All Pa. counties will be in ‘yellow’ by June 5, some going green next week
Pennsylvania counties still under strict coronavirus restrictions — including hard-hit Philadelphia, its suburbs, and the Lehigh Valley — will move to the “yellow” reopening phase on June 5, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Friday while also moving some north-central and northwest counties to the green phase next week.
“My stay-at-home order did exactly what it was intended to do: It saved lives,” Mr. Wolf said during a news conference, as he touted the state’s progress containing COVID-19.
“Over the past two weeks, we have seen sustained reductions in hospitalizations. ... Our new case rate has been shrinking.”
By June 5, Mr. Wolf said all counties will at least be in the yellow phase of his tiered reopening plan.
The last to go will be Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lehigh, Northampton, Montgomery, and Philadelphia — counties that have yet to meet a case-decline standard Mr. Wolf’s administration established to determine when areas can safely begin loosening lockdown orders.
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