Coronavirus in Schuylkill County

Yes.

On July 1, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Health Secretary Rachel Levine signed an order making face masks mandatory in all public places in the state.

Masks are required in Pennsylvania when you’re:

• “Outdoors and unable to consistently maintain a distance of 6 feet from individuals who are not members of their household.”
• “In any indoor location where members of the public are generally permitted.”
• “Waiting for, riding on, driving, or operating public transportation or paratransit or while in a taxi, private car service or ride-sharing vehicle.”
• “Obtaining services from the healthcare sector in settings including, but not limited to a hospital, pharmacy, medical clinic, laboratory, physician, or dental office, veterinary clinic, or blood bank.”
• “Engaged in work, whether at the workplace or performing work off-site, when interacting in-person with any member of the public, working in any space visited by members of the public, working in any space where food is prepared or packaged for sale or distribution to others, working in or walking through common areas, or in any room or enclosed area where other people, except for members of the person’s own household or residence, are present when unable to physically distance.”

READ MORE: Wolf Now Requires Masks in ALL Public Places

273.

According to the Pennsylvania Dept. of Health, that’s how many people died of COVID-19 from Schuylkill County since the start of the pandemic. The last death was reported on Jan. 7, 2021.

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9,412.

According to the Pennsylvania Dept. of Health, there have been 8,695 confirmed cases and 717 probable cases of COVID-19 in Schuylkill County since the start of the pandemic in March.

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