Pittsburgh, Western PA Moving To Green Reopening Phase

PITTSBURGH, PA — All of southwestern Pennsylvania except Beaver County will transition to the state's green reopening phase beginning June 5, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Friday.

Many restrictions related to the coronavirus outbreak are being lifted in Allegheny, Butler, Washington, Westmoreland, Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Clinton, Fayette, Fulton, Greene, Indiana, Lycoming, Mercer and Somerset Counties.

Most of those counties have been in the yellow reopening phases since May 15. Beaver County went yellow on May 22.

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Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald was pleased about the green designation, but warned at a news conference after Wolf's announcement that coronavirus flareups still could occur in the region.

"We still have to be very vigilant," he said. "I know we're a social community in southwestern Pennsylvania (but) I would urge people that if they do get together do it in small groups - and wear that mask."