Pennsylvania schools will now be closed indefinitely as coronavirus cases rise across the state. FOX 29's Chris O'Connell reports. HARRISBURG, Pa. - The president declared a major disaster in Pennsylvania on Monday night, capping off a day that saw nearly 700 new cases as Gov.
Tom Wolf extended the closing of schools and nonessential businesses indefinitely. Wolf also added four more counties — Carbon, Cumberland, Dauphin and Schuylkill — to a separate stay-at-home order and extended its duration by more than three weeks, through at least April 30.
More than 10 million Pennsylvania residents, or 80% of the state’s population, have now been instructed to remain in their homes, with exceptions that include working at a business that’s still