Health officials: COVID-19 cases increasing, tests decreasing in Pennsylvania PA Dept. of Health partnered with AMI Expeditionary Healthcare to test for COVID-19. Week 1, they conducted more than 7,000 tests. Week 12, less than 300 got tested. Author: Grace Griffaton (FOX43) Updated: 5:28 PM EDT April 6, 2021 HARRISBURG, Pa. — COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Pennsylvania even as state health officials say the number of COVID-19 tests conducted across the Commonwealth has decreased. The decrease in testing comes as the state is expected to receive its highest number of COVID-19 vaccine doses. "It's a good sign that demand for the vaccine remains high here in Pennsylvania because the more people who are vaccinated the faster we can stop the virus," said Lindsey Mauldin, COVID-19 senior advisor for the PA Dept. of Health.