• February 3 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports 3,128 New Cases, 143 More Deaths

    February 3 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports 3,128 New Cases, 143 More Deaths

    Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…

  • February 3 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County Records 104 New Cases

    February 3 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County Records 104 New Cases

    Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…

  • February 2 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports 4,410 New Cases, 125 More Deaths

    February 2 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports 4,410 New Cases, 125 More Deaths

    Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…

  • February 2 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County Records 367 New Cases from the Weekend

    February 2 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County Records 367 New Cases from the Weekend

    Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…

  • February 1 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports Two-Day Total of 6,839 New Cases

    February 1 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports Two-Day Total of 6,839 New Cases

    Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…

  • February 1 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County’s Percent PCR Positivity Drops to 7.09

    February 1 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County’s Percent PCR Positivity Drops to 7.09

    Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…

  • UPDATE: Tracking Where COVID-19 Has Spread the MOST and LEAST in Chester County in the Last Week

    UPDATE: Tracking Where COVID-19 Has Spread the MOST and LEAST in Chester County in the Last Week

    The number of new COVID-19 cases is falling throughout Pennsylvania, although some areas of the state, including in Chester County, have higher infection rates than others, write Sean Adams and Megan Lavey-Heaton for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. The latest numbers from the Pennsylvania Department of Health highlight the rates of COVID-19 infection for each ZIP Code…

  • Pre-Registration for COVID-19 Vaccination Now Open to All Chester County Residents

    Pre-Registration for COVID-19 Vaccination Now Open to All Chester County Residents

    Residents of Chester County can now pre-register for the COVID-19 vaccine by completing a form found on the Chester County Health Department’s COVID-19 web page.  The form for all individuals ages 16 and over who live and work in Chester County can be found by clicking here. Completion of the form registers a person’s interest…

  • Washington Post: Embattled Genesis HealthCare in Kennett Square Pays Multimillion-Dollar Bonus to Departing CEO

    Washington Post: Embattled Genesis HealthCare in Kennett Square Pays Multimillion-Dollar Bonus to Departing CEO

    Pummeled by COVID-19 and struggling with finances, Kennett Square-based Genesis HealthCare gave its CEO, George Hager Jr., a $5.2 million “retention payment” in October, writes Will Englund for The Washington Post. Even so, Hager retired from his position on Jan. 5, when the board of one of the nation’s largest nursing home chains paid him…

  • January 29 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports 9,643 New Cases, 159 More Deaths

    January 29 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports 9,643 New Cases, 159 More Deaths

    Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…

  • January 29 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County Records Its 25,000th Case

    January 29 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County Records Its 25,000th Case

    Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…

  • January 28 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports 6,036 New Cases

    January 28 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports 6,036 New Cases

    Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…

  • January 28 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County Records 135 New Cases

    January 28 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County Records 135 New Cases

    Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…

  • January 27 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports 5,874 New Cases, 222 More Deaths

    January 27 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports 5,874 New Cases, 222 More Deaths

    Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…

  • Inadequate Vaccine Supply, Expansion of Residents Eligible in First Round Create ‘Double Whammy for Education Community’

    Inadequate Vaccine Supply, Expansion of Residents Eligible in First Round Create ‘Double Whammy for Education Community’

    As the pandemic continues to disrupt education, local teachers are eagerly awaiting their turn to get vaccinated, write Maddie Hanna and Kristen Graham for The Philadelphia Inquirer. However, there is still no indication of when Chester County will receive enough doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to make this possible. Inadequate supply along with the expansion…

  • January 27 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County Reports 129 New Cases

    January 27 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County Reports 129 New Cases

    Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…

  • Pandemic Modeling Expert Sees Reasons for Cautious Optimism After Month of Stagnation

    Pandemic Modeling Expert Sees Reasons for Cautious Optimism After Month of Stagnation

    David Rubin, a pandemic modeling expert with the CHOP Policy Lab, is seeing reasons to be cautiously optimistic about the future of the Philadelphia area, writes David Murrell for Philadelphia magazine. With a team of researchers, Rubin has been modeling the course of the pandemic nationwide for months by using a variety of data. These…

  • January 26 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports 4,628 New Cases

    January 26 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports 4,628 New Cases

    Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…