivir distributed to PA hospitals

Federal govt distributed remdisivir to Pennsylvania. That, in turn, was further distributed by the state to 50 hospitals.

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359. PA positives spike by 938 to 59,636 as of 5/14/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

59,636 | 4,218 | 251,559

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

(might be a lab data dump)

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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360. Philly positives increase by 314 to 19,093 and death toll surpasses 1,000 as of 5/14/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 65,074
Total COVID-19 Cases: 19,093
5/14/2020 1:00 PM

And now at 1,008 fatalities.

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

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361. As of 5/15/20 - 13 more counties announced for transition to "yellow" opening

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

Today 13 western counties moved from Stay at Home Orders (red) to the Aggressive Mitigation (yellow) phase of my #COVID19 reopening plan.

This loosening of restrictions will allow more businesses to open with safety guidance in place.

Details: http://governor.pa.gov/plan-for-pennsylvania ….
Color-coded map shows western and north-central PA in yellow phase.

9:18 AM - May 15, 2020

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363. PA positives increase again in the 900s, by 986 to 60,622

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

60,622 | 4,342 | 259,210

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[DeminPennswoods]

364. Release date

Beaver county now has a release date of 5/22.

Also, another dozen or so PA Natl Guard members have been assigned to Brighton Rehab, site of the big nursing home outbreak. The Guard is scheduled to leave on 5/18 to be replaced by additional staff fromTX, but that depature date now looks like it will be extended.

Week 3 counties: Adams, Beaver, Carbon, Columbia, Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Susquehanna, Wyoming, Wayne, and York.

That makes 49 or 67 counties, leaving mostly the populous SE still closed.

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365. Philly positives increase by 256 to 19,349 as of 5/15/20 with 13 new fatalities

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 66,790
Total COVID-19 Cases: 19,349
5/15/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

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366. Wolf announces 12 more counties during presser, to go from red to yellow on May 22, 2020

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf
· 16m

Today, I announced the third round of counties moving from the red to yellow phase.

Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Friday, May 22nd the following 12 counties will join the other 37 yellow phase counties.

🟡 Adams
🟡 Beaver
🟡 Carbon
🟡 Columbia
🟡 Cumberland
🟡 Juniata
🟡 Mifflin
View image on Twitter

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

🟡 Perry
🟡 Susquehanna
🟡 Wyoming
🟡 Wayne
🟡 York

This virus has not been eradicated from these counties, and we are continuing to closely monitor new case counts.

It’s in every Pennsylvanian’s best interest to continue to take social distancing seriously.

2:05 PM - May 15, 2020

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367. PA positives increase by 989 to 61,611 as of 5/16/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

61,611 | 4,403 | 266,225

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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368. Philly positives increase by 257 to 19,606 as of 5/16/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 69,147
Total COVID-19 Cases: 19,606
5/16/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

[DeminPennswoods]

369. Dr Levine/DoH reports PA has passed peak

and new cases have been declining for at least the past 2 weeks.

Although it has been frustrating (UC system, business waivers) and a bit of a bumpy road (nursing home deaths) at times, Gov Wolf and Dr Levine have done a pretty good job of getting the state through this. Gov Wolf channeled his inner Trump and just assumed he had widespread powers under the Emergency Declaration Act passed by the GOP-controlled legislature and used them.

Aside from re-opening, the biggest challenge we face is not allowing the Rs to use the cv-19 caused budget deficit to cut state spending in the upcoming fiscal year beginning July 1st. Gov Wolf has proposed a very progressive spending agenda. We need to back him 100%, especially at the polls in Nov.

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370. PA cases increase by 623 to 62,234 as of 5/17/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative
62,234 | 4,418 | 270,670

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

[babydollhead]

371. thank you for this historical thread

it lays out what happened in PA. the conversations between posters show how more information kept coming out and how Wolf showed himself to be a great governor. This has saved lives. rereading the whole thread still makes my heart pound, since we are not out of the woods with this virus. oh yeah, plus our country is also having stupidity, ignorance, and the bubba factor, fuming and spewing the way to sickness and death.

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372. You are welcome!

And many of us here in SE PA are worried about the Jersey beach towns, but more importantly, the boardwalk foot traffic issue in Jersey since going "dunnashore" is a rite of passage both here and in NJ. And it's mainly because NJ has the 2nd highest number of positive coronavirus cases in the country behind NY (although the largest number of them are still mainly clustered in North Jersey around the NY border).

The whole of Eastern PA has essentially become a firewall for the rest of the state on west thanks to the limitations of travel via the "stay at home" orders, although I expect many will probably still travel the other way east to the ocean by Memorial Day. The water is too cold, so not something folks would try anyway, but the shops are all closed too, so not much to do but congregate if not sitting on the beach.

Interestingly enough, Delaware has chosen to open beaches for DE residents only. Their outbreak has not been as severe as their neighboring states in our tristate area, and I'm sure they don't want to see any spikes either.

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373. No reporting from Philly 5/17/20 (IIRC Friday, that may have been announced at the presser)

But word from the mayor -

Link to tweet

TEXT

Jim #StayHomePHL Kenney
✔
@PhillyMayor

We’ll reopen when it’s safe, and we’ll know that based on scientific data. https://www.phillyvoice.com/philly-covid-19-reopen-jim-kenney-harrisburg-tom-wolf-impeach-wisconsin-pennsylvania/ …
Philly won't cave to 'open up hysteria,' Mayor Kenney says

Gov. Wolf eases COVID-19 restrictions in another 12 Pennsylvania counties
phillyvoice.com
743
8:46 AM - May 17, 2020

Eastern PA borders the 2 states that have the highest number of cases of any in the U.S. and we still bear the burden of the historic 1918 Spanish Flu debacle here in Philly. Not again.

Philly won't cave to 'open up hysteria,' Mayor Kenney says

By Michael Tanenbaum
PhillyVoice Staff

/snip

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley reiterated that the city is making clear strides, but said the city remains far from entering the yellow phase of Gov. Tom Wolf's reopening plan.

"More than 200 cases a day is real progress from (when) we were at 600 cases a day before, but it's still an awful lot of cases," Farley said. "And we know that it's a small fraction of the number of cases that are occurring out there. I know people want to open up. I know they want a date when we can do that, but we just can't predict."


/snip

"As soon as Dr. Farley feels comfortable that we can move in a faster or forward direction, that's where we'll go," Kenney said. "But until that comes, we're not going to be caught up in this open up hysteria that everybody in the country is dealing with."

/snip

Kenney said he was not keeping current with the protest in Harrisburg. "I don't pay attention to that mess," Kenney said. "It's crap. If you saw what happened the other day with Wisconsin, when the politically-motivated Supreme Court ... overruled the governor, people start showing up at bars two and three deep. All of those folks are endangering their own lives and the lives of others. I really don't have the time for that nonsense, and I think it's all politically-generated, anyway."


https://www.phillyvoice.com/philly-covid-19-reopen-jim-kenney-harrisburg-tom-wolf-impeach-wisconsin-pennsylvania/

And as the above article noted, our regional transit agency SEPTA (buses, subways/El, trolleys, trackless trolleys, regional rail) - is slowly bringing more routes back online with all kinds of modifications to protect the drivers and passengers.

[DeminPennswoods]

374. A lot of cases and deaths in Philly, but

relatively low considering the 1.5M population and the proximity to NYC and Balt.

FTR, not too many people from out in western PA are travelling to the Jersey Shore for vacation. They are most likely headed to Presque Isle State Park if they want to go to the beach or a local lake if they want to be around water. Marinas are open and boaters are out on the Mon, the Allegheny, Ohio and Beaver rivers. There's Ohiopyle for white water kayaking. Then there's the Allegheny Natl Forest for hiking, etc. Lots of outdoor activities open for us now.

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375. "Relatively low" because we CLOSED DOWN

Last edited Mon May 18, 2020, 04:59 AM - Edit history (1)

as did the surrounding states. Had that not happened, we would have been following what happened in NYC.

The Philadelphia homicide rate averages 300 - 400 A YEAR and the state's 2019/2020 flu season had a reported 102 deaths state-wide IN 6 MONTHS.

ETA for more perspective -

Traffic fatalities in Philadelphia average 90 - 100 - A YEAR.

Overdose fatalities (opioid predominately) averaged upwards of 1100+ - A YEAR.

Fatalities due to the most common cause of death - heart disease (as of 2017), was 3,500 and falling - A YEAR.

Yet Philadelphia alone has over 1000 fatalities due to coronavirus in 2 MONTHS. There's NOTHING "relatively low" about that.

[DeminPennswoods]

376. Relatively is the key word here

Compared to other big cities and densely populated areas, it is relatively low. Also, according to DoH stats, 40% of the county deaths are related to LTC facilities which were closed statewide at the same time.

TBH, although bars, restaurants and schools were closed, plenty of businesses were open and business transactioned. People were, and are, out and about. Just as they have been out this way.

[BumRushDaShow]

377. It's completely unprecedented - and it's not trivial and nowhere near "relatively low"

When you look at the Johns Hopkins data - https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map

and combine all all the NY boroughs and immediate surrounding NYC metro counties that were reported separately, we in Philadelphia come in 4th for number of cases behind NYC/NYC metro, Chicago/Chicago metro, and Los Angeles/Los Angeles metro.

where "Cook County" = Chicago/Chicago metro, "Queens" , "Kings" (which is Brooklyn), "Bronx" (these 3 are all NYC boroughs), "New York" (meaning Manhattan & Staten Island that are all part of downtown NYC proper), and "Nassau", "Suffolk", "West Chester" (all metro NYC/Long Island counties immediately surrounding NYC).

[DeminPennswoods]

378. Not trying to trivalize anything

The number of cases may be high, but the number of deaths is relatively low, less than 1% of the total population. SARS killed 10% of infected people; MERS 34%.

The flu epidemic of just 3 years ago killed 80,000 Americans and there's a vaccine for it although it's not as effective as the vaccines for other flu strains.

[BumRushDaShow]

379. The number of deaths from this is many times that for any flu including H3N2

The "flu" numbers generally get reported for a 6 month "season", yet the U.S. already has 91,096 deaths in 2 months and that number is still rising! If you extrapolate to 6 months with no drop in rate, that would mean upwards of 273,100 over the same 6 month period.

The point being that all of the epidemiologists have said over and over - the "flu" has a death rate of 0.01% and this has a death rate of 1%, which "looks small" but is a magnitude greater than anything that has manifested with "the flu".

Trivializing that magnitude in difference indicates a lack of scientific background IMHO.

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380. PA positives increase by 822 to 63,056 as of 5/18/20 - and that's after a weekend

when some labs don't report. Not sure if this was due to the "2-day" report from Philly (Philly just announcing 347 new cases over the past 2 days during its presser - also most likely missing some due to labs that don't report on weekends).

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

63,056 | 4,505 | 277,553

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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381. Philly postives increase by 347 over the past 2 days to 19,953 as of 5/18/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 72,178
Total COVID-19 Cases: 19,953
5/18/2020 1:00 PM

(most likely missing data from labs that don't report on weekends)

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

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382. PA positives increase by 610 to 63,666 as of 5/19/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

63,666 | 4,624 | 286,034

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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383. Philly positives increase by 179 to 20,132 as of 5/19/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 73,306
Total COVID-19 Cases: 20,132
5/19/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

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384. PA Dept. of Health releases COVID-19 data for specific long-term care facilities on 5/19/20

The data includes the facilities (by name) in a spreadsheet.

Link to tweet

TEXT

PA Department of Health
✔
@PAHealthDept

Today we released data on the number of #COVID19 cases and deaths at long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania. The data provides the number of cases, number of employee cases and number of deaths that have occurred at each facility.

Read more: https://bit.ly/2WIlaY6
long-term care facilities COVID-19 data

2:02 PM - May 19, 2020

LINK TO DATA (XLS) - https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/Documents/Diseases%20and%20Conditions/COVID-19%20LTCF%20Data_5-19-20.xlsx


PRESS RELEASE

05/19/2020

Wolf Administration Releases Data on COVID-19 Cases by Long-Term Care Facility

Harrisburg, PA - The Wolf Administration today released data on the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths at long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania.

“Long-term care facility residents are among the most vulnerable Pennsylvanians, and we want their families to have the latest information on what is going on in the facilities in which their loved ones reside,” Dr. Levine said. “COVID-19 is a particularly challenging situation for these settings as they care for residents with serious medical conditions. We will continue to work to ensure the safety and wellbeing of residents through education, resources and testing.”

The data provides the number of cases, number of employee cases and number of deaths that have occurred at each facility. For facilities with less than five in any of these data points, the information is redacted.

“Our long-term care facilities are an integral part of Pennsylvania’s health care system. People providing care in long-term care facilities must endure these challenges of this difficult time while maintaining continuity and services for people under their care,” said Department of Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller. “We are committed to continuing networks of support for these facilities so we can navigate and overcome this challenge together.”

The Wolf Administration has taken a three-pillar approach to protecting the vulnerable residents living in nursing homes and other long-term living settings:

Ensuring resident safety through testing, education and resources;

Preventing and mitigating outbreaks; and

Working in partnership with state agencies, local health departments and long-term care facility operators.

