Pennsylvania is “winning” the race to contain a recent spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations thanks to its accelerating vaccine rollout, according to Governor Tom Wolf on Wednesday, as state officials sought to address what they view as the pandemic’s next big challenge — persuading stragglers to get the shot. Pennsylvania this week eased restrictions even though the state — along with New York, Michigan, Florida and New Jersey — accounted for nearly half of the nation’s reported infections over a recent seven-day reporting period.
Meantime, cases and death continued to rise Wednesday with 4643 new covid cases statewide and 48 additional deaths.