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Poconos county becomes a ‘hot zone’ for coronavirus cases

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads throughout the country, the Poconos’ long-standing connection to New York and its place as a vacation destination for people all over the Northeast is causing problems that Northeast Pennsylvania's Monroe County says it can't handle.

A truck motors past a marker on the Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge in Monroe County. The Poconos Mountains region has been hard by the coronavirus.
A truck motors past a marker on the Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge in Monroe County. The Poconos Mountains region has been hard by the coronavirus.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer
    by Jason Nark
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