Pennsylvania COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring Dashboard Update For March 12-18: Case Increases At 14,182; Percent Positivity At 6.5% And 25 Counties With Substantial Transmission

March 23, 2021

Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf and Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam today 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...

Department Of Health Amends Universal Face Coverings Order To Align With CDC Guidance

March 22, 2021

Harrisburg, PA – Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam today amended the existing Universal Face Coverings order, issued on November 17, 2020, to align with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Recommendations for Fully...

Gov. Wolf: Teacher And School Staff Vaccinations Are Ahead Of Schedule

March 20, 2021

Doylestown, PA – Approximately two weeks after Governor Tom Wolf and the COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force announced the voluntary single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine would be administered to Pre-K to 12 educators and school staff, the special initiative is...

Pennsylvania COVID-19 Vaccination Update For March 20: Pace Accelerating, More Than 4 Million Vaccinations Administered, More Than 1.4 Million People Fully Vaccinated

March 20, 2021

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., March 20, that there were 4,213 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 984,515. There are 1,548 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19....

Department Of Education To Study The Pandemic’s Impact On Learning And Teaching

March 20, 2021

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) will use a nearly $1 million federal grant to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on K-12 students across Pennsylvania and recommend educational strategies to help students and schools...

Pennsylvania COVID-19 Vaccination Update For March 19: Pace Accelerating, More Than 4 Million Vaccinations Administered, More Than 1.4 Million People Fully Vaccinated

March 19, 2021

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., March 19, that there were 3,455 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 980,302.  There are 1,486 individuals hospitalized with...