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1 year of COVID in Pa.: A timeline of the pandemic’s trials and tolls in the Lehigh Valley
Updated Mar 06, 2021;
March 6, 2020: Pennsylvania confirms its first cases of COVID-19.
March 6, 2021: More than 900,000 Pennsylvanians have been sickened to varying degrees. More than 24,000 have died. These figures include more than 58,000 cases and 1,400 deaths in the Lehigh Valley.
The coronavirus has surged, ebbed and surged again. The last year has seen mask requirements, travel restrictions, shutdowns, reopenings and, most recently, vaccines.
It’s easy to forget the details of a year that simultaneously dragged and blurred: The uncertainty of the earliest days, the frustration waiting for the “green phase,” the anxiety as cases soared to their worst levels around the holidays. Sacrifices have been made by all: Social interaction for most of us; livelihoods for some; lives for too many others.
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
A year of COVID-19 in central Pa.: Where we started, where we are and how we got here
Updated on Mar 04, 2021;
Published on Mar 04, 2021
Nathaniel Williams II collects a swab sample from Casey Stouffer of Steelton at the COVID-19 mobile testing unit. Hamilton Health Center offers free COVID-19 testing at a mobile location set up in Steelton, November 13, 2020.
Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com
The pandemic reached Pennsylvania on March 6, 2020.
That’s the day that the state announced that two people, one in Delaware County and one in Wayne County, had become the first in the Commonwealth to test positive for the novel coronavirus.
2020 in Pa.: The year in photos
Updated on Dec 28, 2020;
Published on Dec 28, 2020
Harrisburg Black Lives Matter Demonstration at the Capitol to protest the murder of George Floyd. A protestor is simultaneously sprayed with pepper spray and hit with a billy club as tensions ran high. May 30, 2020 Sean Simmers | ssimmers@pennlive.com
The past year has been both unfathomable and unforgettable.
In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic irrevocably altered life in Pennsylvania and around the globe. As the virus emerged in the spring, life changed in ways no one could have foreseen or even conceived a year ago.
Schools, businesses, sports and entertainment venues shut down. Doctors and nurses scrambled to treat patients suffering from an illness they were only beginning to understand. Shoppers endured shortages of staples such as disinfectants and toilet paper. Many had to work at home and simultaneously help their children navigate the concept of going to school virtually.