PA Coronavirus Deaths Top 3,600 As Stay-At-Home Order Extended

HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania's coronavirus death toll reached 3,616 after 200 new deaths were reported Friday. The state health department also confirmed 1,323 additional positive COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total to 54,238.

Friday's reported deaths occurred over the past few weeks. The reported figures "are a result of our continued work to reconcile data from various sources," according to information from the Department of Health.

The governor's stay-at-home order has been extended to June 4 for all counties currently in the red phase of coronavirus mitigation measures.

A "yellow phase order" is in place for 24 counties that will begin to see easement of the mitigation measures. Those counties are Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga, Union, Venango, and Warren.

Thirteen additional counties will move to yellow on May 15. The counties slated to move into the yellow phase next week are: Allegheny; Armstrong; Bedford; Blair; Butler; Cambria; Fayette; Fulton; Greene; Indiana; Somerset; Washington; and Westmoreland.

“As we prepare to move a number of counties from red to yellow, we need all Pennsylvanians to continue to follow the social distancing and mitigation efforts in place,” Secretary of Health Rachel Levine said.

“We must continue to protect our most vulnerable Pennsylvanians, which includes our seniors, those with underlying health issues, our healthcare workers and our first responders. I am proud of the work that Pennsylvanians have done so far, but we cannot stop now, we must continue to take the necessary steps to protect ourselves from COVID-19.”

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