Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine, M.D., held a news conference on Monday to discuss the status of the COVID-19 public health emergency in the state and answer questions from reporters.

During the news conference, Secretary Levine discussed the recent increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases in the state, the age groups that are seeing increases, the status of COVID-19 in schools, the state’s prospects for containing the virus’s spread, the changing nature of the virus’s impact on those who contract it, the upcoming holiday season, and more.  Read about what Secretary Levine had to say in this Pennsylvania Capital-Star article and another account of her news conference in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.