Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf Expands Stay-At-Home Orders To Entire State

Natasha Brown reports.

DIRECT CUSTOMERS ARE TO CHECKBACK TOMORROW OR IN THE COMINGDAYS.ALL PENNSYLVANIANS MUSTNOW STAY AT HOME AS MUCH ASPOSSIBLE, JOINING NEW JERSEYAND DELAWARE.GOVERNOR WOLF SAYS THEUNPRECEDENTED RESTRICTIONSSEAN IS NECESSARY TO HELP SLOWTHE SPREAD OF COVID-19.NATASHA BROWN HAS THE NEWDEVELOPMENTS.MORE DRASTIC MEASURES BYPENNSYLVANIA OFFICIALS, IN ANATTEMPT TO MITIGATE THE RAPIDSPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.TODAY I'M EXTENDING MY STAYAT HOME ORDER ACROSS THESTATE.REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU RESIDEIN PENNSYLVANIA, YOU SHOULDNOT LEAVE YOUR HOME UNLESSABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.GOVERNOR TOM WOLF HASPLACED ALL 67 COUNTIES IN THECOMMONWEALTH UNDER A STAY ATHOME ORDER AS THE NUMBER OFCORONAVIRUS CASES NEARS 6,000.SOME OF YOU MIGHT THINKTHAT A MONTH IS TOO LONG TO GOWITHOUT SEEING YOUR FRIENDS ORFAMILY.BUT IF WE DON'T DO EVERYTHINGWE CAN TO SLOW THE SPREAD OFCOVID-19, THERE ARE SOMEPEOPLE WHO YOU WILL NEVER SEEAGAIN.THE ORDER WILL REMAIN INEFFECT UNTIL AT LEASTAPRIL 30TH.THIS COMES ON THE HEALS OFSCHOOLS AND NON-ESSENTIALBUSINESSES, THAT REMAIN CLOSEDINDEFINATELY.THIS VIE JUST AFFECTING ALLPOPULATIONS IN THE CITY OFPHILADELPHIA.IT DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE.PHILADELPHIA HAS SEEN ONENEW DEATH BRINGING THE CITY'STOTAL TO 15, WITH 360 NEWCASES.UP UNTIL NOW, THERE HAS BEENLACK OF RACIAL DATA WHEN ITCOMES TO TESTING, BUT HEALTHOFFICIALS WERE SEEING RISE INNUMBERS IN THEAFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.NOW, THERE ARE SPECIFIC DATAFROM 528 CASES, AS TO THERACIAL BREAKDOWN OF COVID-19IN THE CITY.46% THAT WERE BLACK,NON-HISPANIC.37% THAT WERE WHITE,3% THAT WERE ASIAN.10% THAT WERE HISPANIC.AND 4% THAT HAD OTHER RACEETHNICITY.SO AGAIN, DRIVING HOME THEPOINT THAT THIS VIE JUSTAFFECTING ALL POPULATIONS INTHE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.STATE HEALTH OFFICIALSAGAIN REMINDING PENNSYLVANIANSTHAT THIS IS A VIRUS THATKNOWS NO BOUNDARIES.MEANTIME, THEY SAY, THEY ARENOT SEEING ANY EXPEDENTIALDAILY SPIKES ANYWHERETHROUGHOUT THE STATE, BUTTHEY'RE TAKING THIS ONDAY-BY-DAY BASIS, ENCOURAGINGPEOPLE TO STAY IN A SOCIALDISTANCING SETTING, STAY HOME,