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For the second consecutive week, none of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties are seeing high transmission of COVID-19, Gov. Tom Wolf’s office said Tuesday. Last week marked the first time in months there were no counties with substantial spread of COVID-19. As recently as early May, 40 counties showed high transmission of the virus. As more people have been vaccinated, new infections and hospitalizations have dropped. Most counties are now seeing low transmission of COVID-19. Across the state, the percentage of positive tests for COVID-19 dropped to 1.2% for the week of June 18-24, down from 1.4% the previous week. This marks...

Pennsylvania’s rate of positive tests for COVID-19 continues to drop, Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration said Monday. The state’s positive test rate fell to 5.7% for the week of Feb. 26-March 4, down from 6.3% the previous week. The positive test rate has now dropped for 12 consecutive weeks after reaching a high of 16.2% in December. The declining positive test rate is an encouraging sign; health officials have said a positive test rate higher than 5% is a source of concern. Statewide, 29 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties are considered to have substantial spread of COVID-19, a slight uptick over the...

Mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania go out on Sept. 14, and Republicans are seeing continued growth in voter registration, a Capital-Star analysis has found. A month ago, the Democratic margin statewide was 783,116. It currently stands at 758,854. Altogether, that’s 4,121,353 Democrats, 3,362,499 Republicans.... Central: Blair:: R+708 Centre: R+291 Clearfield: R+592 Columbia: R+312 Huntingdon: R+189 Juniata: R+147 Mifflin: R+341 Montour: R+71 Northumberland:R+764 Snyder:R+273 Union:R+196 With COVID cases growing on campus at Penn State, Democrats may not get their usual bump from new and returning students in Centre County.... North Central Bradford: R+325 Cameron: R+37 Clinton: R+305 Elk: R+286 Lycoming: R+688 McKean:...