March 12, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam, Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller and Aging Secretary Robert Torres today highlighted the updated nursing home visitation guidanceOpens In A New Window issued by the Centers for...
March 12, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Education (PDE) and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) today provided an update on the special initiative to provide the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine for Pre-K-12 teachers, child care workers and...
March 12, 2021
Governor Tom Wolf announced the COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force less than one month ago. Since that time, the task force and Wolf Administration have accomplished bi-partisan initiatives to help advance the state’s vaccination rollout and COVID fight. Last week,...
March 11, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., March 11, there were 2,652 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 958,382. There are 1,513 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. Of...
March 11, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam today marked the one-year anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, as declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, and recognized the Department of Health’s work in preparing...
March 11, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and Education Acting Secretary Noe Ortega today commended U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack for his proactive measure to extend several national waivers that provide schools with meal...
March 11, 2021
Governor Tom Wolf visited Family First Health in York today to thank staff and to tour the federally qualified health center’s vaccination area, learning first-hand how the facility is vaccinating Pennsylvanians amid equity issues. “Pennsylvania’s federally qualified...
March 10, 2021
As COVID-19 vaccines become more available and as counties prepare to open mass vaccination sites, Governor Tom Wolf today reminded the public that public transit, often free or subsidized, is available in every county to ensure that our most vulnerable citizens can...
March 10, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., March 10, there were 2,594 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 955,730. The state also reached a milestone of more than 1...
March 10, 2021
Governor Wolf celebrated the passage of the American Rescue Plan in the United States House of Representatives. The governor released the following statement: “Thank you to all of the federal lawmakers, in both the House and the Senate, who worked so hard to pass the...
March 10, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) is taking action to make it easier for Pennsylvanians with questions or issues to reach the department. Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier today announced at least 500 new customer service...
March 10, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Agriculture today released data related to COVID-19 restaurant enforcement actions from March 1 – 7, 2021. The information is specific to COVID-19 mitigation requirements for restaurants, including social distancing,...
March 10, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – Today, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry’s (L&I) Bureau of Labor Law Compliance released data related to COVID-19 enforcement actions for March 1 to 5. The information is specific to COVID-19 mitigation efforts related...
March 10, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Health (DOH) today shared its weekly update on Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing data and encouraged Pennsylvanians to download the COVID Alert PA app, as more than 835,000 have already...
March 9, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Department of State’s Bureau of Enforcement and Investigation (BEI) today released data related to COVID-19 enforcement actions from Feb.28-March 7. The Department of State is continuing with compliance enforcement as it relates to the...
March 9, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., March 9, there were 2,975 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 953,136. There are 1,502 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. Of...
March 8, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., March 8, there were 1,658 additional positive cases of COVID-19, in addition to 1,518 new cases reported Sunday, March 7, for a two-day total of 3,176 additional...
March 8, 2021
Governor Tom Wolf and Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam today released a weekly status update detailing the state’s mitigation efforts based on the COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring System dashboard, highlighting a seven-day case increase of 13,275, a...
March 8, 2021
SCHNECKSVILLE, PA – Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier today highlighted the important role Gov. Tom Wolf’s Back to Work PA initiative will have in preparing the commonwealth’s workforce for our...
March 6, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., March 6, that there were 2,789 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 946,985. There are 1,587 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19....
March 6, 2021
Governor Tom Wolf thanked the United States Senate for passing comprehensive aid for Americans that addresses ongoing challenges Pennsylvanians face due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor released the following statement: “Thank you to our own Senator Bob Casey...
March 5, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., March 5, there were 2,757 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 944,196. There are 1,628 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. Of...
March 5, 2021
Governor Tom Wolf today visited the Rite-Aid location in Steelton administering COVID-19 vaccine to Pennsylvanians and providing free drive-thru testing for the virus. Prior to a press conference at the store, he was joined by Department of Human Services (DHS)...
March 4, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., March 4, there were 3,028 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 941,439. There are 1,648 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. Of...
March 4, 2021
First Lady Frances Wolf hosted a virtual conversation on Facebook discussing how the tourism and outdoor industries have been impacted during COVID-19. This was the fifth conversation in a series titled, “The Bigger Picture”, an extension of One Lens: Sharing Our...
