Philadelphia Past Coronavirus Peak, Officials Say

Natasha Brown reports.

6:00 STARTS RIGHT NOW.RIGHT NOW SIGNS OF HOPEATE PEERS THAT WE ARE PAST THEPEAK OF COVID-19 INPHILADELPHIA BUT OFFICIALSSTRESS WE CANNOT LET OUR GUARDDOWN.THIS IS "EYEWITNESS NEWS" AT6:00 WE ARE STREAMING LIVE ONCBSN PHILLY.GOOD EVENING I'M JESSICAKARTALIJA.NUMBER OF THE NEW CONFIRMEDCASES IS FALLING IN THE CITYAS COMMONWEALTH CALCULATES HOWTO REOPEN THE ECONOMY.NATASHA BROWN BREAKS DOWNTODAY'S HOPEFUL NEWDEVELOPMENTS.REPORTER: GLIMMER OF HOPEIN THE MIDDLE OF THE ONGOINGCORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK INPHILADELPHIA.SIGNS OF THE HOPE WE AREPAST THE WORSE.REPORTER: WITH MORE THAN300 NEW CASES REPORTED ONMONDAY CITY HEALTH OFFICIALSSAY THEY ARE SEEING A DECLINEIN POSITIVE CASES, SIGNIFYINGAN EVER ILLUSIVE MILESTONE.IT IS LOOKING LIKE WE AREPAST THE PEAK.DAILY CASE COUNTS ARE FALLING.THAT MEANS WHAT WE ARE DOINGIS WORKING.REPORTER: MAYOR KENNEY ISSTRESSING SOCIAL DISTANCING ASMORE SPRING-LIKE WEATHERFORCES MORE RESIDENTS OUTSIDE.I NEED PHILADELPHIANS TOHEAR ME OUT.WE HAVE BEEN DOING A TERRIFICJOB FOR STAYING INSIDE FOROVER A MONTH NOW.WE ARE VULNERABLE TO A RISE INCASES.REPORTER: COMMONWEALTH ISPREPARING TO REOPEN PARTS OFTHE PENNSYLVANIA WITHIN THENEXT TWO WEEKS, EASINGRESTRICTIONS ON CERTAINBUSINESSES BUT A STATE WITHMORE THAN 42,000 POSITIVECOVID-19 CASES CAN ONLY EXPECTA GRADUAL RETURN TO SOME SENSEOF NORMALCY.IN PHILADELPHIA, EXPERTS SAYTHERE IS IN WAY TO ESTIMATE AREAL TIME FRAME.MANY CASES OF THE INFECTIONHERE IN PHILADELPHIARESIDENTS.MANY PEOPLE HAVE INFECTIONSAND DO NOT HAVE SYMPTOMS ANDDON'T KNOW IT.YOU SHOULD ASSUME THAT ANYONEYOU MEET HAS THE VIRUS.YOU SHOULD ASSUME YOU HAVE THEVIRUS AND MAY NOT KNOW IT.YOU DON'T WANT TO SPREAD IT TOYOUR FAMILY OR FRIEND,NEIGHBORS, OR EVEN ANYBODY YOUMEET TO THE STREET THAT MEANSFOLLOW RECOMMENDATIONS AS ISAID BEFORE.IT IS CHALLENGING IN THESOUTHEAST.THE SOUTH EAST WILL BE ABLE TOGO EVENTUALLY, FROM RED TOYELLOW, ET CETERA BUT IT ISNOT GOING TO BE, AT THIS TIME