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Sharon L. Sell, 67, formerly of Hellertown and Bethlehem, died Friday, March 27, 2020 at Old Orchard Health Care Center, Bethlehem Township. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
A bus driver for the Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority (LANTA) has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), but the authority says it has no way of determining who may have ridden on the bus the driver last operated on March 20.
The ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is causing confusion and anxiety, but it is also bringing out the best in some people, and that includes local business owners Anand and Nipun Patel.
An employee at Wind Creek casino in Bethlehem has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the company announced in a statement published on its website Thursday.
Marcella Irene Dimmick, 105, of Bethlehem, formerly of Hellertown, died Thursday, March 12, 2020 at Kirkland Village, Bethlehem. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
In a letter to parents Monday Saucon Valley School District superintendent Dr. Craig Butler acknowledged that a mandatory two-week closure of all K-12 school in Pennsylvania may be extended due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Bethlehem mayor Bob Donchez said in a letter posted to Facebook Sunday that Lehigh County’s first confirmed case of coronavirus (COVID-19) is in a city resident.
Schools throughout the region announced additional precautionary measures Thursday to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus; a pandemic which has led to the cancellation of numerous public events across the area.
With confirmation of a test result from a Northampton County resident came news Thursday that the Lehigh Valley had its first presumptive positive case of the coronavirus–also known as COVID-19–as escalating fears over the spread of the global pandemic caused more schools to shutter and events to be canceled.
Lehigh University was one of a number of area colleges to announce Wednesday that it is closing dormitories and replacing classroom study with remote learning in response to the coronavirus, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a pandemic.
