How Philly’s shutdown saved thousands of lives, according to Drexel researchers | Coronavirus Newsletter

TL;DR: A Drexel University team of public health researchers estimated that the first 45 days of Philadelphia’s shutdown, which began March 23, avoided about 57,000 hospitalizations and saved 6,200 lives. Here is how Pennsylvania decides when counties can reopen. Pennsylvania health officials announced today that they would require mass testing of tens of thousands of nursing home staff and …