Testing is an essential component to making sure vulnerable residents in these long-term care facilities are safe. Through the state’s testing strategy, we are working to ensure that testing is accessible for all Pennsylvanians with COVID-19 symptoms, available through increased efforts to build supply and capacity, and adaptable based on the ever changing landscape of the virus and data available.

Guidance released last week to hospitals and skilled nursing homes require a resident who is being discharged from a hospital to a nursing home, personal care home, or assisted living facility be tested for COVID-19, if they were not hospitalized due to the virus. This will provide valuable information to the long-term care facility on any needs to cohort the patient, monitor their condition and take necessary precautions to prevent the spread of the virus, if applicable.

In addition, a Health Alert was previously issued to provide direction to all skilled nursing facilities on a universal testing strategy, outlining when testing should be used, and what steps to take after a positive test result. Test results can be used to cohort those exposed, determine the burden of COVID-19 across units or facilities to allocate resources, identify health care workers who are infected, and address those who are no longer ill.

The department is committed to testing all patients and staff in Pennsylvania’s long-term care facilities. A pilot study of two facilities is currently underway to test all residents and staff at the facility. The information from these tests will be used for cohorting. The department, working with commercial laboratories, has been coordinating with facilities that are implementing universal testing. We are receiving test swabs from the federal government to ensure our facilities have an adequate supply. In addition, the Pennsylvania National Guard is mobilizing to provide a mobile testing option for facilities that may not be able to test on their own.

Education to facilities has been provided through bulletin boards, nursing home associations, and our normal channels of communication such as Health Alert Network messages. That education has included guidance for clinicians at long-term care facilities on the cohorting of residents with COVID-19 in dedicated units within nursing homes, effective transmission prevention strategy, universal screening and masking of all healthcare workers, and how to provide access to the state’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman.

One of the most needed resources during COVID-19 has been personal protective equipment (PPE). The state has delivered more than 1,700 shipments of PPE to nursing homes, personal care homes and other long-term care facilities, both as routine deliveries and also to meet critical needs. The department has held webinars and classes on PPE for long-term care employees and leadership on how to use it effectively and has trained and fit-tested more than 150 individuals.

The department, along with additional state agencies, has provided these facilities with the resources and expertise to provide consultation in order to prevent or control existing outbreaks. Resources and expertise include:

Staff from the quality assurance team, who conduct onsite visits to facilities and investigate complaints and concerns related to the safety of residents;

The healthcare acquired infection (HAI) team has provided direct consultation with facilities experiencing outbreaks. To date, this team has worked with more than 250 facilities across the state;

Create rapid response strike teams using the state’s staffing contract with nurses to staff the facilities in need;

ECRI, the infection control contractor working with the state, has provided additional technical assistance and support to 100 facilities;

The Patient Safety Authority, an independent state agency, has used their knowledge to assist 90 facilities as well;

The state’s healthcare coalitions, which exist in each region of the state, and regional coalition emergency managers, have worked to directly assess facilities and deliver PPE;

Medical reserve corps and the Department of Human Services have also provided virtual mental health services to facilities; and

CDC teams are providing on-site assistance for long-term care facilities using their infection prevention and control expertise.

When necessary, the department aids in coordinating staffing of facilities with immediate needs. The Eastern State Medical Assistance Team and the Pennsylvania National Guard have both been deployed to support 13 facilities with immediate staffing needs, preventing these facilities from being evacuated.

Individuals with complaints about a nursing home can file that complaint with the department in several ways. Complaints can be made anonymously by calling 1-800-254-5164, filling out the online complaint form, emailing [e-mail] or sending the complaint in the mail to the department.

The Wolf Administration stresses the role Pennsylvanians play in helping to reduce the spread of COVID-19:

Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or use hand sanitizer if soap and water are not available.

Cover any coughs or sneezes with your elbow, not your hands.

Clean surfaces frequently.

Stay home to avoid spreading COVID-19, especially if you are unwell.

If you must go out for a life-sustaining reason, please wear a mask.

https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/Health-Details.aspx?newsid=817

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385. Governor Wolf Announces Real Estate Industry May Conduct Limited Business Transactions Statewide

Governor Wolf Announces Real Estate Industry May Conduct Limited Business Transactions Statewide


May 19, 2020
Economy, Press Release, Public Health

Governor Amendment to the Business Closure Order
Secretary of Health Amendment to the Business Closure Order

Governor Tom Wolf today announced that starting today, businesses and employees in the real estate industry may conduct limited business-related activities statewide and provided guidance for this industry to operate in red phase and yellow phase counties.

“We continue to review our policies and the scientific data to determine the safest approach for all activities in the commonwealth,” Governor Wolf said. “While at this point more than two-thirds of the state will be in the yellow phase of the state’s reopening plan by Friday, May 22, we are still evaluating how industries may be able to conduct business appropriately in red phase counties, including the real estate industry.

“This industry impacts numerous types of businesses and Pennsylvania homebuyers who are in the process of, or considering, purchasing a home. It’s critical that these businesses, regardless of whether they are in red phase or yellow phase counties, strictly adhere to all appropriate guidelines and guidance,” Governor Wolf said.

Previously, businesses and employees in the real estate industry were permitted to conduct limited in-person activities in counties in the yellow phase of the commonwealth’s phased reopening plan.

The real estate guidance requires businesses and employees to follow all applicable provisions of the Guidance for Businesses Permitted to Operate During the COVID-19 Disaster Emergency to Ensure the Safety and Health of Employees and the Public, which includes provisions requiring that every person present at a work site, business location, or property offered for sale, wear masks/face coverings, and provisions requiring the establishment of protocols for execution upon discovery that the business has been exposed to a person who is a probable or confirmed case of COVID-19.

All in-person activities should be scheduled and limited to no more than the real estate professional and two people inside a property at any time, exercising appropriate social distancing.

When conducting settlements/closings utilize remote notary, powers of attorney or the exchange of contract documents electronically or by mail wherever possible. Where it is not possible to conduct settlement/ closing via remote notary or POA, attendance in-person must be limited to required signatories and their legal counsel or real estate professional only, and steps to preserve social distancing must be followed to the maximum extent possible.

Businesses and employees are also encouraged to provide sellers with relevant safety information and protocols for cleaning and sanitizing properties; utilize electronic marketing as much as possible; provide all individuals at an in-person activity with a verbal health screening; stagger scheduling of property showings; avoid physical contact with the property by staging in advance to prevent the need for interaction with items like lights, interior doors, drapes and blinds; and minimize time spent in the property by having discussions away from the property via remote means.

The governor today vetoed House Bill 2412, which does not provide enough safety protocols for the COVID-19 public health crisis. Further, the legislation would have placed restrictions on municipalities related to property transfers; specifically, it would have eliminated a municipality’s ability to issue use and occupancy permits and conduct safety inspections, which are conditions of a property transfer.

https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/governor-wolf-announces-real-estate-industry-may-conduct-limited-business-transactions-statewide/

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386. Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf announced he will sign mixed drinks to-go bill

Pennsylvania Real-Time News

Gov. Wolf signals he plans to sign bill allowing taverns, restaurants and hotel bars to sell mixed drinks to go

Updated 2:38 PM; Today 12:47 PM

By Jan Murphy | [e-mail]

Pennsylvania restaurants and bars just might be able to serve up take-out margaritas, piña coladas or any other mixed drink concoction before the Memorial Day holiday weekend arrives.

The law will take effect immediately upon enactment.It will remain in effect throughout the duration of the pandemic disaster and until the restaurant or hotel’s operation exceeds 60% of its capacity.

The legislation, which passed both chambers overwhelmingly, was described by one of its key supporters in the House as extending a lifeline to hard-hit restaurants and bars. Hundreds of the state’s bars and eateries have announced they will not be able to weather the financial storm they face as a result of the state-ordered closure of their businesses in mid-March.

/snip

The containers of mixed drinks can be sold until 11 p.m. Within 60 days, the restaurant and bar will be required to use a transaction scan device to verify the age of individuals if they appear to be under 35 years of age. The establishments also are mandated to post a warning sign indicating that a take-out container of mixed drinks is considered an open container and may only be transported by the driver in the vehicle’s trunk or in some other area that is not occupied by the driver or passengers.

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/05/gov-wolf-signals-he-plans-to-sign-bill-allowing-taverns-restaurants-and-hotel-bars-to-sell-mixed-drinks-to-go.html

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387. Philly positives increase by 227 to 20,359, and reconciled fatalities were reported to be 103*

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 74,679
Total COVID-19 Cases: 20,359
5/20/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

*It was noted at the presser today that a large reconciliation occurred to match Coroners'/Medical Examiners' death certificates with positive lab results for those who were Philadelphia residents (despite where the death occurred). So the reported deaths include a total of what occurred yesterday and over the past several weeks.

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388. PA positives (finally posted on their site) increased by 746 to 64,412 as of 5/20/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

64,412 | 4,767 | 293,244

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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389. PA positives increase by 980 to 65,392 as of 5/21/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

65,392 | 4,869 | 303,514

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

Not sure why there is a spike outside of maybe still some backlogs from the weekend, some data reconciliation, and perhaps an expansion of testing - including of those who were previously-denied a test and/or who are asymptomatic individuals now being tested.

(I do also know there will always be variations from day-to-day so hopefully this is not a start of a trend)

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390. Philly positives increase by 341 to 20,700 as of 5/21/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 76,955
Total COVID-19 Cases: 20,700
5/21/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

(number includes some backlogged lab results)

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391. 12 more counties move from red to yellow in PA as of 5/22/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

Today 12 more counties moved from Stay at Home Orders (red) to the Aggressive Mitigation (yellow) phase of my #COVID
19 reopening plan.

This loosening of restrictions will allow more businesses to open with safety guidance in place.

More details here: http://governor.pa.gov/plan-for-pennsylvania ….
Map shows newly yellow counties: Adams Beaver Carbon Columbia Cumberland Juniata Mifflin Perry Susquehanna Wyoming Wayne York

8:00 AM - May 22, 2020

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392. PA positives increase by 866 to 66,258 as of 5/22/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative

66,258 | 4,984 | 312,743

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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393. Philly Inquirer breaking: Sources: All Pennsylvania counties will be in 'yellow'

Sources: All Pennsylvania counties will be in ‘yellow’ coronavirus reopening phase by June 5 under Wolf administration plan


by Anna Orso, Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA and Chris Brennan, Updated: 6 minutes ago


Pennsylvania counties still under strict coronavirus restrictions — including hard-hit Philadelphia and its suburbs — will move to the “yellow” reopening phase by June 5 at the latest, according to three sources with knowledge of the Wolf administration’s plans.

Under Gov. Tom Wolf’s reopening plan, 49 of 67 counties are already in the yellow phase, or the first phase of reopening, in which most but not all businesses can reopen. In the yellow phase, limitations on public gatherings remain, and restaurants and bars remain closed to in-person business. Gyms, salons, malls, and movie theaters also remain closed.

A spokesperson for Wolf was not immediately available for comment. The governor is expected to speak at a news conference today at 4 p.m.

In a call with reporters Thursday, Wolf said his administration planned to announce “a whole range” of counties would move to the yellow phase. He also hinted that he may announce some counties will move to the “green” phase, or the final phase of reopening under which there are no restrictions on which establishments can and can’t be open, but social-distancing guidelines and other safety precautions remain in place.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-pa-pennsylvania-yellow-counties-reopening-philadelphia-20200522.html

Just saw the breaking and hearing this right now during the Philly presser...

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394. Philly positives increase by 309 to 21,009 as of 5/22/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 79,185
Total COVID-19 Cases: 21,009
5/22/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

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395. Wolf Administration Releases Summer Camp and Recreation Guidance

Wolf Administration Releases Summer Camp and Recreation Guidance

May 22, 2020
Press Release, Public Health

With an understanding of the need for Pennsylvania families to secure child care options this summer, the Wolf Administration today issued frequently asked questions to provide guidance to parents, summer camp operators, public bathing places, part-day school-age programs, and other entities that provide necessary child care and enrichment and recreational activities for children and youth during the summer months.

“We understand the need to secure child care options as parents and caregivers return to work across the state,” Gov. Wolf said. “And for providers of these programs to understand how they may operate. We hope that this guidance helps everyone in need of viable options for their children’s care and recreation this summer and eliminates some of the stress and worry associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and how it is affecting our everyday lives.”

The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued the FAQs that include guidance on:

The types of summer programs for children and youth permitted to operate during Gov. Wolf’s phased-in reopening plan.

Additional requirements for summer programs operating in counties in yellow and green phases beyond what is required by the CDC guidance for youth programs and camps.

The summer programs operating in counties in yellow and green phases that are permitted to operate fully indoor, fully outdoor, or a combination of indoor and outdoor.

Group sizes for summer programs that are permitted to operate in counties in the yellow phase.

Requirements on staff and youth face-coverings in child care and summer programs permitted to operate in yellow phase counties.

Enrollment restrictions on summer programs in counties in yellow or green phase.

Status of public playgrounds during the phased reopening.

Status of organized team sports during the phased reopening.

Operation of public bathing places and community pools during the phased reopening.

Operation of camping, campgrounds and group camping separate from organized summer camps for youth.

Status of Department of Conservation and Natural Resources facilities during the various phases of reopening.

