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The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 10, 2020. According to the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, there have been 189,971 confirmed infections and 4,103 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 in the city.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Pennsylvania in March 2020. As of October 7, 2021, the Pennsylvania Department of Health has confirmed 1,464,264 cumulative cases and 29,814 deaths in the state.
Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.
Jan 18, 2024 · The state of emergency and executive order aim to combat thefts, shootings and the proliferation of open-air drug markets in Philadelphia. In 2023, more than 3,000 shooting incidents were reported in the city, alongside a 28% increase in retail theft and a 72.4% increase in vehicle theft.
Jan 2, 2024 · Philadelphia’s newly inaugurated Mayor Cherelle Parker signed the executive order declaring a “Public Safety Emergency” on Tuesday (January 2), which was her first full day in office. The declaration was signed just moments after Mayor Parker was publicly sworn in as the city's 100th mayor.
Jan 3, 2024 · One of new Mayor Cherelle Parker’s first actions in office – and perhaps her most attention-grabbing – was the executive order she signed declaring a “public safety emergency.” But what is a public safety emergency? And what will it mean for residents?
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Aug 29, 2023 · If you live in Philadelphia, you may have received several notifications this summer about emergencies — from the chemical spill in the Delaware River to the I-95 bridge collapse. The city’s Office of Emergency Management has also lowered its threshold for notifying residents about building fires — from three-alarm fires to two alarms.
