Laurel Toyota mechanics, from left, Rich Grayish and Steve Dunn work on a hybrid car recall on a Toyota Prius at the Johnstown, Pa., Toyota dealership, Friday, March 20, 2020. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced a list of non-essential businesses that are being told to close to contain the spread of coronavirus. Car dealerships are allowed to keep their auto repairs shops open. (Todd Berkey/The Tribune-Democrat via AP)
March 21, 2020
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Pennsylvania reports COVID-19 death; Wolf defends shutdown
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's coronavirus death toll rose by one on Saturday as lawyers for Gov. Tom Wolf asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging his authority to shutter “non-life-sustaining” businesses, declaring that unprecedented action is needed to combat a global pandemic they called “perhaps the biggest catastrophe of our lifetimes.”