Virus death toll tops 2,440 in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — State health officials are announcing 26 new deaths associated with the coronavirus in Pennsylvania, bringing the statewide total to 2,444. Officials also announced Sunday that the number of positive cases has topped 49,000. Most hospitalizations and deaths have occurred in patients 65 or older. Of the total deaths, 1,635 have occurred in residents from nursing or personal care facilities. Meanwhile, hundreds of protesters chanted and carried signs Saturday outside the home of Pennsylvania’s governor to protest his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and call for an end to restrictions on business activity. The York Daily Record reports that 100 to 200 people paced along the street outside Gov. Tom Wolf’s house in York. It was unclear if the governor was home.