“There is no excuse for what is going on, okay?” Chester County State Sen. Andrew Dinniman, a Democrat, said, contending that the Department of Health has failed the most vulnerable — those in nursing homes.

Over the past seven days, about 76% of deaths added to the state’s total — 850 of the 1,124 newly reported deaths — were at personal care homes or nursing homes.

The rest were in highly populated cities where social distancing rules are mostly ignored.

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Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf speaks with members of the media and after receiving the Service Employees International Union's endorsement Friday, June 6, 2014, in Philadelphia. Wolf is challenging Republican incumbent Gov. Tom Corbett in Nov. 4th general election. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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