Mar 3, 2021
Pennsylvania's Department of Health added 2564 new cases of coronavirus Tuesday, pushing the statewide total to 935,834. 74 new coronavirus-related deaths were also added to the state's overall total, which is now 24,100. Right now, 1715 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, 366 of whom are in the intensive care unit.
Pennsylvania teachers are apparently going to be able to get the COVID-19 vaccination sooner than expected. Gov. Tom Wolf says the state's COVID-19 vaccine task force is continuing to develop its rollout plan to include teachers soon. An offical announcement is expected to be made later today. The decision to vaccinate teachers sooner than expected follows the FDA's approval of the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine.