PA SR72

Designates March 18, 2025, as "COVID-19 Day of Remembrance" in Pennsylvania, marking the anniversary of the first COVID-19 death in the Commonwealth on March 18, 2020

Pennsylvania's first two COVID-19 cases were confirmed on March 6, 2020, in Delaware County and Wayne County

Total of 56,813 Pennsylvanians have died from COVID-19 since 2020, according to Department of Health data as of March 8, 2025

Recognizes Pennsylvanians who died from COVID-19, their families, health care workers, and essential workers affected by the pandemic

Acknowledges pandemic impacts including business closures, shift to online learning, hospital overcapacity, and families unable to hold proper funerals due to social distancing measures