HARRISBURG, Pa. - Gov. Tom Wolf ordered all non-essential stores, restaurants, bars, and programs for seniors in Pennsylvania to close for two weeks over coronavirus concerns.
The closure takes effect at midnight.
Essential services, like grocery stores, pharmacies and gas stations, will remain open. Trash collection will continue and and medical facilities will remain open, Wolf said.
Restaurants will be takeout only.
Wolf said to make contact with as few people as possible. The fewer contacts you make, the less likely you will spread the virus to others, Wolf said.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced 13 new positive cases of coronavirus as of midday Monday.
Of those, one is in Bucks County, six are in Montgomery County and two are in Monroe County.
There were also two more in Philadelphia and in Allegheny County.
Monday's numbers brings the statewide total to 76:
Allegheny (5)
Bucks (5)
Chester (2)
Cumberland (5)
Delaware (7)
Lehigh (1)
Luzerne (1)
Monroe (8)
Montgomery (30)
Northampton (1)
Philadelphia (8)
Pike (1)
Washington (1)
Wayne (1)