On Friday, during the Department of Health's daily update, Pennsylvania reported it's highest one-day total of new positive cases.
As of the 12:00pm update, the DOH confirmed as of 12:00am, on October 23rd, 2020, there 2,219 additional positive cases of COVID-19 bring the statewide total to 190,579.
The DOH reported that the increases are comparable to April 2020 statistics.
This past week, Schuylkill County saw an increase of 50 new positive cases on Thursday and 37 on Friday.
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