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Experts say COBOL was likely not written to be able to process the more than 500,000 unemployment claims New Jersey residents have submitted online.

Pennsylvania reported 1,680 new cases of COVID-19 and an additional 70 deaths Wednesday.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said the city’s finance and budget directors will work on a new budget and five-year plan, given the economic impact of the pandemic.

Philly volunteers sewing free face masks for health care workers and seniors worry say Facebook has mistaken them for potential price gougers.

New Jersey has now been granted half of the 2,500 ventilators Gov. Phil Murphy has asked of the federal government.

N.J. and Pa. farmers are bracing themselves as business drops and commodity prices fall while the COVID-19 pandemic rages. They see little help on the way.

Delaware Gov. John Carney is ordering anyone coming from outside the state to self-quarantine for 14 days.

The census is now online and being mailed to homes across the region. Philly community groups are still trying to get the word out during the pandemic.

Pennsylvania reported an additional 276 COVID-19 cases in the state Wednesday, bringing the statewide total to 1,127 cases.

Facing a shortage of face masks, health care workers go to DIYers and designers for help. Philadelphia launches task force to set mask-making standards.

Philly will issue a “stay-at-home” order for all residents starting at 8 a.m. Monday. A similar order takes effect in Delaware on Tuesday through mid-May.

Governor Murphy anticipates that the region — including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut — will take a $100 billion economic hit.