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The Pennsylvania Department of Health is hiring 1,000 additional contract tracers to bolster the state's efforts to contain coronavirus outbreaks by quickly notifying people who might have been exposed.The Health Department on Friday announced a $23 million, federally funded contract with Atlanta-based staffing agency Insight Global to recruit, hire and train the new workers, who…

WGAL News 8 coronavirus coverage Pennsylvania Department of Health launches COVID-19 early warning monitoring dashboard WGAL News 8 coronavirus coverage Hide Transcript Show Transcript JORGENSEN, WGAL NEWS 8. BRIAN: -- DANIELLE: THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT LAUNCHED WHAT IT CALLS AN EARLY WARNING MONITORING DASHBOARD, WHERE YOU CAN TRACK INCREASES IN COVID-19 CASES COUNTY-BY-COUNTY. THE ONLINE…

The Morning Call | Jun 23, 2020 at 4:58 PM A total of 510 new cases were reported by the state Department of Health on Tuesday. That’s up slightly from Monday, when 456 new cases were reported. To date, there have been 82,696 infections statewide since the start of the pandemic. Here are more details…

LISTENED IN ON THEIR TESTIMONY. >> LOCALS AREN’T MAKING THOSE DECISIONS. BARBARA: THE DEBATE OVER WHO’S BEST QUALIFIED TO REOPEN COUNTIES REACHED THE STATE CAPITOL. SENATORS QUESTIONED FRUSTRATED COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABOUT THE STATE’S DECISION TO KEEP THEM IN THE RED. >> WE IN DAUPHIN COUNTY ACTUALLY FEEL WE ARE READY TO GO YELLOW, EVEN THOUGH…

By Friday, more than half of Pennsylvania’s counties will have lifted restrictions that kept businesses shuttered and residents stuck at home since the coronavirus swept through the state in early March. People in those 37 counties, including Allegheny, Indiana, and Westmoreland, will once again be allowed to gather in small groups and patronize some businesses,…