The FAQs are available here.

The guidance does not apply to public school-operated summer programs or extended school year services. Guidance related to reopening public schools will be released by the Pennsylvania Department of Education later.

https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/wolf-administration-releases-summer-camp-and-recreation-guidance/

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396. PA upscoming schedule for moving to next phases as of 5/22/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
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@GovernorTomWolf
· 13m

I’m announcing these counties will move from the yellow to green phase of reopening May 29:

🟢 Bradford
🟢 Cameron
🟢 Clarion
🟢 Clearfield
🟢 Crawford
🟢 Elk
🟢 Forest
🟢Jefferson
🟢 Lawrence
🟢 McKean
🟢 Montour
🟢 Potter
🟢 Snyder
🟢 Sullivan
🟢 Tioga
🟢 Venango
🟢 Warren
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Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

These counties will move from the red to yellow phase of reopening May 29:

🟡 Dauphin
🟡 Franklin
🟡 Huntingdon
🟡 Lebanon
🟡 Luzerne
🟡 Monroe
🟡 Pike
�� Schuylkill

4:12 PM - May 22, 2020

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397. All counties to move to yellow by June 5th

From the Pgh Tribune-Review:

The Democratic governor is moving Philadelphia, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lehigh, Northampton and Montgomery to “yellow” on June 5, meaning that people will be able to freely leave their homes and retailers and other kinds of businesses will be allowed to reopen, though other restrictions remain.

Eight counties are moving to yellow a week earlier, on May 29: Dauphin, Franklin, Huntingdon, Lebanon, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike and Schuylkill.

Wolf also announced the first batch of counties moving to “green,” the least restrictive phase of his reopening plan: Bradford, Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Montour, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga, Venango and Warren. All of them are lightly populated counties across a northern swath of the state.

Lawrence County is outlier in the "green" county cadre. It's the only county along PA's western border (Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Lawrence, Beaver, Washington, and Greene) with Ohio and WVa that's now completely open.

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398. Summary of phases as of 5/22/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

Today I announced the first PA counties moving from the yellow to green phase of reopening.

The hallmark of the green phase is self-responsibility. Above all else, it’s on us as Pennsylvanians to be entrusted with using good judgment

More details: http://on.pa.gov/2TxG8a3
For details on red phase, yellow phase, and green phase, go to governor.pa.gov/plan-for-pennsylvania

5:34 PM - May 22, 2020

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399. PA cases increase by 725 to 66,983 as of 5/23/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative** Recovered***​

66,983 | 5,096 | 321,469 | ​59%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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400. Philly cases increase by 225 to 21,234 as of 5/23/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 81,468
Total COVID-19 Cases: 21,234
5/23/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

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401. PA cases increase by 730 to 67,713 as of 5/24/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative** Recovered***​

67,713 | 5,124 | 328,382 | ​60%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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402. PA positives increase by 473 to 68,186 as of 5/25/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative** Recovered***​

68,186 | 5,139 | 334,928 | ​61%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

(most likely missing data from labs that don't report results on weekends)

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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403. Philly positives (2-day total) increase by 407 to 21,641 as of 5/25/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 85,142
Total COVID-19 Cases: 21,641
5/25/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

(most likely missing data from labs that don't report on weekends)

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404. PA cases increase by 451 to 68,637 as of 5/26/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative** Recovered***​

68,637 | 5,152 | 339,835 | ​61%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

(most likely missing data from labs not reporting on weekends and the holiday)

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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405. Philly positives increase by 97 to 21,738 as of 5/26/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 86,443
Total COVID-19 Cases: 21,738
5/26/2020 1:00 PM

(most likely missing data from labs not reporting on weekends or the holiday)

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

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406. Giant Eagle facing ADA lawsuits for not

allowing people with breathing problems to enter without masks. FTR, Gov Wolf's mask wearing order specifically allows people with a relevent medical condition to be excused from the requirement to wear maks.

Link: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2020/05/26/Giant-Eagle-customers-breathing-problems-sue-company-covid-19-facemask-policy/stories/202005260086

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407. PA positives increase by 780 to 69,417 as of 5/27/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative** Recovered***​

69,417 | 5,265 | 349,990 | ​62%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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408. Philly positives increase by 237 to 21,975 as of 5/27/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 88,149
Total COVID-19 Cases: 21,975
5/27/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

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409. Pa. GOP lawmaker says he tested positive for coronavirus as Democrats demand more information

Pa. GOP lawmaker says he tested positive for coronavirus as Democrats demand more information
by Julia Terruso and Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA, Updated: 46 minutes ago


HARRISBURG — A Central Pennsylvania lawmaker confirmed Wednesday that he tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this month, leading at least one of his House colleagues to self-quarantine. State Rep. Andrew Lewis (R., Dauphin) said in a statement he immediately began self-isolation after getting a positive result on May 20. He said he informed House officials after he received the result, and they have worked to identify anyone with whom he may have come into contact. He said he was last in the Capitol on May 14. “I can confirm every member or staff member who met the criteria for exposure was immediately contacted and required to self-isolate for 14 days from their date of possible exposure," Lewis said in a statement.

He added: “Out of respect for my family, and those who I may have exposed, I chose to keep my positive case private. Now that I have fully recovered and completed the quarantine as required by the Department of Health, I feel now is the appropriate time to share this information with the public and my constituents and I look forward to being a resource in sharing my experiences with COVID-19 and helping our community navigate this crisis together." The statement came after a day of uncertainty and handwringing among lawmakers and staff in the House, who early in the day had gotten word that colleagues were self-isolating. For a few hours, session came to a grinding halt.

/snip

Upon hearing the news Wednesday, Democrats immediately began demanding answers from their Republican colleagues about why they had not been informed sooner that one of their colleagues had tested positive. Rep. Kevin Boyle (D., Philadelphia) chairs a House committee on which both Diamond and Lewis sit. He said most Republican members have not been wearing masks in committee.

“If it was known yesterday that members were either positive or in quarantine, we needed to know that yesterday,” Boyle said. “We absolutely need to know more. There needs to be transparency about this. These members are pushing us to reopen the state. The hypocrisy is astounding.” Boyle’s committee has met more than most as it considers legislation pertaining to reopening the state’s economy. It has also been the scene of several battles over how quickly to ease pandemic restrictions, with Democrats pushing for caution and Republicans, many from less-affected counties, encouraging a swifter reopening.

More: https://www.inquirer.com/news/spl/pennsylvania-legislator-positive-coronavirus-20200527.html

Why is this not surprising? And Dauphin County is where the state Capitol is located and is where they whined in Dauphin county about opening NOW!!111!!!! They will go to yellow Friday (while the GOP attempts to infect the entire General Assembly out of spite because they know more than the health officials ).

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410. PA cases increase by 625 to 70,042 as of 5/28/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative** Recovered***​

70,042 | 5,373 | 357,804 | ​64%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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411. Philly positives increase by 175 to 22,150 as of 5/28/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 90,046
Total COVID-19 Cases: 22,150
5/28/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

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412. First PA counties moved to the green phase

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

Today the first counties moved to the green phase of PA’s reopening plan.

Several other counties moved from red to yellow today. The counties that remain in the red phase are the ones that have been hardest hit by #COVID19.

More on PA’s reopening plan: http://governor.pa.gov/plan-for-pennsylvania …
Map of Pennsylvania shows counties in red, yellow, and green.
219
9:15 AM - May 29, 2020

1 hour ago
10:22 AM - May 29, 2020
18 counties move into green phase of reopening in Pa.

Eighteen counties in Pennsylvania have moved into the green phase of reopening from coronavirus restrictions on Friday, while others shifted into the yellow phase. Philadelphia and its collar suburbs remain in the red, stay-at-home phase but are slated to enter the yellow phase next week.

The counties moving to green on Friday included Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Montour, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga, Venango and Warren.

In the yellow phase, some businesses can reopen, people may return to in-person work if needed, and people can gather in groups of 25 or less. Indoor dining is not allowed, but some outdoor dining may be depending on the county.

In the green phase, all businesses are permitted to be open and people can gather in groups. However, Gov. Tom Wolf and Health Secretary Rachel Levine have urged continued caution even in the green phase to avoid outbreaks, which could result in reimposed restrictions.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-pa-nj-philadelphia-cases-deaths-update-news-20200529.html#card-2130634875

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413. Sen. Bob Casey tests positive for coronavirus antibodies

Latest 12 minutes ago
11:37 AM - May 29, 2020

Sen. Bob Casey tests positive for coronavirus antibodies

Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.) has tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, suggesting he may have had a mild case of the virus earlier this year, he announced Friday.

The positive test makes Casey the third senator to test positive for antibodies, along with Sens. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) and Tim Kaine (D., Va.). Casey said he received the results Wednesday afternoon, and would donate plasma Friday. Antibody-laden blood plasma is being used experimentally to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients.

Casey said that when he experienced a low-grade fever and flu like symptoms he self isolated at home in Scranton on the advice of his physician while his wife was visiting their eldest daughter and son-in-law. “My fever went away on its own by mid-April, and it was never recommended that I be tested for the virus," he said. I was able to work during my illness, remotely engaging with constituents and staff and keeping a full schedule.”

After consulting with the Capitol’s attending physician last week, he was tested and found to have "substantial levels of COVID-19 antibody in my blood.”The accuracy of antibody testing in real-world use, however, is unclear. Test results that are positive may actually be detecting antibodies from common cold-causing coronaviruses.

Jonathan Tamari and Marie McCullough

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-pa-nj-philadelphia-cases-deaths-update-news-20200529.html#card-354577784

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414. PA positives increase by 693 to 70,735 as of 5/29/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative** Recovered***​

70,735 | 5,464 | 366,970 | ​65%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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415. Philly positives increase by 255 to 22,405 as of 5/29/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 92,321
Total COVID-19 Cases: 22,405
5/29/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

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416. PA cases increase by 680 to 71,415 as of 5/30/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative** Recovered***​

71,415 | 5,537 | 375,731 | ​66%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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417. Philly cases increase by 224 to 22,629 as of 5/30/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 94,773
Total COVID-19 Cases: 22,629
5/30/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

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418. PA cases increase by 511 to 71,926 as of 5/31/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative** Recovered***​

71,926 | 5,555 | 383,111 | ​67%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

(probably missing results from labs that don't report on weekends)

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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419. PA positives increase by 356 to 72,282 as of 6/1/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative** Recovered***​

72,282 | 5,567 | 389,431 | ​67%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

(most likely missing data from labs that don't report results on weekends)

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420. Philly positives (2-day total) increase by 252 as of 6/1/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 98,051
Total COVID-19 Cases: 22,881
6/1/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

(missing data from labs not reporting on weekends)

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421. National Guard (600 members) activated in PA

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

Working with @PEMAHQ and @PADMVA, at the request of municipalities, we activated @PANationalGuard members yesterday to keep our communities safe.

Over 600 Guardsmen have been placed on state active duty to provide support to local law enforcement. https://www.pa.ng.mil/Site-Management/News-Article-View/Article/2202961/pa-national-guard-ready-to-support-local-law-enforcement/ …
Pa. National Guard ready to support local law enforcement

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Under the authority of Governor Tom Wolf and at the direction of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, the Pennsylvania National Guard has placed over 600 Guardsmen
pa.ng.mil

6:19 PM - May 31, 2020

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422. PA Primary Election is tomorrow (June 2nd, 2020)

Link to tweet

TEXT

Pennsylvania
✔
@PennsylvaniaGov

🇺🇸 Tomorrow is our primary election and the last day to submit your voted mail ballot.

📨 Voting by mail ballot? Return your mail ballot in person: http://VotesPA.com/MailBallot

🗳 Voting at the polls? Find your polling place and learn how to stay safe: http://on.pa.gov/AtThePolls
Election Prep Graphic

10:02 AM - Jun 1, 2020

Fortunately I had applied online for a mail-in ballot 4/15/20, got the application okay on 4/21/20, received the ballot 5/5/20, filled it out and mailed it in a couple days later, and it was eventually received by the city which registered my vote on 5/15/20 - so all within a month (including snail mail time, and I know they eventually got backlogged as did the mail service).

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423. Wolf signs Executive Order extending the mail-in ballot receipt deadline until June 9 (6 counties)

Link to tweet

TEXT

Office of the Governor
✔
@GovernorsOffice

.@GovernorTomWolf today signed an executive order extending the deadline for county election offices in Allegheny, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties to receive absentee or mail-in ballots by mail to 5 p.m. June 9.https://on.pa.gov/2TZETkh
Gov. Wolf Signs Executive Order Extending Mail Ballot Deadline in Six Counties to June 9

Amid a surge in mail-in ballots, the COVID-19 public health emergency and civil disturbances in six counties, Governor Tom Wolf today signed an executive order extending the deadline for county...
governor.pa.gov
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6:37 PM - Jun 1, 2020

The technicality is that the ballots need to be postmarked by Tuesday election day (which is tomorrow - June 2nd). The post office had been estimating delayed deliveries for the ballots of 5 - 7 days (vs the usual 1 - 3 days for within the city delivery).

