Pennsylvania health officials reported grim news on Thursday as the state saw its highest daily jump in coronavirus cases to date.
The 2,900 new cases bring the state total to 220,566, officials announced.There were 47 more deaths for a total of 8,937 lives lost in the state to COVID-19.The news comes as the U.S.
just topped 100,000 daily cases for the first time. Pennsylvania has recorded over 1,000 cases everyday since early October. (iStock) “As we have entered a fall resurgence in Pennsylvania, we see case counts on the rise in our counties,” Gov.Tom Wolf said, according to PennLive. “We cannot relax our mitigation efforts.” Of more than 1,500 hospitalized coronavirus patients in Pennsylvania, most are 65 or over, officials said.