PA Coronavirus Cases Up To 96

HARRISBURG, PA — Twenty more positive cases of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19 were reported Tuesday in Pennsylvania. The state's total is now up to 96 cases.

All are either in isolation at home or are being treated at the hospital, said Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine. "Please stay home," she implored during a daily news conference.

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The majority of cases in Pennsylvania have been traced to known exposure. However, "at this point we can assume there are people whose exposure we cannot trace back to a known sources," Levine said.

While officials in Pennsylvania are not currently seeing "sustained" community spread, they do expect it will happen in the state.

New cases will now only be reported once a day because the volume of testing continues to increase, Levine said. Results that come in after 12 a.m. will be reported the next day.

Here is the county breakdown of cases:

• Allegheny: 7
• Beaver: 1
• Bucks: 8
• Chester: 4
• Delaware: 9
• Lehigh: 1
• Luzerne: 1
• Monroe: 8
• Montgomery: 32
• Northampton: 1
• Philadelphia: 10
• Pike: 1
• Washington: 2
• Wayne: 1

Nate Wardle, the Pennsylvania Health Department press secretary, said Monday the state is not providing information on hospitalization rates because the numbers are changing rapidly. "There are a number of individuals who are hospitalized," he said.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has ordered all non-essential retail businesses across the state to close, including bars and restaurants. Essential retail, like pharmacies, grocery stores, gas stations, and healthcare facilities, will remain open. Schools were closed on Friday and will remain so for at least two weeks.

Pennsylvania workers who are impacted by the ongoing coronavirus crisis may be eligible for unemployment benefits, state officials said Monday.

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