NJ Discourages Travel To PA But No Quarantine Expected

PENNSYLVANIA – New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is discouraging residents in the Garden State from traveling to Pennsylvania due to an increase in coronavirus cases.

New York on Tuesday also announced it was discouraging its residents to go to Pennsylvania after the state met the criteria to be on the travel advisory list.

While Pennsylvania meets the criteria to be on both New Jersey and New York's travel quarantine list, governors from both states say that's not feasible.

Due to the "interconnected nature" of Pennsylvania to New Jersey, a quarantine would not be possible, Murphy said. He noted, however, that nonessential travel is "highly discouraged," Murphy said. This comes as New Jersey expanded it travel quarantine list to 39 states.

On Tuesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut all met the data threshold to be included on that state's travel quarantine list.

But, he noted there was "no practical way" to set such a quarantine. "There are just too many interchanges, interconnections, and people who live in one place and work in the other."

New York is also discouraging its residents from nonessential travel to Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania reported 1,557 new coronavirus cases, bringing the statewide total to 184,872.

Five key indicators on the status of the coronavirus pandemic in Pennsylvania are on the rise, and more than 20 counties are reporting concerning percent-positivity rates, data released this week shows.

Cases are up, the incidence rate of the virus has increased, and the testing positivity rate is on the rise. Plus, hospitalizations are up and the number of patients on ventilators has also increased.

The data, released as part of the state's Early Warning Monitoring System, compares six metrics over the past seven-day period with the previous seven-day period. The latest data was collected between Oct. 9-15. Read more.