January 13, 2021
First Lady Frances Wolf announced One Lens: Sharing Our Common Views, a statewide virtual photo exhibit she is launching to document the story of Pennsylvania throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The exhibit...
January 13, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., January 13, that there were 7,960 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 741,389. There are 5,204 individuals hospitalized with...
January 13, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Agriculture today released data related to COVID-19 restaurant enforcement actions from January 4, 2021 through January 10, 2021. The information is specific to COVID-19 mitigation requirements for restaurants, including...
January 12, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Department of State’s Bureau of Enforcement and Investigation (BEI) today released data related to COVID-19 enforcement actions from Jan. 3 through Jan. 10. With the high number of COVID cases across the commonwealth, the...
January 12, 2021
An orderly, planned distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine is a priority of the Wolf Administration and today, Governor Tom Wolf and Department of Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine shared an update on the vaccine, stressing its safety and efficacy. They were joined at...
January 12, 2021
At the request of State Senators Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia), Christine Tartaglione (D-Philadelphia), and John Kane (D- Chester/Delaware) the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee will hold a virtual public hearing on raising the minimum wage for...
January 12, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – Today, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry’s (L&I) Bureau of Labor Law Compliance released data related to COVID-19 enforcement actions for Jan. 4 to 8. The information is specific to COVID-19 mitigation efforts related...
January 12, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., January 12, that there were 7,275 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 733,429. There are 5,232 individuals hospitalized with...
January 12, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Health today shared its weekly update on Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing data and encouraged Pennsylvanians to download the COVID Alert PA app, as more than 745,000 have already done to...
January 11, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., January 11, that there were 5,338 additional positive cases of COVID-19, in addition to 7,506 new cases reported Sunday, January 10 for a two-day total of 12,844...
January 11, 2021
Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine 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 increase of 42,322, a...
January 9, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., January 9, that there were 10,045 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 713,310. There are 5,318 individuals hospitalized with...
January 8, 2021
The commonwealth’s COVID-19 vaccination distribution plan was designed to be fluid and flexible to meet guidance and recommendations from the federal government. Today, Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine announced the fourth version of the...
January 8, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., January 8, that there were 10,178 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 703,265. There are 5,491 individuals hospitalized with...
January 8, 2021
Annville, PA – Pennsylvania’s six veterans homes, operated by the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), have begun onsite COVID-19 vaccination clinics for residents and staff. The vaccination clinics, which are administered by CVS/OmniCare as...
January 8, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania State Police Liquor Control Enforcement Officers visited 921 licensed liquor establishments from Monday, January 4 through Thursday, January 7 to ensure businesses are abiding by COVID-19 mitigation requirements that include social...
January 8, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Health today highlighted that Pennsylvania is above the average national testing rate as noted in the White House Task Force Weekly Report dated January 3. According to the report, Pennsylvania was at the yellow...
January 8, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine today announced beginning Tuesday, January 12, regional drive-thru and indoor walk-in testing clinics will be held in Bradford, Clarion, Fulton, Lancaster and Pike counties. The counties with testing...
January 7, 2021
January 7, 2021
Harrisburg, Pa. – The Pennsylvania departments of Health (DOH) and Education (PDE) today provided school administrators and school boards with updated recommendationsOpens In A New Window as to which instructional models they should consider using...
January 7, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., January 7, that there were 9,698 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 693,087. There are 5,613 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19,...
January 7, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine today announced the first confirmed case of the COVID-19 variant, SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7, in Pennsylvania. The confirmed case is in Dauphin County. This variant is the same one that was first discovered in...
January 6, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Teresa Miller today recognized the unshakeable commitment of commonwealth employees whose service and sacrifice have protected the lives, health and safety of individuals receiving care at...
January 6, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., January 6, that there were 9,474 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 683,389. There are 5,684 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19,...
January 6, 2021
January 5, 2021
January 5, 2021
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Pennsylvania Senate swearing-in ceremonies are generally a photo-op affair, but Tuesday’s ceremony descended into a chaotic shouting match over Republicans’ refusal to recognize the certified winner of a western Pennsylvania...
January 5, 2021
Republicans in Pennsylvania’s state Senate temporarily evicted the lieutenant governor and refused to seat a Democrat from a suburban Pittsburgh district during the Legislature’s first session of the year Tuesday because his opponent was still pursuing a...
January 5, 2021
The Swearing-in Ceremony in the Pennsylvania Senate, typically a collegial and joyous affair, was instead marked by shouting and bitter clashes on Tuesday. Despite long, impassioned speeches, Democrats argued unsuccessfully to convince Senate Republicans to seat...
January 5, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Agriculture today released data related to COVID-19 restaurant enforcement actions from December 28, 2020 through January 3, 2021. The information is specific to COVID-19 mitigation requirements for restaurants, including...
