By FORD TURNER THE MORNING CALL
Gov. Tom Wolf told reporters Thursday morning he recommended against conducting any high school sports until after Jan. 1 to prevent further spread of the coronavirus.
Wolf said the recommendation was based in the concept that the virus thrives in congregate settings.
“Anything that brings people together is going to help that virus get us,” Wolf said. “And we ought to do everything we can to defeat that virus.”
Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine, who appeared at the press conference with Wolf, said the latest data showed there were 807 more cases of the virus in Pennsylvania on Thursday, bringing the total since the pandemic began to 116,521.
There also were 38 more deaths reported, bringing the total to 7,282. The 38 figure was the largest one-day increase in the state’s death total in more than a month.
Wolf’s statements on high school sports came at the tail end of a press conference focused on virus testing. He and Levine appeared with a Walmart executive, Jamie Reilly, who expanded on a previously announced testing partnership between the state and Walmart.
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