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Where are Pa.’s vaccines being administered? May 14 map, county-by-county breakdown
Updated 11:52 AM;
As of 12 p.m., May 14, 5,442,682 partial coronavirus vaccines and 4,091,982 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 1,182,922 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania and 26,724 reported deaths from the virus. Friday’s totals represent an increase of 1,643 new cases and 27 new deaths.
There are currently 1,605 COVID-19 patients hospitalized, with 373 in ICU and 237 on ventilators.
Below is a breakdown of the new and cumulative cases and deaths in the state by county, as well as vaccine totals in each county.
Sixers will have more fans in Wells Fargo Center during playoff run as COVID restrictions ease
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
City of Philadelphia Department of Health commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley gave an update Wednesday on allowing more fans at the Wells Fargo Center.(AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
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The Sixers are a game away from clinching the Atlantic Division title and the top seed in the Eastern Conference, something they have not done since the 2000-2001 season. One of the perks that come with having the number-one seed is having a home-court advantage for at least three rounds of the playoffs.
When the Drexel University men’s basketball team returned to campus for the 2020–2021 season, Matey Juric, a third-year biology student and guard on the team, remembers Head Coach Zach Spiker instilling in them an age-old concept that had taken on new meaning for a season that would prove to be unlike any other.
“He kept saying, ‘The most disciplined team will win and will be the last one standing,’” Juric remembered of Spiker during that socially distant, late September meeting outside the Daskalakis Athletic Center, which kicked off for men’s basketball the already delayed fall sports season. “He meant it obviously in basketball terms, but also, I think more importantly, with the COVID situation, we needed to make sure we were staying disciplined with all the protocols.”