PA officials give an update on the confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in the state during press conference Thursday PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania on Friday reached 38,652 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, with 1,492 confirmed deaths.
State health officials revised Wednesday's death toll from 1,622 to 1,394 to include only those who died after testing positive for COVID-19. “This verification process is very intensive and under normal circumstances it can take months to complete,” she said. “We continue to refine the data that we are collecting to provide everyone this information in as near time as we possibly can.