PHILADELPHIA - There are currently at least 479 cases of the novel coronavirus in Pennsylvania, according to state health officials.
Two deaths have been reported. State health data recorded at least 96 COVID-19 cases within Philadelphia. FULL COVERAGE: CORONAVIRUS Approximately 40 Pennsylvanians, or about 10 percent of the state's COVID-19 patients, have been hospitalized.
Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine said the state is seeing a spike in cases because more people are getting infected, not because testing has expanded.
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round magenta objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. (NIAID-RML) Meanwhile, Philadelphia Health Commissioner Thomas Farley said