Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday that Pa. is one of three states in the U.S. recognized by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention for declining coronavirus cases.
In a briefing Wednesday, Wolf said Pa. joins only Montana and Hawaii as the only states that have had a “downward trajectory of COVID-19 cases for more than 42 days.”
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“We know our decline in cases is because of our choices because more than half of states are experiencing an increase in COVID-19 cases as reopening begins,” Wolf said. “Many of these states are experiencing significant case increases tied to reopening too soon or too much. Pennsylvania is not. We have remained focused on balancing economic interests with public health.”
Wolf noted the decision to require masks at businesses even in the green phase as another move that could have “lasting effects as a COVID-19 surge is possible this fall.”
Across the state, there have been 79,818 cases of COVID-19 and 6,319 deaths as of Wednesday.
In Allegheny County, there were no new coronavirus cases reported on Wednesday. There have been 2,113 cased of COVID-19 in the county. Of those, 1,979 are confirmed cases and 134 are probable cases.
This comes nearly two weeks after most of our region moved into the green phase of reopening.
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