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Flags are lowered for New Jersey dead; Gov. Wolf, feds recommend wearing cloth masks

As the number of new cases climbed in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy said his state may be only about a week behind New York, where nearly 3,000 people have died.

A pedestrian wears a protective face mask out in front of the Penn Museum in Philadelphia on Friday. Gov. Tom Wolf is now urging Pennsylvanians to wear masks in public due to the spread of the coronavirus.
A pedestrian wears a protective face mask out in front of the Penn Museum in Philadelphia on Friday. Gov. Tom Wolf is now urging Pennsylvanians to wear masks in public due to the spread of the coronavirus.Read moreHEATHER KHALIFA / Staff Photographer