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf extends mail ballot deadlines for Philadelphia and five other counties
by Jonathan Lai, Updated: 27 minutes ago


Voters in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and certain other parts of Pennsylvania will have an additional week for elections officials to receive their mail ballots for Tuesday’s primary, officials said Monday.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf initially suggested he had extended the deadline for the entire state. The current deadline requires elections officials to have received mail ballots by 8 p.m. on Tuesday, when polls close.

“The count will continue for seven days after tomorrow," Wolf said Monday, as days of civil unrest and violent clashes over the death of Minnesota man George Floyd as police knelt on his neck had officials scrambling to conduct Tuesday’s election safely. “I can’t do anything about the election day, but I am extending the time to actually get votes in,” Wolf said. "So if you vote and the vote gets in by next Tuesday... it’ll count.”

But Wolf apparently misspoke: His executive order allows mail ballots to be counted if they are postmarked by Tuesday and received within a week. And it will apply only to Philadelphia, Delaware, Montgomery, Allegheny, Dauphin, and Erie Counties. The ballots will need to be received by 8 p.m. June 9, Wolf said at a press conference in Philadelphia.

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/pennsylvania-mail-ballot-deadline-extension-executive-order-20200601.html

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424. PA positives increased by 612 to 72,894 as of 6/2/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative** Recovered***​

72,894 | 5,667 | 399,361 | ​67%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

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425. Philly positives increase by 153 to 23,034 as of 6/2/20

City of Philadelphia
COVID-19 Cases among Philadelphia Residents
Total COVID-19 Tests: 99,396
Total COVID-19 Cases: 23,034
6/2/2020 1:00 PM

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

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426. PA positives increase by 511 to 73,405 as of 6/3/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative** Recovered***​

73,405 | 5,742 | 408,269 | ​68%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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427. Philly positives increase by 126 to 23,160 as of 6/3/20

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

(may be missing tests not reported and/or not performed during the city curfews)

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428. Pennsylvania to allow schools to reopen, in-person teaching to resume July 1

Pennsylvania to allow schools to reopen, in-person teaching to resume July 1
by Kristen A. Graham, Maddie Hanna and Rob Tornoe, Updated: June 3, 2020- 11:36 AM

HEATHER KHALIFA / Staff Photographer


Pennsylvania teachers and students will be permitted to return to schools as soon as July 1, the state Education Department announced Wednesday. According to preliminary guidance issued by Education Secretary Pedro Rivera, schools in counties that have reached either the “green” or “yellow” phase of the state’s coronavirus reopening plan may resume in-person instruction on July 1.

Schools will be required to adopt their own health and safety procedures that meet both federal and state guidelines. The guidance does not prescribe class size, but calls for six feet of separation between students. “Schools can then personalize those expectations based on the needs of their classrooms,” Rivera said during a news conference.

While the state is permitting in-person instruction, it is not requiring it. Officials said both K-12 schools and colleges would be allowed to decide whether they resume in-person instruction, and at what levels. Though they will be required to submit their plans to the education department, the state won’t be formally approving them, leaving that authority to local districts.

“Schools are going to have to engage their communities and their specific needs through this plan," Rivera said. He noted that “not every parent will want to or be able to send their children back to school,” and remote learning may well be part of districts’ plans for the coming school year.

More: https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/pennsylvania-philadelphia-schools-coronavirus-reopen-tom-wolf-college-elementary-education-guidelines-20200603.html

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429. PA positives increase by 537 to 73,942 as of 6/4/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative** Recovered***​

73,942 | 5,817 | 416,942 | ​69%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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430. Philly positives increase by 121 to 23,281 as of 6/4/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission

Confirmed cases
23,281

Deaths
1,394

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

[DeminPennswoods]

431. UPMC docs seeing less virulence and infection levels

in covid19 patients at their network of hospitals. They also tested 8,000 people with no symptoms and found 21 positives or .26%.

Link: https://triblive.com/local/regional/upmc-doctors-say-covid-19-declining-in-virulence-and-infection-levels/

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432. As of today June 5, 2020 - ALL PA counties are out of the "red" phase, and more have moved to green

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

More counties moved into the green phase of reopening today, and all remaining red counties moved into yellow phase.

Even with fewer restrictions, PA'ians are still urged to use caution to prevent the spread of #COVID19.

Learn more about each phase: http://governor.pa.gov/plan-for-pennsylvania ….
Map of Pennsylvania shows all counties in yellow or green.

8:33 AM - Jun 5, 2020

Philadelphia has some modified guidance to what the "yellow" phase means for this area -

Link to tweet

TEXT

Jim #StayHomePHL Kenney
✔
@PhillyMayor

Philadelphia enters the yellow phase today.

We must continue to keep ourselves and others safe. That means:
✅Wear masks
✅Wash hands
✅Stay at least 6 feet from others
✅Stay home whenever possible

Learn more about this new phase of reopening: https://www.phila.gov/2020-05-29-what-the-yellow-phase-means-for-philadelphia/ …
the philadelphia skyline from the south street bridge in the morning
What the yellow phase means for Philadelphia | Department of Public Health

Here is guidance and restrictions for Philadelphians as the city begins to reopen.
phila.gov

8:01 AM - Jun 5, 2020

Specific guidance for Philadelphia is available here - https://www.phila.gov/2020-05-29-what-the-yellow-phase-means-for-philadelphia/

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433. PA positives increase by 443 to 74,385 as of 6/5/20

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative** Recovered***​

74,385 | 5,886 | 424,201 | ​70%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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434. Philly positives increase by 126 to 23,407 as of 6/5/20

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

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435. PA positives increase by 701 to 75,086 as of 6/6/20 (a bit of a spike)

Total Cases* ​Deaths ​Negative** Recovered***​

75,086 | 5,931 | 435,122 | ​70%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

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436. Philly positives increase by 122 to 23,529 as of 6/6/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
23,529
Deaths
1,413

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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437. PA cases increase by 506 to 75,592 as of 6/7/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

​Total Cases*
75,592

Negatives**
444,173

​Recovered***
71%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

[PCIntern]

438. This is a classically terrific thread....

Keep it going as long as it applies.

It’s a serious version of the old “The thread that will never die”

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439. LOL

Somehow, somewhere, there is a little "covid spike" going on in PA and it ain't coming from Philly.

Hope all is well with you - and am finally celebrating the end of the Rizzo over-lording era almost 30 years after his exit from the world (well accept for his spawn -Jr. )!

ETA -

[DeminPennswoods]

440. Out this way, Erie county may be experiencing a spike,

but DoH and other health officials are watching it. Lots of people have campers parked there year round and this is the time when the owners are opening them up. Presque Isle state park is also a popular vacation spot. Erie is the only county not going to "green" this coming Friday.

As for the rest of us, there's no spikes going on. In my county, the big outbreak at Brighton Wellness and Rehab seems to be under control although that could be just because pretty much everyone there is already infected or recovered or deceased. Went out to eat this week in Ohio where bars and restaurants are open with no problems. Dining establishments outside of Beaver county seemed busy this first week of "green". Businesses are getting back to some semblance of normalcy.

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441. "'We can't let our guard down': 11 new Pa. COVID-19 cases traced to Jersey shore gatherings"

'We can't let our guard down': 11 new Pa. COVID-19 cases traced to Jersey shore gatherings

By Annie McCormick
Sunday, June 7, 2020 11:28PM


PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Officials in Bucks County, Pennsylvania say 11 new COVID-19 cases have been traced to recent beach house gatherings at the Jersey shore. Of the 33 new cases reported Saturday, 11 have been traced to contact with a New Jersey resident who attended multiple house gatherings at the Shore during the past two weeks, officials said.

One Bucks County case reported Saturday has also been traced to that individual, said Dr. David Damsker, director of the Bucks County Health Department. "This is exactly why we can't let our guard down now, even if it feels safe' to be at the beach," Dr. Damsker said. "One unlucky exposure can lead to a large cascade of cases down the line. We want everyone to enjoy the warmer weather and have fun, but let's keep in mind that COVID is still circulating in the community at baseline levels."

Damsker has not revealed where in South Jersey the gatherings were held. Public health officials continue to warn residents to use caution both visiting the Jersey shore and those protesting as more restrictions are being eased.

Some feel it's still too soon. "I think it's a little rushed. I don't think everybody should be going to the beach and all that because I don't know, like, what we are exposing ourselves to," said Amitrius Parrish of Frankford. Danielle Espinoza said she's still concerned about contracting the virus. "I know everybody is getting together for a good cause. I personally don't feel comfortable engaging with a large crowd of people so I try to support the cause in other ways," said Espinoza.

https://6abc.com/society/11-new-pa-covid-19-cases-traced-to-jersey-shore-gatherings/6236403

Super-spreader.

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442. PA positives increase by 351 to 75,943 as of 6/8/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania
​Total Cases*
75,943

Negatives**
451,387

​Recovered***
71%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(most likely missing data from labs that don't report on weekends)

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443. Philly positives increase by 162 (2 days worth of data) to 23,691 as of 6/8/20

Risk in Philadelphia

High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
23,691
Deaths
1,414

(data included 6/6 - 6/7/20 and would most likely be missing results from labs that don't report on weekends)

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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444. PA positives increase by 493 to 76,436 as of 6/9/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

​Total Cases*
76,436

Negatives**
459,248

​Recovered***
71%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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445. Philly positives increase by 131 to 23,822 as of 6/9/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission

Confirmed cases
23,822

Deaths
1,425

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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446. PA positives increase by 410 to 76,846 as of 6/10/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

​Total Cases*
76,846

Negatives**
467,329

​Recovered***
72%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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447. Philly positives increase by 129 to 23,951 as of 6/10/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
23,951
Deaths
1,433

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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448. PA positives increase by 467 to 77,313 as of 6/11/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania
​Total Cases*
77,313

Negatives**
476,439

​Recovered***
72%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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449. Philly positives increase by 156 to 24,107 as of 6/11/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
24,107
Deaths
1,434

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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450. PA positives spike by 686 to 77,999 as of 6/12/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania
​Total Cases*
77,999

Negatives**
488,385

​Recovered***
73%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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451. Philly positives increase by 121 to 24,228 as of 6/12/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
24,228
Deaths
1,440

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

(so today's 1-day spike for PA doesn't seem to have come from Philly)

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452. Eight counties will move to the green phase of reopening Friday, June 19

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

Eight counties will move to the green phase of reopening Friday, June 19:⁰

🟢 Dauphin⁰
🟢 Franklin⁰
🟢 Huntingdon⁰
🟢 Luzerne⁰
🟢 Monroe ⁰
🟢 Perry
⁰🟢 Pike⁰
🟢 Schuylkill https: //twitter.com/GovernorsOffice/status/1271494971858788353 …
Office of the Governor
✔

@GovernorsOffice

.@GovernorTomWolf today announced that eight more counties will move to the green phase of reopening from the COVID-19 pandemic at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, June 19.https://on.pa.gov/2C1QdGt
389
1:30 PM - Jun 12, 2020

Current counties in Green as of 6/12/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

NEW: These counties will move from the yellow to green phase of reopening June 12 —

🟢 Adams
🟢 Beaver
🟢 Carbon
🟢 Columbia
🟢 Cumberland
🟢 Juniata
🟢 Mifflin
🟢 Northumberland
🟢 Union
🟢 Wayne
🟢 Wyoming
🟢 York
Governor Wolf wears a suit jacket and blue tie and speaks behind a podium.
379
2:13 PM - Jun 5, 2020

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

More Pennsylvania businesses are opening up. People can eat at their favorite restaurants again, and folks can spend the day at a state park or swimming pool.

Kids can once again look forward to heading off to summer camp.
Map of PA counties in yellow and green
545
11:30 AM - Jun 12, 2020

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453. PA positives increase by 463 to 78,462 as of 6/13/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania
​Total Cases*
78,462

Negatives**
496,589

​Recovered***
74%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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454. Philly positives increase by 110 to 24,338 as of 6/13/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
24,338
Deaths
1,472

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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455. PA positives increase by 336 to 78,798 as of 6/14/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania
​Total Cases*
78,798

Negatives**
504,435

​Recovered***
74%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(probably missing data from labs that don't report on weekends)

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456. PA positives increase by 323 to 79,121 as of 6/15/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania
​Total Cases*
79,121

Negatives**
513,909

​Recovered***
74%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(probably missing data from labs that don't report on weekends)

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457. Philly positives increase by 137 to 24,475 as of 6/15/20 (2-day total)

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
24,475
Deaths
1,474

(most likely missing data from labs that don't report on weekends as well as due to any testing sites closed over the weekend)

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458. PA positives increase by 362 to 79,483 as of 6/16/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania
​Total Cases*
79,483

Negatives**
523,609

​Recovered***
75%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

[DeminPennswoods]

459. Life under "Green"

This past Friday, Beaver county was allowed to move into the "green" phase of re-opening. Erie is now the last county in the western and northern/Allegheny mountain area to get that authorization.

So far, so good. Most of the retail stores have removed their mandatory mask requirements as that is now recommended, but optional, for shoppers. Employees still have to wear masks. I'd say it's about 60% or so of shoppers still are using masks although I see few on those outside.

Got my hair cut yesterday. It was a bit awkward as the mask can get in the way of cutting or trimming, but nice not to be shaggy. It will be interesting to see how many independent beauticians decide the restrictions are not worth the hassle and close.

