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NEW!404sharesPennsylvania is now asking residents to avoid “non-essential” travel to New Jersey and two other neighboring states - Ohio and West Virginia - to limit the spread of the coronavirus.Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration issued the recommendation Monday. Visitors to those three states aren’t asked to self-quarantine, like other states on Pennsylvania’s list of travel recommendations. The Wolf administration said “a recommendation of quarantine for these states is not practically viable.”But when it comes to New Jersey, Ohio and West Virginia, the Wolf administration said “non-essential travel is highly discouraged.”This is the first time the Wolf administration has added an advisory on Pennsylvania’s neighboring states to its weekly list of travel restrictions related to the pandemic. The advisory regarding New Jersey, Ohio and West Virginia is linked to the positivity rate in those states, said Nate Wardle, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Health.Pennsylvania’s other neighboring states, including New York, don’t meet the criteria to warrant a travel advisory, Wardle said.New Jersey announced new measures to curb the coronavirus as cases climb in the Garden State. , among other steps announced Monday.The Wolf administration has added four states to its growing list of travel restrictions: Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia and Massachusetts. Visitors to those states are asked to quarantine for 14 days upon returning to Pennsylvania. The state removed Louisiana from the list.The state is now asking visitors to 34 states to self-quarantine when they come home to Pennsylvania. Here is ., state officials say.Earlier Monday, the Wolf administration said the state’s positive test rate for the coronavirus has climbed to 6.9%, up from 5% two weeks ago. The state named 52 counties that bear watching for the virus because the positive rate was at least 5% or higher.Pennsylvania reported 6,300 new cases over a two-day period, raising the statewide total to more than 234,000. More than 9,000 deaths have been tied to COVID-19, according to the health department.More from PennLiveNote to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.

NEW!404sharesPennsylvania is now asking residents to avoid “non-essential” travel to New Jersey and two other neighboring states - Ohio and West Virginia - to limit the spread of the coronavirus.Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration issued the recommendation Monday. Visitors to those three states aren’t asked to self-quarantine, like other states on Pennsylvania’s list of travel recommendations. The Wolf administration said “a recommendation of quarantine for these states is not practically viable.”But when it comes to New Jersey, Ohio and West Virginia, the Wolf administration said “non-essential...

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