FOX29's Lauren Dugan has the story. HARRISBURG - Twelve more counties emerged Friday from Gov. Tom Wolf's strictest shutdown orders in Pennsylvania's bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus as Wolf prepared to announce which other counties have seen new infections slow enough to join them.

In addition, Wolf has suggested that he could ease practically all of the state’s pandemic restrictions on business activity and gatherings in some other counties in the coming days.

About 60% of Pennsylvania's 12.8 million residents, largely in eastern Pennsylvania, remain under Wolf's stay-at-home orders and restrictions that limit business activity to services deemed to be essential. RELATED: Gov.

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