It looks like people are returning to the restaurants and bars. I dined out in Ohio a couple weeks ago and the experience was pretty normal except no condiments on the table and higher dividers between booths.

Retail except for the marks on the floor and plexiglass partitions isn't too different at all.

The good news for us is that big outbreak at Brighton Rehab/Wellness seems contained with only 16 residents still recovering from covid19.

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460. Philly positives increase by 116 to 24,591 as of 6/16/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
24,591
Deaths
1,495

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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461. PA positives increase by 335 to 79,818 as of 6/17/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania
​Total Cases*
79,818

Negatives**
533,013

​Recovered***
75%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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462. Philly positives increase by 64 to 24,655 as of 6/17/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
24,655
Deaths
1,503

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

(I expect this is due to a number of testing sites having been closed the past couple weeks due to the protests)

[DeminPennswoods]

463. 0 new cases reported today, 6/16, in Allegheny County

which includes the City of Pittsburgh. This is the first time that has happened since mid-March - nearly 3 months ago.

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464. PA positives increase by 418 to 80,236 as of 6/18/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania
​Total Cases*
80,236

Negatives**
543,832

​Recovered***
76%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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465. Philly positives increase by 68 to 24,723 as of 6/18/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
24,723
Deaths
1,513

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

Here in the city, we're now down to what we were seeing in late March when the main spike started. Hopefully these lower numbers will hold (obviously with some variations) or go even lower over the next couple weeks (to factor in what might have happened with the protests) because it helps to establish that masking-up and social distancing whenever possible, does help a whole lot!

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466. Reopening Phase Orders Updated to Include 8 Additional Counties Moving to Green on June 19

Link to tweet

TEXT

Office of the Governor
✔
@GovernorsOffice

.@GovernorTomWolf and @SecretaryLevine today signed amended green phase orders for the 8 counties moving to green at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow, June 19. https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/reopening-phase-orders-updated-to-include- …
Reopening Phase Orders Updated to Include 10 Additional Counties Moving to Yellow and 16 to Green...

Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine today signed amended yellow phase orders to include 10 counties moving to the yellow phase at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow, June 5. The counties...
governor.pa.gov
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10:35 PM - Jun 18, 2020

Reopening Phase Orders Updated to Include 8 Additional Counties Moving to Green on June 19

June 18, 2020
Press Release, Public Health

Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine today signed amended green phase orders for the 8 counties moving to green at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow, June 19. The counties include Dauphin, Franklin, Huntingdon, Luzerne, Monroe, Perry, Pike and Schuylkill.

With these orders effective at 12:01 a.m., tomorrow there will be 54 counties in green and 13 counties in yellow.

Gov. Wolf’s Process to Reopen Pennsylvania includes details of each phase of reopening.

Yellow Phase
As regions or counties move into the yellow phase, some restrictions on work and social interaction will ease while others, such as closures of schools, gyms, and other indoor recreation centers, hair and nail salons, as well as limitations around large gatherings, remain in place.

The purpose of this phase is to begin to power back up the economy while keeping a close eye on the public health data to ensure the spread of disease remains contained to the greatest extent possible.

Work and Congregate Setting Restrictions

Telework Must Continue Where Feasible

Businesses with In-Person Operations Must

Follow Business and Building Safety Orders

Child Care May Open Complying with Guidance

Congregate Care and Prison Restrictions in Place

Schools may provide in-person instruction only in accordance with Department of Education guidance

Social Restrictions

Stay at Home Order Lifted for Aggressive Mitigation

Large Gatherings of More Than 25 Prohibited

Masks Are Required When Entering a Business

In-Person Retail Allowable, Curbside and Delivery Preferable

Indoor Recreation, Health and Wellness Facilities and Personal Care Services (such as gyms, spas, hair salons, nail salons and other entities that provide massage therapy), and all Entertainment (such as casinos, theaters) Remain Closed

Restaurants and Bars May Open Outdoor Dining, in Addition to Carry-Out and Delivery (effective 6/5/2020)

Green Phase
After a county transitions to the yellow phase, we closely monitor for increased risk, such as significant outbreaks. If overall risk remains mitigated for 14 days, we transition the county to the green phase.

The green phase eases most restrictions by lifting the stay-at-home and business closure orders to allow the economy to strategically reopen while continuing to prioritize public health.

While this phase facilitates a return to a “new normal,” it is equally important to continue to monitor public health indicators and adjust orders and restrictions as necessary to ensure the spread of disease remains at a minimum.

Work and Congregate Settings Restrictions

Continued Telework Strongly Encouraged

Businesses with In-Person Operations Must Follow Updated Business and Building Safety Requirements

All Businesses Operating at 50% Occupancy in the Yellow Phase May Increase to 75% Occupancy

Child Care May Open Complying with Guidance

Congregate Care Restrictions in Place

Prison and Hospital Restrictions Determined by Individual Facilities

Schools Subject to CDC and Commonwealth Guidance

Social Restrictions

Large Gatherings of More Than 250 Prohibited

Masks Are Required When Entering a Business

Restaurants and Bars Open at 50% Occupancy

Personal Care Services (including hair salons and barbershops) Open at 50% Occupancy and by Appointment Only

Indoor Recreation, Health and Wellness Facilities, and Personal Care Services (such as gyms and spas) Open at 50% Occupancy with Appointments Strongly Encouraged

All Entertainment (such as casinos, theaters, and shopping malls) Open at 50% Occupancy

Construction Activity May Return to Full Capacity with Continued Implementation of Protocols

The latest business guidance, including outdoor recreation guidance, can be found here.

Preliminary sports guidance can be found here.

Summer camp guidance can be found here.

The Governor’s amended green phase order can be found here.

The Secretary of Health’s amended green phase order can be found here.

https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/reopening-phase-orders-updated-to-include-8-additional-counties-moving-to-green-on-june-19/

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467. PA positives increase by 526 to 80,762 as of 6/19/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania
​Total Cases*
80,762

Negatives**
556,456

​Recovered***
77%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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468. Philly positives increase by 118 to 24,841 as of 6/19/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
24,841
Deaths
1,522

[DeminPennswoods]

469. All counties except Lebanon

to go "green" on June 26. Philadelphia has elected to retain some extra precautions through July 3rd, probably to discourage people from visiting during the 4th of July holiday.

[BumRushDaShow]

471. Jinx

[DeminPennswoods]

472. LOL!

Lebanon county got punished for defying Wolf and re-opening early.

[BumRushDaShow]

473. I think they were also looking at this--

Screencap from here (scroll about 2/3rd of the way down) - https://lebtown.com/2020/06/19/lebanon-county-daily-covid-19-tracker-44/

That dark red line is Lebanon County going up up up.

[DeminPennswoods]

474. No doubt, Wolf/DoH are using some pretty

advanced metrics developed by CMU, too.

I guess Lebanon county falls into the "actions have consequences" category. Wolf didn't try to stop what they decided to do, but now is applying the "consequences" part to them.

[BumRushDaShow]

475. I think it is fair to say

with 20+ states that opened early initially with little or no early community spread, that are now seeing major spikes (and not just due to "more testing" but reflected in their hospitalization rates), then the guidance that states like PA and others provided at the outset (and attempted to enforce), have borne fruit with PA's R0 (Rate of infection) now down well below the "1 person infects 1 person" threshold (1/1 and higher starts the exponential rise) - https://rt.live/

And if something as simple as wearing a mask, notably in more crowded situations, helps reduce community spread significantly in this virus' case, then why try to politicize it just to be "opposite" based on some party affiliation?

We are looking at 5 Phillies players (and 3 staff) having now tested positive since they have been down in Clearwater at their practice facility. Much of what that sport does is "outdoors". Other sports that have resumed practices down in Florida have had similar start happening.

So as Fauci and others have said - there are some areas of the country that have yet to experience their "first wave".

[DeminPennswoods]

476. I am not a fan of mask-wearing because it makes

it harder for me to take a normal breath and I don't wear one outside, but I have concluded that indoors, it is just respectful of other people to pull up my bandana.

[BumRushDaShow]

477. And that is definitely a valid reason

that applies to quite a few people, particularly those with low blood O2 levels and/or other medical reasons.

What I think is bad are those who shun any type of measure to reduce the spread of an infection out of spite and to make a political point.

[DeminPennswoods]

481. Not at Giant Eagle though

They demand everyone, regardless of medical condition and in contravention of Gov Wolf's direction to allow those with conditions that preclude masks, wear one.

To clarify, I don't have a medical condition, just never have primarily breathed through my nose like everyone else.

[BumRushDaShow]

470. Next set of green counties to include SE PA on 6/26/20, with Philly as "modified" green until 7/3/20

After June 26, 2020 only one county left in the state - Lebanon County - which chose to re-open early and is now seeing a spike of positives, will not move to green.

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

Eight more counties moved into the green phase of COVID-19 reopening today: Dauphin, Franklin, Huntingdon, Luzerne, Monroe, Perry, Pike, and Schuylkill.
View image on Twitter
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1:19 PM - Jun 19, 2020

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf
· 4h
Replying to @GovernorTomWolf

On June 26, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Erie, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia and Susquehanna counties will move to the green phase. https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/gov-wolf-12-more-counties-to-go-green-on-june-26/ …
Gov. Wolf: 12 More Counties to Go Green on June 26

Governor Wolf today announced that 12 more counties will move to the green phase of reopening from the COVID-19 pandemic at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, June 26.
governor.pa.gov

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

Philadelphia County met the criteria and will move to the state’s green phase on June 26; however, local officials will maintain some additional restrictions until July 3.

1:19 PM - Jun 19, 2020

Gov. Wolf: 12 More Counties to Go Green on June 26

June 19, 2020
Press Release, Public Health

Governor Tom Wolf today announced that 12 more counties will move to the green phase of reopening from the COVID-19 pandemic at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, June 26. These counties include Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Erie, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia and Susquehanna.

Philadelphia County met the criteria and will move to the state’s green phase on June 26; however, local officials will maintain some additional restrictions until July 3. The Wolf Administration has supported specific county requests for more restrictions throughout the phased reopening process.

“When these 12 counties move on June 26, we will have nearly every county in green,” Gov. Wolf said. “It’s a testament to the many residents and businesses that have sacrificed over the past three months to stay home and adhere to the guidance the state has provided to protect lives and livelihoods. As we begin to reopen, I urge everyone to stay alert and continue to follow social distancing to maintain the momentum of mitigation we have in place.”

The only county not slated to move to green on June 26 is Lebanon County. Against the advice of public health experts and against orders from Gov. Wolf and Sec. of Health Dr. Rachel Levine aimed at keeping Pennsylvanians healthy, Lebanon County commissioners voted 2 to 1 along party lines to prematurely reopen in late May. Now, the county is facing an uptick in cases, and is unable to move to green.

“Lebanon County’s partisan, politically driven decision to ignore public health experts and reopen prematurely is having severe consequences for the health and safety of county residents,” Dr. Levine said. “Case counts have escalated and the county is not yet ready to be reopened. Lebanon County has hindered its progress by reopening too early. Because of this irresponsible decision, Lebanon County residents are at greater risk of contracting COVID-19.”

The data dashboard of county cases and criteria for reopening consideration can be found here.

Gov. Wolf’s Process to Reopen Pennsylvania outlines remaining restrictions for counties in yellow or green. Effective today, there are 54 counties in green and 13 in yellow.

As counties reopen, Pennsylvania continues to see a steady decline in cases, a positive indicator that its phased, measured reopening plan is working to balance public health with economic recovery.

The CDC’s analysis of propriety state case data puts Pennsylvania among only three states with a 42-day steady decline in cases. The other two states are Hawaii and Montana.

According to analysis by the New York Times, new COVID-19 cases are declining in less than half of all U.S. states and territories.

“By participating in small actions recommended by the CDC and the Pennsylvania Department of Health, we can continue to break transmission links even while we resume our daily activities,” Gov. Wolf said. “Things like washing hands, bringing our own water to sports practice and, of course, wearing masks.”

According to peer-reviewed studies in the New England Journal of Medicine and a recent study from Cambridge and Greenwich universities, mask-wearing prevents people from unknowingly giving COVID-19 to others and can be critical as we prepare for a possible resurgence of the virus in the fall.

Yellow Phase

As of June 19, these 13 counties are in the yellow phase: Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Erie, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, and Susquehanna.

Some restrictions on work and social interaction are eased in the yellow phase while others, such as closures of schools, gyms, and other indoor recreation centers, hair and nail salons, as well as limitations around large gatherings, remain in place.

The purpose of this phase is to begin to power back up the economy while keeping a close eye on the public health data to ensure the spread of disease remains contained to the greatest extent possible.

