As coronavirus death and case numbers decline, pressures build to reopen. Governors say not so fast.

With coronavirus case numbers declining and pressures building to resume the business of life, public officials in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey reiterated on Wednesday, with comments and official pronouncements, that the crisis is far from over and that they were not about to fast-forward their reopening plans. “We’re still in a public health emergency,” said Gov. Phil Murphy, who extended …