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A box of universal viral transport kits — otherwise known as nasal swab kits — are pictured before the city's coronavirus testing site opened next to Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on Friday, March 20, 2020. The site, which opened Friday afternoon, is the first city-run location where people can be swabbed to determine if they have the coronavirus. At the time of opening, it was only for people with symptoms who are over 50 and healthcare workers with symptoms. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

A box of universal viral transport kits — otherwise known as nasal swab kits — are pictured before the city's coronavirus testing site opened next to Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on Friday, March 20, 2020. The site, which opened Friday afternoon, is the first city-run location where people can be swabbed to determine if they have the coronavirus. At the time of opening, it was only for people with symptoms who are over 50 and healthcare workers with sym…

March 21, 2020

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Pennsylvania reports COVID-19 death; Wolf defends shutdown
March 21, 2020 8:33 p.m.

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.”