Last Updated: March 26, 2020 - 4:17pm
BERWICK — Berwick Hospital confirmed Thursday it has treated its first patient testing positive for the new coronavirus.
That infected patient was separated from non-infected...
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Last Updated: March 25, 2020 - 5:45pm
WILKES-BARRE -- A 70-year-old Luzerne County man is the area's first confirmed death from the new coronavirus strain. Officials said he recently traveled outside the country and had pre-...
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Last Updated: March 24, 2020 - 1:40pm
HARRISBURG — The most recent numbers from the Department of Health show an increase in confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in Luzerne County, as well as new cases in Montour County....
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Last Updated: March 23, 2020 - 3:07pm
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday ordered residents of Pennsylvania's hardest-hit areas to stay home for at least two weeks to help combat the spread of the new coronavirus...
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Last Updated: March 22, 2020 - 12:36pm
HARRISBURG — Columbia County now has one confirmed case of the new coronavirus strain, while Montour County remains at one case as well.
Luzerne jumped from six to seven cases...
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Last Updated: March 21, 2020 - 12:36pm
DANVILLE — The state says that Montour County has a patient with the new coronavirus.
In numbers released at noon Saturday, Montour County had one of the 371 positive test results...
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Last Updated: March 19, 2020 - 5:55pm
Last Updated: March 18, 2020 - 7:37pm
Courts at all levels are closing statewide starting Friday, except for a few urgent functions, as state Supreme Court declared a judicial emergency Wednesday night.
The closure...
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Last Updated: March 18, 2020 - 6:01pm
DANVILLE — The three patients “presumed positive” for the coronavirus that Geisinger health systems says it has treated were outside the area, according to the latest numbers the state...
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Last Updated: March 17, 2020 - 8:11pm
Geisinger confirmed Tuesday that its hospitals have had three patients with presumed positive results for the virus that causes COVID-19 , but details were scarce.
In a press...
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Last Updated: March 17, 2020 - 4:58pm
DANVILLE — Geisinger emergency doctor Doug Kupas predicts it’s only a matter of time until Columbia and Montour counties confirm their first cases of coronavirus.
“We should all...
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Last Updated: March 16, 2020 - 2:46pm
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf extended a shutdown order to the entire state of Pennsylvania in an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus, he said Monday.
Wolf had...
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Last Updated: March 13, 2020 - 3:23pm
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf is ordering the closure of all schools in Pennsylvania for two weeks, as the state takes sweeping measures aimed at slowing the spread of the new...
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Last Updated: March 12, 2020 - 4:51pm
DANVILLE — A pipe bomb scare shut down busy Railroad Street near Dunkin Donuts for more than two hours Thursday after a small white plastic container was seen lying in a grassy lot...
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