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| 42 | PA | On April 23, 2020, Pennsylvania revised down its total **Deaths (confirmed and probable)** from 1,622 to 1,421 to exclude some probable deaths that needed further confirmation to be linked to COVID-19.On September 3, 2020, Pennsylvania [clarified](https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx) that the test numbers they have been reporting previously are in units of unique people and began publishing new test data in units of specimens. On September 4, 2020, we therefore moved the appropriate historical data to the **Total PCR tests (people)** field and began capturing **Total PCR tests (specimens)**. | https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx | https://pema.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html?rand_1596123643354=1596123643354#/034bec0bab3b450888a32012f81b8fe4 | https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx | @PAHealthDept | https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx | People | totalTestsPeopleViral | posNeg | Pennsylvania | 42 | false |