"I'm upset that people just can't act in the way they are supposed to act ... and do what's good for everybody," said a visibly irritated Mayor Jim Kenney. He pleaded for people to "please just get vaccinated."
On July 5, Philadelphia reported the lowest number of average new cases of COVID of the pandemic, when the city averaged 23 new cases per day. Only August 9, the average new cases of COVID reported by the City was 180. The average number of new cases per day in Philadelphia has doubled three times in a month.
As of Wednesday, 63.2% of adults 18+ in the city are fully vaccinated. Currently, 118 people are hospitalized in the city with COVID-19.
