HARRISBURG - A day before Thanksgiving, Pennsylvania reached a grim milestone that put into focus the ongoing severity of the coronavirus pandemic.
State health officials say more than 10,000 Pennsylvanians have now died of COVID-19.The harrowing benchmark was reached after Pennsylvania announced 144 new virus-related fatalities on Wednesday.
In total, the state has experienced 10,095 deaths since the onset of the pandemic.FULL COVERAGE: CORONAVIRUSPhiladelphia, the largest city in Pennsylvania, has been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus.
The latest data from the state shows nearly 2,000 virus-related deaths among the city's population of more than 1.5 million.Meanwhile, the densely populated suburb of Montgomery County is.