On Friday, May 22, Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf announced that 12 more counties in the state will move to the yellow phase of reopening.
That makes 49 counties total in the state that have partially reopened.
Click here for a list of the counties that have moved into the yellow reopening phase.
Counties in the southeast, including Delaware, Chester, Montgomery, Bucks and Philadelphia Counties remain in the most restrictive red phase, a total of 18 in Pennsylvania in that category.
Red phase stay-at-home orders remain in effect until June 4 but that does not mean that
other counties will not move to the yellow phase in advance of that date.
The reopening plan prioritizes the health and welfare of Pennsylvanians by using a
combination of factors to gauge how much movement a location can tolerate before the
2019 novel coronavirus becomes a threat.
That includes metrics developed in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh that will be released twice each week.
“Through our social distancing efforts, we have not only reversed a trajectory of exponential
new case growth – we have cut it in half,” Gov. Wolf said. “And some of the counties that
will be shifting into the yellow phase next week eliminated concerns that we had just two
weeks ago.
The state is closely monitoring the counties in the yellow phase and will re-impose restrictions if danger arises.
If the new case count begins to climb in one area, restrictions will need to be imposed to prevent local medical facilities from becoming overwhelmed.
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