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May 7, 2021
Where are Pa.’s vaccines being administered? May 7 map, county-by-county breakdown Updated May 07, 11:53 AM; Posted May 07, 11:53 AM Facebook Share As of 12 p.m., May 7, 5,266,745 partial coronavirus vaccines and 3,774,492 full vaccines have been received across Pennsylvania, according to the Pa. Department of Health. Totals do not include those administered by the Philadelphia Department of Health. The state has reported that there are 1,169,678 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in ...
May 6, 2021
05/06/2021 Harrisburg, PA - Governor Tom Wolf and Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam released a weekly status update detailing the state’s mitigation efforts based on the COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring System dashboard, highlighting a seven-day case increase of 17,774 a statewide percent positivity of 7.6% and 44 counties with substantial transmission status. “This is the second week in a row where we are seeing a decline in the statewide positivity rate – which is encouragi...
May 6, 2021
UpdatedFri, May 7, 2021 at 4:54 pm ET Replies(18) Pennsylvanias COVID-19 numbers continue to improve. Heres the latest. (Shutterstock) PENNSYLVANIA — For the second week in a row, Pennsylvania saw a notable decline in its statewide positivity rate, another encouraging sign that the pandemic is slowly but surely being beaten back. The states positivity rate on tests now sits at 7.6 percent, a drop of a full percentage point from last week, when it sat at 8.6 percent. This is the lowest that ...
May 6, 2021
44 Pa. counties have substantial spread of COVID-19 as positive test rate drops again PennLive.com 2 days ago Ron Southwick, pennlive.com Fewer counties are showing high transmission of COVID-19 and the percentage of positive tests is dropping, Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration said Thursday. Across Pennsylvania, 44 of the state’s 67 counties are seeing substantial transmission of the coronavirus, according to the Wolf administration. That’s a drop of nine counties from the...
May 5, 2021
State lawmakers shot down a proposal Tuesday that would have funneled millions in additional state funds to rural schools, though the issue of state aid to K-12 schools will come up again on Wednesday. On a 23-12 vote â two short of whats needed to advance a bill â legislators rejected a bill from Sen. Curt Friesen of Henderson to provide extra state aid that would escalate to $130 million after three years to dozens of rural school districts that currently receive little, if an...
April 30, 2021
Where are Pa.’s vaccines being administered? April 30 map, county-by-county breakdown PennLive.com 2 days ago Edward Sutelan, pennlive.com © DAN GLEITER The Moderna vaccine is administered at the clinic. The Latino Connection COVID-19 mobile unit stops at Hadee Mosque in Harrisburg for a vaccination clinic. April 26, 2021. Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com As of 12 p.m., April 30, 5,047,169 partial coronavirus vaccines and 3,420,864 full vaccines have been received acro...
April 29, 2021
UpdatedFri, Apr 30, 2021 at 3:14 pm ET Replies(115) The state remains in the "red zone," according to a White House Task Force report, though numbers are trending downward. (Rachel Nunes/Patch) PENNSYLVANIA — While the fourth wave of coronavirus seems to have started to ebb and case numbers are once again declining in Pennsylvania, the vast majority of the state remains in the "red zone," as determined by the latest report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force. A total of 64 of the sta...
April 26, 2021
Zuckerberg Funded 2020 Election Grants in at Least 21 Pennsylvania Counties: The money skewed heavily toward PA’s ‘blue’ counties. Posted on Grant monies awarded to help fund the 2020 election in at least 21 different Pennsylvania counties were heavily skewed toward counties with high Democratic registration and recent voting turnout, an analysis from Broad + Liberty shows. Pennsylvania Republicans are currently considering legislation that would change the rules for private gra...
April 26, 2021
53 Pa. counties have substantial spread of COVID-19, positive test rate drops for 1st time in 6 weeks Updated 2:28 PM; Facebook Share Pennsylvania’s positive test rate for COVID-19 has dropped for the first time in six weeks, Gov. Tom Wolf’s office said Monday. The positive test rate for COVID-19 dropped to 8.6%, a decrease from 9.6% percent the previous week. The rate had been on the rise since late March, although it remained well below the peak of 16% in December. “This week we saw a ...
April 22, 2021
Reply More than $14 million in state funding for transportation infrastructure projects in Chester County has been approved. (Scott Anderson/Patch) CHESTER COUNTY, PA — More than $14 million in state funding for transportation infrastructure projects in Chester County has been approved. Gov. Tom Wolf today announced the approval of 116 new projects statewide through the Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF). The Governors office said the funding is to improve Pennsylvanias transportation inf...