YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) -- Governor Tom Wolf is expected to visit an upcoming public vaccination clinic in York County Monday at 10 a.m. to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations among Pennsylvanians as daily positive cases surpassed 5,000 on Friday.
abc27 News will stream the conference in the player above. The stream is expected to begin at 10 a.m.
According to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the statewide percent positivity for Sept. 3 – Sept. 9 stood at 9.1%.
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The department added the number of cases among 5-18-year-olds in the last week was 11.5 times higher than than the same week in 2020. There were a total of 630 COVID-19 cases in the age group between Sept. 8 and Sept. 14, 2020, compared to the 7,218 cases in the age group from Sept. 8 and Sept. 14, 2021.
Reports from the CDC say 67.5% of Pennsylvanians age 18 and older are fully vaccinated as of September 16 adding that Pennsylvania ranks fifth out of 50 for total doses administered.
Pennsylvania's seven-day moving average rose to more than 16,500 people per day receiving vaccinations.
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