With COVID-19 case counts continuing to trend downward, Gov. Tom Wolf and Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine said Tuesday guidelines about life in the green phase will be released this week.

“We’re continuing to make great progress,” Wolf said during his daily news conference. “We now have testing at 300 locations across the state, and our contact tracing capacity has increased from 433 on May 14 to 1,700 as of today.”

The state conducted more than 80,000 tests in the past week, which is about 30,000 more than it was doing on a weekly basis in April. Fewer than 500 new cases were reported by the Department of Health on Tuesday.

“There is some fluctuation regionally, but as a whole we continue to see cases go down,” Levine said. “Around 61 percent of people who tested positive for COVID-19 have fully recovered.”

Wolf attributed the state’s decreasing number of new cases to Pennsylvanians complying with social distancing guidelines and other health and safety recommendations.

Multiple counties will go “green” on Friday including Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Montour, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga, Venango and Warren.

When local counties go green, however, don’t expect large gatherings to immediately get the go signal, Levine said Tuesday.

“More guidelines will be coming this week, but we still won’t be recommending very large gatherings like a concert or anything like that,” she added. “We still want people to social distance and wear masks, even in the green phase.”

Wolf already indicated businesses such as restaurants, bars, barbershops, beauty salons and gyms can reopen for in-person service at 50 percent capacity in those areas.

Dauphin, Franklin, Huntingdon, