Pennsylvania set a record Thursday for new COVID-19 cases, then broke it Friday, topping 8,000 for the first time, quadrupling the state’s high point for the spring. The statistics are alarming, but hardly evoke the reality of the illness, according to Harold Chambers, 83, of Altoona, a pastor who called the Mirror to discuss his recent COVID-19 experience. “I want people to understand,” Chambers said. “It just about took my breath.” He became infected on a visit to Mount Union, learning after coming back to Altoona that the son of his father’s old friend had the ...