COVID-19 Update, May 15: 13 counties move to Yellow, 12 more announced for next week
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
With 13 counties moving to a more open “Yellow” status today in the fight against COVID-19, Gov. Tom Wolf announced that 12 more counties had met state criteria and would move to Yellow next Friday: Adams, Beaver, Carbon, Columbia, Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Susquehanna, Wyoming, Wayne, and York.
By next week, a total of 49 counties...
COVID-19 Update, May 14: GOP legislators call on Wolf to move Chesco to Yellow
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
As the death toll climbs in the state and in Chester County, three local Republican state legislators called on Gov. Tom Wolf to move the county to “Yellow” status, Thursday.
While Chester County does meet some of metrics laid out by Wolf’s plan to reopen the state — in particular medical capacity — it still fails in a few key areas: testing...
COVID-19 Update, May 12: As Toomey demands reopening, Fauci warns of ‘uncontrollable’ outbreaks
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
A day after a firestorm by an apparent attempt by GOP legislative leaders to spark various county rebellions against Gov. Tom Wolf’s emergency COVID-19 Stay At Home and business closure orders — and Wolf making it clear those counties would pay a price — there appeared to be an uneasy quiet with no action in the ongoing standoff.
Beyond Wolf’s...
COVID-19 Update: Wolf lays down the law with rebel counties, even as Trump Tweets support for lawlessness
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times, @mikemncgannpa
Gov. Tom Wolf
Gov. Tom Wolf laid down the law Monday, literally, making it clear that counties and states that chose to ignore his emergency pandemic business shut down orders would face consequences ranging from loss of federal COVID-19 recovery funding, loss of insurance, licenses and other civil penalties, even as President Donald Trump took...
COVID-19 Update: Wolf to move 13 more counties from Red to Yellow, May 15, but not Chesco
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
The most recent new case and testing numbers for COVID-19 from Chester County Health show a continued, gradual overall down trend line as of May 8.
Gov. Tom Wolf announced Friday that 13 more counties will move from “Red” to “Yellow” next Friday, as the first 34 counties to make that move opened up today, while extending the Stay At Home orders...
COVID 19 Update, May 7: Wolf expected to add more counties to Yellow status
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
As statewide COVID-19 cases continue to sit at a relative plateau, as published reports said Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to announce more counties Friday that will move from closed (Red) to partially open (Yellow) but it seems unlikely that Chester County will be among those counties.
Meanwhile Wolf and Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced an extension...
COVID-19 Update, May 6: New cases continue downward trend
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
The latest map of COVID-19 cases from the Chester County Health department as of May 6. Darker areas mean more cases.
It is increasingly possible that the worst might — might — be over for Pennsylvania in the COVID-19 pandemic as new cases statewide and locally continue to show a slow downward trend.
The state is just days away from beginning...
COVID-19 Update, May 5: New cases look to be edging downward, statewide
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
Pennsylvania is clearly either seeing a plateau or gradual decline in the number of COVID-19 cases, but the toll of the virus becomes clear as the state Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday it discovered an additional 554 new deaths over the last two weeks as new data was compiled statewide.
DOH reported 865 new cases Tuesday, bringing the total...
COVID-19 Update, May 4: States announce deal to work together for medical supplies; new cases appear to be trending down
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
The chart of new cases, blue and negative tests, in aqua, from the Chester County Health Department as of May 4.
As the state Department of Health (DOH) continues to report a gradual slowing of new COVID-19 cases, residents in 24 counties prepare to enjoy a bit more of an open life later this week — as health officials cautioned the importance of...
So…how many people are you willing to let die?
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
We’d like it to be over, but it’s not.
The news that some 24 Pennsylvania counties will move a more open “yellow” stage next week naturally has folks in Chester County asking when will things open up here?
The honest answer: not that soon. June, maybe.
The numbers tell the story: new case numbers are not declining, if anything, they’ve been...
