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16 more counties to turn green June 5

Ioannis Pashakis//May 29, 2020

16 more counties to turn green June 5

Ioannis Pashakis//May 29, 2020

Gov. Tom Wolf announced today that 16 counties will move to the green phase next week.

Eighteen counties moved to the green phase on Friday and during a press conference Friday afternoon, he announced 16 more mostly western and northern tier counties previously will the same June 5.

The new counties include: Allegheny, Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Clinton, Fayette, Fulton, Greene, Indiana, Lycoming, Mercer, Somerset, Washington, and Westmoreland.

Counties in the green may host gatherings of less than 250 people, businesses such as restaurants and personal care services may open a 50% capacity and construction activity may return to full capacity.

Other counties in the green as of May 29 include: Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Montour, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga, Venango and Warren.