Work and Congregate Setting Restrictions

Telework Must Continue Where Feasible

Businesses with In-Person Operations Must Follow Business and Building Safety Orders

Child Care May Open Complying with Guidance

Congregate Care and Prison Restrictions in Place

Schools may provide in-person instruction only in accordance with Department of Education guidance

Social Restrictions

Stay-at-Home Order Lifted for Aggressive Mitigation

Large Gatherings of More than 25 Prohibited

Masks are Required When Entering a Business

In-Person Retail Allowable, Curbside and Delivery Preferable

Indoor Recreation, Health and Wellness Facilities and Personal Care Services (such as gyms, spas, hair salons, nail salons and other entities that provide massage therapy), and all Entertainment (such as casinos, theaters) Remain Closed

Restaurants and Bars May Open Outdoor Dining, in Addition to Carry-Out and Delivery

Green Phase

As of June 19, these 54 counties are in the green phase: Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Bradford, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Crawford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Elk, Fayette, Forest, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Juniata, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lycoming, Luzerne, McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Somerset, Sullivan, Tioga, Union, Venango, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westmoreland, Wyoming, and York.

After a county transitions to the yellow phase, it is closely monitored for increased risk, such as significant outbreaks. If overall risk remains mitigated for 14 days, the county will transition to the green phase.

The green phase eases most restrictions by lifting the stay-at-home and business closure orders to allow the economy to strategically reopen while continuing to prioritize public health. Some restrictions, such as mask-wearing, do remain in place.

It is important to continue to monitor public health indicators and adjust orders and restrictions as necessary to ensure the spread of disease remains at a minimum.

Work and Congregate Settings Restrictions

Continued Telework Strongly Encouraged

Businesses with In-Person Operations Must Follow Updated Business and Building Safety Requirements

All Businesses Operating at 50% Occupancy in the Yellow Phase May Increase to 75% Occupancy

Child Care May Open Complying with Guidance

Congregate Care Restrictions in Place

Prison and Hospital Restrictions Determined by Individual Facilities

Schools Subject to CDC and Commonwealth Guidance

Social Restrictions

Large Gatherings of More Than 250 Prohibited

Masks are Required When Entering a Business

Restaurants and Bars Open at 50% Occupancy

Personal Care Services (including hair salons and barbershops) Open at 50% Occupancy and by Appointment Only

Indoor Recreation, Health and Wellness Facilities, and Personal Care Services (such as gyms and spas) Open at 50% Occupancy with Appointments Strongly Encouraged

All Entertainment (such as casinos, theaters, and shopping malls) Open at 50% Occupancy

Construction Activity May Return to Full Capacity with Continued Implementation of Protocols

The state continues to use risk-based metrics from Carnegie Mellon University and the Department of Health and Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency data dashboard available here.

The state continues to increase testing and ramp up contact-tracing efforts. As of June 18, there are a total of 518 contact tracers, and a total of 4,161 contacts being monitored.

The Department of Health received a total of 89,350 test results in the past seven days, an average of 12,764 a day. The 30-day average of test results received is more than 13,934.

There were 2,763 total cases added to investigations for the week of June 12 through 18.

The latest business guidance, including outdoor recreation guidance, can be found here.

Preliminary sports guidance can be found here.

https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/gov-wolf-12-more-counties-to-go-green-on-june-26/

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478. Finally updated - PA positives increase by 504 to 81,266 as of 6/19/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania
​Total Cases*
81,266

Negatives**
556,461

​Recovered***
77%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

[essme]

479. Is this really "latest breaking news"? Let it go, the 1st post was Mach 13th......nt

[BumRushDaShow]

480. It's updating/tracking and has been off the front page for months.

You can trash it if you want (just click the little "x" at the end of the OP title).

[DeminPennswoods]

482. It's a good place for several of us to keep updated

on what is going on in our state. Hopefully, other DU'ers are interested in following developments and knowing that not every state is FL or TX or AZ.

[DeminPennswoods]

483. Intesting observation about the hit and miss nature

of SARS2.

This is a sidebar to the main story, short so quoted in entirety. https://triblive.com/local/regional/pennsylvania-hopes-to-avoid-coronavirus-surge-seen-in-other-states/

No ‘second wave' — yet
Some have described the spike in coronavirus cases seen in some states as a "second wave," but that's not an accurate way to look at it, said Vaughn Cooper, director of the Center for Evolutionary Biology and Medicine at University of Pittsburgh.
The term "second wave" implies the rate of infection dropped significantly, then came surging back. In reality, the United States hasn't seen a major drop in cases.
"I think that the wave terminology doesn't apply as well as we'd think, because, at least nationally, it's just been kind of a long shoulder. It's not like we're truly entering the low point of a wave right now. … I'm not sure if the metaphor is helpful."
His comments echo those of Dr. Anthony Fauci, who told The Wall Street Journal that the United States can't be in its second wave, because it never left its first.
Cooper said some regions are seeing coronavirus spikes while others are seeing declines, but that is to be expected.
"The epidemic is hyper-local," he said. "It's been called a patchwork pandemic, and that's maybe not so surprising, because that's how infectious diseases work."
— Jacob Tierney

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484. I think most epidemiologists

consider the latest "spikes" as still part of the "first wave". The unique thing here being that the only thing "seasonal" about it is not summer temperature-related (because Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas are spiking despite undergoing high or extreme heat), but the fact that other areas of the country have had people either still "sheltered" or "outside" vs being "inside" places that could be considered a "congregate setting", but when outside or with others in retail shops, they are also doing more "social-distancing" and other protective things to avoid close-contact.

The U.S. is a large land area and you can see how the virus has been moving inward from the coasts and border states (north/south) from the 13 cities designated for tens of thousands of Europe-returning travelers (and some Asia-returning travelers shunted through WA & CA) who came home at the start of this -



As of 6/16/20 -

Link to tweet

CDC should put another color on there for states with 100,000 or more (at least 6 states are like that with NY over 400,000).

In comparison, what it was as of 4/22/20 -

Link to tweet

[DeminPennswoods]

487. If you look at PA's cases by zip code, there are still

zip codes with very few to no cases. That is true for MontCo, Phila, Beaver as well as the rural counties. That's why I agree SARS2 is a lot more hit and miss than most people believe.

[BumRushDaShow]

488. Remember that Philly and its rim counties were in a complete lockdown

and most complied. The zip code issue often reflects either certain demographics that actually had access to the tests early on (through private physicians) and/or are where many first responders live or those who were considered "essential", like public transit workers, cleaning staff, grocery workers, etc. And of course housing density.

Philly has its zipcode data in a "maps" tab here - https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing-and-data/

It's a foregone conclusion that rural areas have the least chance of contracting it just due to how it spreads - with "close contact" with an infected person. But that doesn't mean it can't or won't happen. It won't happen as fast as the dense areas but inevitably it probably will happen until there is a successful vaccine available.

Some of the rural areas over here that have farms and produce processing plants (like the mushroom farms/plants in rrual Chester County), have now been spiking due to the workers contracting it and spreading it among themselves and families, due to how they were being housed and lack of facility spacing/cleaning.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/05/towns-rural-coronavirus-local-news/612109/

https://www.inquirer.com/news/kennett-square-mushroom-workers-latinos-coronavirus-20200614.html

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485. PA positives increase by 920 (2-day total) to 82,186 as of 6/22/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania
​Total Cases*
82,186

Negatives**
585,662

​Recovered***
78%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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486. Philly positives increase by 275 (2-day total) to 25,116 as of 6/22/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
25,116
Deaths
1,526

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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489. PA positives increase by 510 to 82,696 as of 6/23/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania
​Total Cases*
82,696

Negatives**
596,407

​Recovered***
78%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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490. Philly positives increase by 219 (includes 100 re-homed) to 25,335 as of 6/23/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
25,335*
Deaths
1,563

*Per today's presser - the actual 1-day total was 119 since yesterday (6/22/20) and the additional 100 were reconciled from the state's website (results that had been sent directly to the state and were found to be Philadelphia residents - from various dates in the past)

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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491. PA positives increase by 495 to 83,191 as of 6/24/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.
​Total Cases*
83,191

Negatives**
608,217

​Recovered***
77%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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492. Philly positives increase by 108 to 25,443 as of 6/24/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
25,443
Deaths
1,570

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493. PA positives increase by 579 to 83,770 as of 6/25/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
83,770

Negatives**
621,031

​Recovered***
78%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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494. Philly positives increase by 107 to 25,550 as of 6/25/20

(the summary site didn't update but see below excerpt from the daily press release)

City Provides Update on COVID-19 for Thursday, June 25, 2020
For immediate release: June 25, 2020Published by: COVID-19 Recovery Office, Board of Health, Managing Director’s Office, Department of Public Health, Office of the Mayor, Office of Emergency Management Contact: Mayor's Office of Communications [e-mail]

PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Department of Public Health today announced 107 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Philadelphia. That brings the number of confirmed cases to 25,550.

The Department of Public Health noted continued progress in congregate settings, including nursing homes and the Department of Prisons. Current and cumulative totals of both symptomatic and asymptomatic positive cases in Philadelphia prisons are now posted on the testing and data page of the City’s COVID-19 website.

The Department of Public Health confirmed nine additional fatalities in Philadelphia. This brings the number of residents who have succumbed to the virus in Philadelphia to 1,579. Of the 1,579 total deaths, 808 (51%) were long-term care facility residents.

/snip

https://www.phila.gov/2020-06-25-city-provides-update-on-covid-19-for-thursday-june-25-2020/

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495. PA positives increase by 600 to 84,370 as of 6/26/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
84,370

Negatives**
634,711

​Recovered***
78%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

[DeminPennswoods]

496. In some good news,

all the cases (over 400), except 2 staffers at Brighton Rehab and Wellness are recovered, or, sadly deceased.

[BumRushDaShow]

497. Today 12 more counties moved from the yellow to green phase of #COVI19 reopening

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
✔
@GovernorTomWolf

Today 12 more counties moved from the yellow to green phase of #COVI19 reopening: Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Erie, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, and Susquehanna.

Lebanon, the final remaining yellow county, will go green on July 3.
Map of Pennsylvania.

1:00 PM - Jun 26, 2020

Philly presser is going now and we might not come out of our "modified green" next week. As of today, Philly has also now mandated masks in all indoor locations (except residential) vs only being recommended and allowing businesses to opt to require them.

[BumRushDaShow]

498. PA cases increase by 621 to 84,991 as of 6/27/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
84,991

Negatives**
646,780

​Recovered***
78%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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499. Philly positives increase by 89 to 25,782 as of 6/27/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
✔
@PHLPublicHealth

June 27, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGov COVID-19 update:

89 new cases
25,782 total cases

0 new deaths
1,579 total deaths

For more information: http://phila.gov/covid-19
View image on Twitter

1:24 PM - Jun 27, 2020

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500. PA positives increase by 505 to 85,496 as of 6/28/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
85,496

Negatives**
657,486

​Recovered***
78%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(most likely missing some data from labs that don't report on weekends)

[BumRushDaShow]

501. Allegheny County bans alcohol sales in bars, restaurants

As new COVID-19 cases rise, Allegheny County bans alcohol sales in bars, restaurants
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette logo
Kris B. Mamula and Dan Gigler
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Jun 28, 2020
6:04 PM

Bars and restaurants in Allegheny County will be prohibited from selling alcohol for drinking on-site beginning Tuesday afternoon by order of the Pennsylvania Department of Health as the number of COVID-19 cases spikes and officials struggle to contain the spread of the highly infectious disease.

For the first time since the outbreak began in Western Pennsylvania in March, Allegheny County led the state Sunday in new cases with 96 — a record for the county — and the number of positive cases in the county in the previous two days was higher than the past two weeks, county Executive Rich Fitzgerald said during an unusual Sunday briefing.

“We have seen some alarming spikes in our numbers in the last week,” he said in what was only the second briefing of its kind since the outbreak of the pandemic triggered by the coronavirus in Western Pennsylvania. “If we don’t get ahead of it now, we’re going to have to shut down many more businesses. It’s a very serious situation.”

Effective immediately, on-premises alcohol consumption at bars and restaurants is banned in Allegheny County and enforcement will begin at 5 p.m Tuesday.

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2020/06/28/covid-19-coronavirus-allegheny-county-western-pennsylvania-cases-deaths-data-pandemic-32/stories/202006280096

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502. PA positives increase by 492 to 85,988 as of 6/29/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
85,988

Negatives**
666,901

​Recovered***
78%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(probably missing data from labs that don't report on weekends)

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503. Philly positives increase by 209 (2-day total) to 25,991 as of 6/29/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission

Confirmed cases
25,991
Deaths
1,579

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

(may be missing data from labs that don't report on weekends)

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504. PA positives increase by 618 to 86,606 as of 6/30/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
86,606

Negatives**
677,581

​Recovered***
78%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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505. Philly positives increase by 142 to 26,133 as of 6/30/20

Last edited Wed Jul 1, 2020, 12:28 PM - Edit history (1)

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
26,133
Deaths
1,584

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

Link to tweet

TEXT

Jim Kenney

@PhillyMayor
·
Jun 30, 2020
Replying to @PhillyMayor
The targets we laid out to get to the green phase will not be met by this Friday. We will adjust our plans to enter a modified, restrictive green phase on July 3.
What the green phase means for Philadelphia | Department of Public Health
Here's what will open, what's still restricted, and how we'll keep everyone safe in the green phase.
phila.gov
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Jim Kenney
@PhillyMayor
What's opening:
✅
Outdoor group rec & sports
✅
Schools
✅
Libraries & museums
✅
Indoor malls
✅
Outdoor performances & small events (up to 50 people)
✅
Casino (no eating, drinking, smoking)

What's not:
❌
Indoor dining
❌
Gyms
❌
Indoor events
❌
Large indoor social gatherings (> 25)
1:36 PM · Jun 30, 2020

Note that during today's city presser, Philly will stay in a "modified green" phase (more restrictive than the state's "green" ) this Friday 7/3/20 due to a lack of continued fall of positive cases. Recent increased cases, based on contact tracing, are being tied to younger people patronizing the bars, parties, and beaches in Delaware and New Jersey (reportedly 34% of the most recent cases are in those under age 30). They also confirmed that so far, all those who are residing in the homeless protest encampment on the Ben Franklin Parkway were tested and all tested negative. Additionally there is no evidence of a spike from the protests (the earliest and largest having occurred weeks ago, now beyond the incubation period, and where any symptomatic people at those events would have been reflected during the mid-June period).

