(Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)HARRISBURG - The coronavirus caused 51 additional deaths among Pennsylvanians and about eight times that number in new infections, health officials said Thursday, while Philadelphia kept close tabs on its virus numbers after recent protests.There were 467 new infections, the state reported.
It has reported 6,113 total virus deaths, and more than 77,000 people have contracted it. Residents of nursing and personal care homes account for more than two-thirds of the state’s death toll.Pennsylvania has been reopening in phases under a plan designed to relax restrictions in places where the outbreak is less severe.