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Butler, Westmoreland Counties Added To Stay At Home Order
Nineteen Pennsylvania counties were two of nine counties added to Gov. Tom Wolf's stay at home edict.
HARRISBURG, PA - Butler and Westmoreland counties were two of nine more Pennsylvania counties added to Gov. Tom Wolf's Stay at Home order as authorities attempt to contain the coronavirus. The news comes as six additional deaths were reported across the state in the last day.
Also added to the edict Friday were Berks, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Luzerne, Pike, Wayne and York counties. The order has now been instituted in 19 counties.
The nine additional counties will be under the order as of 8 p.m. It will continue until April 6.
Allegheny,Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Erie, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, and
Philadelphia were already under the order.
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Under the Stay at Home order, people can only leave their home for essential tasks, such as to buy food and pharmaceuticals.
The tate reported an additional 531 positive cases of the coronavirus on Friday, bringing Pennsylvania's total to 2,218 cases in 50 counties. The total number of case reported Friday was marginally less than the number of cases reported the day before. On Thursday, Pennsylvania
confirmed 560 cases.
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As of Friday, 22 people in Pennsylvania have died due to COVID-19.
Patch staff writer Kara Seymour contributed.
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