(ETA date fix)

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506. PA cases increase by 636 to 87,252 as of 7/1/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
87,242

Negatives**
689,562

​Recovered***
78%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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507. Philly positives increase by 124 to 26,257 as of 7/1/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
26,257
Deaths
1,609

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508. Just in - "In Pennsylvania, masks must now be worn whenever anyone leaves home."

Just heard this on my local news radio station.

Link to tweet

TEXT

Governor Tom Wolf
@GovernorTomWolf
#COVID19 UPDATE: In Pennsylvania, masks must now be worn whenever anyone leaves home.

This is essential to stopping the recent increase in #COVID19 cases in Pennsylvania.

More about this requirement: http://on.pa.gov/2VFj7Dk
Now in effect: Masks are mandatory in all public spaces
3:09 PM · Jul 1, 2020

PRESS RELEASE

Gov. Wolf: Sec. of Health Signs Expanded Mask-Wearing Order

July 01, 2020
Press Release, Public Health

Masks Are Mandatory in All Public Spaces

Expanding on the business safety order signed by Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine in April that requires the wearing of masks in businesses, Governor Tom Wolf today announced a new order signed by Dr. Levine that takes the mask-wearing directive one step further.

With this order, signed under Dr. Levine’s authority under the Disease Prevention and Control Act, masks must be worn whenever anyone leaves home. The order takes effect immediately.

“This mask-wearing order is essential to stopping the recent increase in COVID-19 cases we have seen in Pennsylvania,” Gov. Wolf said. “Those hot spots can be traced to situations where Pennsylvanians were not wearing masks or practicing social distancing – two practices that must be adhered to if we want to maintain the freedoms we have in place under our reopening.”

The order outlines the situations when a mask must be worn and includes limited exceptions to the face-covering requirement.

Each of the state’s mitigation efforts has helped to slow the spread of COVID-19, kept our health care systems from being overwhelmed, and allowed for Gov. Wolf’s measured, phased reopening to proceed. But, with nearly every county is the green phase of reopening, complacency cannot be the norm.

“It is essential that Pennsylvanians wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19,” Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said. “While cases increase in some areas, we cannot become complacent. My mask protects you, and your mask protects me. Wearing a mask shows that you care about others, and that you are committed to protecting the lives of those around you.”

More and more health experts have called for mask wearing, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who said during a June 30 Senate hearing on COVID-19, “Americans who don’t wear masks may ‘propagate the further spread of infection.’”

The mask-wearing order will be sent to state and local officials, law enforcement and others tasked with education about the order for those not in compliance.

https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/gov-wolf-sec-of-health-signs-expanded-mask-wearing-order/

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509. PA positives increase by 832 to 88,074 as of 7/2/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
88,074

Negatives**
702,199

​Recovered***
78%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

Looks like we are spiking.

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510. Philly positives increase by 143 to 26,400 as of 7/2/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
26,400
Deaths
1,614

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

(positives include some added from reconciled past data)

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511. PA positives increase by 667 to 88,741 as of 7/3/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
88,741

Negatives**
715,403

​Recovered***
78%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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512. Philly positives increase by 136 to 26,536 as of 7/3/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission

Confirmed cases
26,536
Deaths
1,616

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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513. PA positives increase by 634 to 89,375 as of 7/4/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
89,375

Negatives**
725,448

​Recovered***
78%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

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514. PA positives increase by 479 to 89,854 as of 7/5/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
89,854

Negatives**
734,846

​Recovered***
78%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(probably missing data from labs that don't report on weekends/holidays)

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515. PA positives increase by 450 to 90,304 as of 7/6/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
90,304

Negatives**
743,020

​Recovered***
78%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(most likely missing data from labs that don't report results on weekends)

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516. Philly positives increase by 274 (3-day total) to 26,810 as of 7/6/20

Last edited Tue Jul 7, 2020, 01:42 PM - Edit history (1)

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
26,810
Deaths
1,617

Link to tweet

TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
July 6, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGov COVID-19 update:

274 new cases
26,810 total cases

1 new death
1,617 total deaths

For more information: http://phila.gov/covid-19

1:13 PM · Jul 6, 2020

(most likely also missing data from labs that don't report results on weekends)


ETA 7/7/20 - city indicated that the 7/6/20 result was "3 days worth of data" -

Link to tweet

TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
·
Jul 6, 2020
July 6, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGov COVID-19 update:

274 new cases
26,810 total cases

1 new death
1,617 total deaths

For more information: http://phila.gov/covid-19
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Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
*Today's numbers reflect three days of data.
1:15 PM · Jul 6, 2020

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517. PA positives increase by 995 to 91,299 as of 7/7/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
91,299

Negatives**
758,803

​Recovered***
77%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(might be including some backlogged holiday weekend results but not looking good)

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518. Philly positives increase by 91 to 26,901 as of 7/7/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
26,901
Deaths
1,617

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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519. PA positives increase by 849 to 92,148 as of 7/8/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
92,148

Negatives**
774,378

​Recovered***
77%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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520. Philly positives increase by 168 (includes reconciled past data) to 27,069 as of 7/8/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
July 8, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGov COVID-19 update:

168 new cases
27,069 total cases

8 new deaths
1,625 total deaths

For more information: http://phila.gov/covid-19
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1:04 PM · Jul 8, 2020

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521. PA positives increase by 719 to 92,867 as of 7/9/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
92,867

Negatives**
787,156

​Recovered***
77%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

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522. Philly positives increase by 159 to 27,228 as of 7/9/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission

Confirmed cases
27,228
Deaths
1,627

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523. PA positives increase by 1,009 to 93,876 as of 7/10/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
93,876

Negatives**
804,764

​Recovered***
77%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(not good)

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524. Philly positives increase by 113 to 27,341 as of 7/10/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
27,341
Deaths
1,629

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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525. PA positives increase by 813 to 94,689 as of 7/11/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
94,689

Negatives**
817,634

​Recovered***
77%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

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526. PA positives increase by 577 to 95,266 as of 7/12/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
95,266

Negatives**
829,018

​Recovered***
77%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(most likely missing results from labs that don't report on weekends)

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527. PA positives increase by 476 to 95,742 as of 7/13/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
95,742

Negatives**
835,732

​Recovered***
77%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(probably missing data from labs that don't report on weekends)

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528. Philly positives increase by 234 (3-day total) to 27,575 as of 7/13/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
27,575
Deaths
1,631

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

(may be missing data from labs that don't report on weekends)

Link to tweet

TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
·
Jul 13, 2020
July 13, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGov COVID-19 update:

234 new cases
27,575 total cases

2 new deaths
1,631 total deaths

For more information: http://phila.gov/covid-19
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Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
*Today's numbers reflect cases and deaths since Friday.
1:05 PM · Jul 13, 2020

[BadGimp]

529. This post does not strike me as LBN anymore

It's clearly valuable but imo it should be moved.

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530. PA positives increase by 929 to 96,671 as of 7/14/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
96,671

Negatives**
850,612

​Recovered***
76%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(might be including data that had not been reported from the weekend)

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531. Philly positives increase by 148 to 27,723 as of 7/14/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
27,723
Deaths
1,637

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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532. PA positives increase by 994 to 97,665 as of 7/15/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
97,665

Negatives**
870,984

​Recovered***
76%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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533. Philly positives increase by 144 to 27,867 as of 7/15/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
27,867
Deaths
1,646

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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534. Gov. Wolf implements "targeted" new restrictions

Link to tweet

TEXT

@GovernorTomWolf
Today I’m announcing new statewide #COVID19 restrictions, effective 7/16:

🔹
All indoor dining: Reduced to 25% capacity
🔹
Bars: Open for sit-down meals at tables only, bar service prohibited
🔹
Telework: Mandated (if possible)
🔹
Gatherings: < 25 people indoor, < 250 outdoor
3:41 PM · Jul 15, 2020

(much of this had already been a restriction here in Philly under our "modified green" status)

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535. PA positives increase by 781 to 98,446 as of 7/16/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
98,446

Negatives**
885,195

​Recovered***
76%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

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536. Philly positives increase by 157 to 28,024 as of 7/16/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
28,024
Deaths
1,664

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

(Per Dr. Farley during today's presser, the numbers are including delayed data from the large commercial labs)

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537. PA positives increase by 1,032 to 99,478 as of 7/17/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
99,478

Negatives**
899,912

​Recovered***
76%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(definitely spiking again, although some of the results from the big labs are delayed a week or more)

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538. Philly positives increase by 135 to 28,159 as of 7/17/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
28,159
Deaths
1,665

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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539. PA positives increase by 763 and takes us over the 100K mark, to 100,241 as of 7/18/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
100,241

Negatives**
912,486

​Recovered***
76%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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540. PA positives increase by 786 to 101,027 as of 7/19/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
101,027

Negatives**
926,352

​Recovered***
76%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(most likely missing data from labs that don't report on weekends)

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541. PA positives increase by 711 to 101,738 as of 7/20/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
101,738

Negatives**
938,175

​Recovered***
75%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(most likely missing data from labs that don't report on weekends plus backlogs from the large labs)

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542. Philly positives increase by 433 to 28,592 (3 day total) as of 7/20/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission

Confirmed cases
28,592
Deaths
1,665

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

(probably missing data from labs not reporting on weekends)

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543. PA positives increase by 1,027 to 102,765 as of 7/21/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
102,765

Negatives**
952,998

​Recovered***
75%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

(most likely includes reconciled weekend and other past data)

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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544. Philly positives increase by 150 to 28,742 as of 7/21/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
28,742
Deaths
1,666

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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545. PA positives increase by 631 to 103,396 as of 7/22/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
103,396

Negatives**
968,081

​Recovered***
75%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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546. Philly positives increase by 132 to 28,874 as of 7/22/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission

Confirmed cases
28,874
Deaths
1,673

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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547. PA cases increase by 962 to 104,358 as of 7/23/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
104,358

Negatives**
981,259

​Recovered***
75%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(includes 2-day lagged data from Philly)

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548. Philly cases increase by 228 to 29,102 as of 7/23/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission

Confirmed cases
29,102
Deaths
1,675

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

(includes backlogged data)

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549. PA positives increase by 1,213 to 105,571 as of 7/24/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.
​Total Cases*
105,571

Negatives**
999,377

​Recovered***
75%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(definitely going in the WRONG direction )

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550. Philly positives increase by 201 to 29,303 as of 7/24/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
29,303
Deaths
1,676

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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551. PA positives increase by 1,054 to 106,625 as of 7/25/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.
​Total Cases*
106,625

Negatives**
1,016,705

​Recovered***
75%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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552. PA positives increase by 800 to 107,425 as of 7/26/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
107,425

Negatives**
1,028,776

​Recovered***
75%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(most likely missing results from labs that don't report on weekends plus any backlogged data)

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553. PA positives increase by 839 to 108,264 as of 7/27/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
108,264

Negatives**
1,042,424

​Recovered***
75%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(most likely missing data from labs that don't report on weekends)

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554. Philly positives increase by 500 to 29,803 (3 day total) as of 7/27/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
29,803
Deaths
1,678

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

(probably missing some data from labs that don't report on weekends)

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555. PA positives increase by 1,120 to 109,384 as of 7/28/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
109,384

Negatives**
1,059,776

​Recovered***
75%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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556. Philly positives increase by 142 to 29,945 as of 7/28/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
29,945
Deaths
1,678

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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557. PA positives increase by 834 to 110,218 as of 7/29/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
110,218

Negatives**
1,073,863

​Recovered***
75%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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558. Philly positives increase by 132 to 30,077 as of 7/29/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
30,077
Deaths
1,680

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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559. PA positives increase by 860 to 111,078 as of 7/30/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
111,078

Negatives**
1,088,859

​Recovered***
75%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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560. Philly positives increase by 136 to 30,213 as of 7/30/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
30,213
Deaths
1,691

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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561. PA positives increase by 970 to 112,048 as of 7/31/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
112,048

Negatives**
1,104,824

​Recovered***
75%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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562. Philly positives increase by 141 to 30,354 as of 7/31/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
30,354
Deaths
1,690

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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563. PA positives increase by 888 to 112,936 as of 8/1/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
112,936

Negatives**
1,119,386

​Recovered***
76%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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564. PA positives increase by 654 to 113,590 as of 8/2/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
113,590

Negatives**
1,130,979

​Recovered***
76%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(most likely missing data from labs that don't report on weekends)

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565. PA positives increase by 565 to 114,155 as of 8/3/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
114,155

Negatives**
1,142,414

​Recovered***
76%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(probably missing backlogged data)

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566. Philly positives increase by 311 (3-day total) to 30,665 as of 8/3/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
30,665
Deaths
1,692

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

(most likely missing some backlogged lab data)

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567. PA positives increase by 854 to 115,009 as of 8/4/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.
​Total Cases*
115,009

Negatives**
1,156,520

​Recovered***
75%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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568. Philly positives increase by 106 to 30,771 as of 8/4/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
30,771
Deaths
1,695

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

The Philly Health Director (Dr. Farley) noted today during the biweekly presser, that the city's positive rates have started dropping finally - both the 7 day average and more importantly, the positivity rate, which as of today stands at 4.7%, which he says is the lowest since coming down off our peak (previous lowest %s were averaging between 5% - 6%).

