PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia health officials are warning residents against hosting holiday gatherings involving multiple households due to a recent increase in COVID-19 cases in Philadelphia and across the rest of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Cheryl Bettigole issued the plea during a Wednesday morning COVID-19 response briefing. "Our contact tracing tells us that these gatherings, when we get together with friends and family, are when we infect each other with COVID," Bettigole said.