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Pennsylvania neared 1 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday amid rising infections and word of a setback in the state's accelerating COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
The Department of Health reported another 4,667 new cases -- the highest single-day number since early February -- to bring Pennsylvania to within a few hundred of the milestone.
Daily infections have risen more than 10% in two weeks, with hospitalizations beginning to drift up, too.
"All of our numbers are going the wrong way," Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, chair of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, said Wednesday.
With health officials on alert, Pennsylvania learned that it will not get nearly as many fresh doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as the federal government initially projected. The state said it will receive about 66,000 doses next week, not 200,000.