COVID-19 Cases In Philadelphia Have Pssed 10,000

Natasha Brown reports.

PANDEMIC AND HIS JOB APPROVALWAS 41 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER.CASES OF COVID-19 INPHILADELPHIA HAS PASSED THE10,000 MARK, STARTLING NUMBERCOMES AS GOVERNOR WOLF TALKABOUT WHAT WILL BE NEEDED TOOPEN UP COMMONWEALTH FORBUSINESS ONCE AGAIN.NATASHA BROWN HAS MORE.REPORTER: SIX WEEKS IN THECORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK INPHILADELPHIA AND CITY HASREACHED A SOBERING STAGE.FIRST TIME NUMBER OF THECONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 INPHILADELPHIA HAS EXCEEDED10,000.REPORTER: 475 NEW POSITIVECASES AND 24 NEW DEATHS AREADDING TO THE RISING COVID-19NUMBERS IN PHILADELPHIA,HEALTH OFFICIALS EXPECT THENUMBERS TO CONTINUE TO RISE,HOWEVER THEY SAY THEY ARESEEING POSITIVE EVIDENCETOWARD FLATTENING THE CURVE.THE FACT THAT WE ARE MOREOR LESS LEVEL OVER NEXT WEEKIS GOOD.IT MEANS INCREASES SEENPREVIOUSLY HAVE STOPPED.BY THE END OF THIS WEEK I HOPETO SAY IF WE ARE SEEINGDECREASING.WHEN WE START TO SEEDECREASES, ANY DECREASE ISGOOD EVEN A SMALL DECREASE.WE ARE WINNING THIS OVER ANDIT SHOULD CONTINUE.REPORTER: GOVERNOR WOLF SETA MAY EIGHTH TIME LINE TOBEGIN REOPENING PARTS OF THESTAY BUT OUTLINE WHAT WILLNEED TO HAPPEN TO FULLY IS THEI CAN TO THAT TIME FRAME.HE SPOKE TO THE MEDIA DURING APHONE CONFERENCE CALL TUESDAYMORNING.AS WE DO OUR PHASEDREOPENING WE WILL BE DOINGTHAT IN STEP WITH CAPACITY FORTESTING.REPORTER: GOVERNOR WILL BELOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT AREASLIKE DENSELY POPULATEDPHILADELPHIA WHEN MOVINGFORWARD WITH REOPENING PLANS.HE ADMITS EVERY PART OF THECOMMONWEALTH HAS DIFFERENTNEEDS AND REOPENING WILL TAKEPLACE IN STAGES.THE COUNTY BY COUNTY, ANDTHAT IS THE WAY I LOOK AT THEWAY WE'RE GOING TO BEREOPENING.EXACTLY THE SAME BUT WE NEEDTO LOOK AT WITH OUR EVIDENCEBASED, DATA DRIVEN DECISION