With COVID-19 increasing, state ‘may continue to extend’ pause in phases, officials say

State Secretary of Health John Wiesman said the rate of new COVID-19 cases continues to increase, and that it is nearly double the peak in March.

He said no decision has been made, but that the state “may continue to extend” a pause in counties advancing phases under the 

“What we’re trying to do at the moment is prevent runaway growth of COVID-19 in our state,” Wiesman said at