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569. PA positives increase by 705 to 115,714 as of 8/5/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
115,714

Negatives**
1,169,011

​Recovered***
76%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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570. Philly positives increase by 106 to 30,877 as of 8/5/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
30,877
Deaths
1,695

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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571. PA positives increase by 807 to 116,521 as of 8/6/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
116,521

Negatives**
1,183,730

​Recovered***
76%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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572. Philly positives increase by 109 to 30,986 as of 8/6/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
30,986
Deaths
1,695

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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573. PA positives increase by 758 to 117,279 as of 8/7/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
117,279

Negatives**
1,199,620

​Recovered***
77%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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574. Philly positives increase by 134 to 31,120 as of 8/7/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
31,120
Deaths
1,698

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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575. PA positives increase by 813 to 118,092 as of 8/8/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
118,092

Negatives**
1,214,965

​Recovered***
77%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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576. PA positives increase by 760 to 118,852 as of 8/9/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
118,852

Negatives**
1,228,358

​Recovered***
77%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

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577. PA positives increase by 601 to 119,453 as of 8/10/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
119,453

Negatives**
1,240,830

​Recovered***
77%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(probably missing some weekend data)

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578. Philly positives increase by 319 (3 days of data) to 31,439 as of 8/7/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
August 10, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGovCOVID-19 update:

319 new cases
31,439 total cases

1 new death
1,699 total deaths

*Today's numbers reflect cases and deaths since Friday

For more information: https://buff.ly/32FF4UU
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1:39 PM · Aug 10, 2020

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579. PA positives increase by 828 to 120,281 as of 8/11/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
120,281

Negatives**
1,255,313

​Recovered***
77%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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580. Philly positives increase by 137 (per Health Dir.) to 31,584 as of 8/11/20

Risk in Philadelphia
High risk of community transmission
Confirmed cases
31,584
Deaths
1,700

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

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581. PA positives increase by 849 to 121,130 as of 8/12/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
121,130

Negatives**
1,271,976

​Recovered***
78%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

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582. Philly positives increase by 141 (per Health Dir.) to 31,725 as of 8/12/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
August 12, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGovCOVID-19 update:

141 new cases
31,725 total cases

9 new deaths
1,709 total deaths

For more information: https://buff.ly/32FF4UU
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1:11 PM · Aug 12, 2020

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583. PA positives increase by 991 to 122,121 as of 8/13/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
122,121

Negatives**
1,288,873

​Recovered***
78%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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584. Philly positives increase by 185 (data dump per Health Dir.) to 31,910 as of 8/13/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
August 13, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGovCOVID-19 update:

185 new cases
31,910 total cases

0 new deaths
1,709 total deaths

For more information: https://buff.ly/32FF4UU
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1:25 PM · Aug 13, 2020

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585. PA positives increase by 829 to 122,950 as of 8/14/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
122,950

Negatives**
1,304,739

​Recovered***
78%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

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586. Philly positives increase by 147 to 32,057 as of 8/14/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
August 14, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGovCOVID-19 update:

147 new cases
32,057 total cases

6 new deaths
1,715 total deaths

For more information: https://buff.ly/32FF4UU

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587. PA positives increase by 850 to 123,800 as of 8/15/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
123,800

Negatives**
1,319,884

​Recovered***
78%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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588. PA positives increase by 660 to 124,460 as of 8/16/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
124,460

Negatives**
1,332,403

​Recovered***
79%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(most likely missing data from labs that don't report on weekends)

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589. Is this the Kudzu thread of LBN?

I'm amazed it's lasted this long.

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590. When we went to green July 1, was gonna end it and then we started spiking again

and stuff got rolled back...

(I know... )

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591. I swear the rate we're going it feels like it'll be years.

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592. PA positives increase by 384 to 124,844 as of 8/17/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
124,844

Negatives**
1,342,475

​Recovered***
79%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(probably missing some weekend data)

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593. Philly positives increase by 291 (3 days of data) to 32,348 as of 8/17/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
August 17, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGovCOVID-19 update:

291 new cases
32,348 total cases

2 new deaths
1,717 total deaths

*Today's numbers reflect cases and data since Friday

For more information: https://buff.ly/32FF4UU
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1:09 PM · Aug 17, 2020

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594. PA positives increase by 735 to 125,579 as of 8/18/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
125,579

Negatives**
1,353,987

​Recovered***
79%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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595. Philly positives increase by 84 to 32,432 as of 8/18/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
August 18, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGovCOVID-19 update:

84 new cases
32,432 total cases

0 new deaths
1,717 total deaths

For more information: https://buff.ly/32FF4UU
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1:13 PM · Aug 18, 2020

(most likely missing delayed weekend test results)

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596. PA positives increase by 570 to 126,149 as of 8/19/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
126,149

Negatives**
1,368,318

​Recovered***
79%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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597. Philly positives increase by 137 to 32,569 as of 8/19/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
August 19, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGovCOVID-19 update:

137 new cases
32,569 total cases

18 new deaths
1,735 total deaths
*Today's larger number of deaths is the result of death certificate matches

For more information: https://buff.ly/32FF4UU
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1:17 PM · Aug 19, 2020

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598. PA positives increase by 791 to 126,940 as of 8/20/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
126,940

Negatives**
1,386,071

​Recovered***
80%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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599. Philly positives increase by 105 to 32,674 as of 8/20/20 and Philly to move closer to full "Green"

Link to tweet

TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
August 20, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGovCOVID-19 update:

105 new cases
32,674 total cases

0 new deaths
1,735 total deaths

For more information: https://buff.ly/32FF4UU
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1:13 PM · Aug 20, 2020

As a note - it was announced today that as of September 8, 2020 (the day after Labor Day), limited indoor dining and theater openings (both movie and other entertainment) would be permitted, but only in accordance with the PA state rules under the state "Green Phase" guidance (Philly has been operating under a stricter "Modified Green" arrangement since the state declared the SE PA area as "Green" back at the beginning of July). Bars (that are not also restaurants) will still remain closed.

In addition, the public school system will be doing all-virtual schools through to at least November (along with most charters and independent schools) and the Archdiocesan schools have planned to do in-person schooling for K-8 and hybrid for high schools. The public schools are putting in place "access centers" (similar to what we used to call "hoteling" when I was still working) to allow children from families with no childcare arrangements, to get access to their school's online programming (where the locations will have full/reliable internet access), thus allowing their parents to go to work as necessary. The cohorts for the facilities will be limited to no more than 25 children (initial setup at 31 locations will handle up to 800 children) and there are phased plans being worked out to increase the number of locations (and expand existing locations where possible) to handle additional students as necessary. These locations will NOT be "childcare" facilities nor will the staff be teachers. There will be a mix of city employees (including rec center staff and/or librarians and I am guessing probably some tech people to manage the networking issues) at each location to oversee the operations.

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600. PA positives increase by 693 to 127,633 as of 8/21/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
127,633

Negatives**
1,399,509

​Recovered***
80%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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601. Philly positives increase by 117 to 32,791 as of 8/21/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
August 21, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGovCOVID-19 update:

117 new cases
32,791 total cases

0 new deaths
1,735 total deaths

For more information: https://buff.ly/32FF4UU
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1:10 PM · Aug 21, 2020

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602. PA positives increase by 796 to 128,429 as of 8/22/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
128,429

Negatives**
1,412,124

​Recovered***
80%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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603. PA positives increase by 619 to 129,048 as of 8/23/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
129,048

Negatives**
1,423,972

​Recovered***
80%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(most likely missing data from labs that don't report on weekends)

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604. PA positives increase by 426 to 129,474 as of 8/24/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
129,474

Negatives**
1,433,364

​Recovered***
81%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(probably missing data from labs that don't report on weekends)

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605. Philly positives increase by 263 (3 day total) to 33,054 as of 8/24/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
·
Aug 24, 2020
August 24, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGovCOVID-19 update:

263 new cases
33,054 total cases

1 new death
1,736 total deaths

For more information: https://buff.ly/32FF4UU
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Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
** Today’s numbers reflect cases and deaths since Friday.
1:30 PM · Aug 24, 2020

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606. PA positives increase by 561 to 130,035 as of 8/25/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
130,035

Negatives**
1,445,170

​Recovered***
81%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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607. Philly positives increase by 85 to 33,139 as of 8/25/20

Link to tweet

TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
August 25, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGovCOVID-19 update:

85 new cases
33,139 total cases

0 new deaths
1,736 total deaths

For more information: https://buff.ly/32FF4UU
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1:09 PM · Aug 25, 2020

(may be missing some results from Quest but numbers have generally been consistently going down per Health Dir.)

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608. PA positives increase by 501 to 130,536 as of 8/26/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*

130,536

Negatives**
1,457,642

​Recovered***
81%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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609. Philly positives increase by 116 to 33,255 as of 8/26/20

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TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
August 26, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGov COVID-19 update:

116 new cases
33,255 total cases

13 new deaths
1,749 total deaths

*Today's number of deaths is the result of database matching for the past three weeks.

For more information: https://buff.ly/32FF4UU
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1:17 PM · Aug 26, 2020

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610. PA positives increase by 620 to 131,156 as of 8/27/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
131,156

Negatives**
1,471,765

​Recovered***
81%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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611. PA positives increase by 835 to 131,991 as of 8/28/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.
​Total Cases*

131,991

Negatives**
1,488,835

​Recovered***
81%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(this may be reflecting recently-announced outbreaks in red counties like tiny Columbia, home of Bloomsburg State University that reported at least 90 cases this week)

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612. Philly positives increase by 152 to 33,495 as of 8/28/20

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TEXT

Jim #MaskUpPHL Kenney
@PhillyMayor
Today @PHLPublicHealth reported:
– 152 new cases of COVID-19 in Philadelphia, for a total of 33,495.
– 0 people died, the total remains 1,749 deaths.

More resources and updates:
3D illustration of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) | Department of Public Health
Providing information and updates about COVID-19 in Philadelphia.
phila.gov
1:20 PM · Aug 28, 2020

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613. PA positives increase by 843 to 132,834 as of 8/29/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
132,834

Negatives**
1,504,108

​Recovered***
82%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

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614. PA positives increase by 670 to 133,504 as of 8/30/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
133,504

Negatives**
1,515,899

​Recovered***
82%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(probably missing data from labs that don't report on weekends - and particularly since a number of PA colleges and universities that permitted "in person" classes have reported outbreaks this week)

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615. PA positives increase by 521 to 134,025 as of 8/31/20

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
134,025

Negatives**
1,524,195

​Recovered***
82%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

(definitely missing data from labs that don't report on weekends given the recent college outbreaks)

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616. Philly positives increase by 283 (3 day total/residents-only) to 33,778 as of 8/31/20

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TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
August 31, 2020
@PhiladelphiaGov COVID-19 update:

283 new cases
33,778 total cases

0 new deaths
1,749 total deaths

For more information: https://buff.ly/2IN3q61
* Today’s numbers are since Friday.
** Counts include only residents, so college students may not be included
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1:30 PM · Aug 31, 2020

(probably missing results from labs that don't report on weekends and would not include any non-Philadelphia resident college students who tested postive over the weekend)

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617. Now @ 6 months, today will be my last numbers updates - PA positives increase by 770 as of 9/1/20

to 134,795.

COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania

The COVID-19 Data Dashboard does not load properly in Internet Explorer. It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge or Firefox to view the dashboard.

​Total Cases*
134,795

Negatives**
1,539,969

​Recovered***
81%

* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

I know the Hosts and many LBNers will be thrilled and thank you guys for your patience.

When all PA counties went to some variation of "green" I figured we were done around July 4th, but obviously not... as documented here. I expect the ebb and flow will continue here for the next year or more. We are already seeing spikes with the colleges that have opened with some in-person classes and who knows what will happen after Labor Day.

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618. Philly positives increase by 131 to 33,909 as of 9/1/20 - LAST NUMBERS POSTING

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TEXT

Philadelphia Public Health
@PHLPublicHealth
September 1, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGov COVID-19 update:

131 new cases
33,909 total cases

2 new deaths
1,751 total deaths

For more information: https://buff.ly/2IN3q61
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1:30 PM · Sep 1, 2020

Per the presser going on right now, the Phila. Health Dept. is working with Temple U. regarding the 103 cases identified so far since last week and more have been tested by the Health Dept. (results not in yet). The HD is also talking to the other schools in the area that are doing hybrid classes to try to head off any other outbreaks.