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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Pennsylvania health officials reported 621 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, in addition to 24 more deaths. The total number of cases statewide now stands at 84,991. The death toll statewide has reached 6,603. Download the new and improved CBS Philly app! “Since almost the entire state …

Pennsylvania reported 1,126 new cases of COVID-19 the same weekend, the most populated areas of the state entered the green phase. The Lehigh Valley along with Scranton, Erie and the Philadelphia area moved into the state’s least restrictive phase of reopening on Friday. On Friday, coronavirus cases in Pennsylvania rose …

Danny Moloshok / Associated Press Major League Baseball has suspended four minor league players for violating the Drug prevention and treatment program, according to Kyle Glaser of Baseball america. Those players are as follows: Cincinnati Reds pitcher Vladimir Gutierrez: 80 games for testing positive for stanozolol. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher …

Retired Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) implored President Donald Trump to wear a mask publicly on Sunday to cool the politicization of mask use, appealing to the president’s vanity in the process. With coronavirus cases and hospitalizations on the rise across the country and states receding from the reopening of their …

Editor’s Note: The Salt Lake Tribune provides free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Enroll in our main newsletter, sent to your inbox every morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. The numbers related to the coronavirus on Sunday in Utah were not as …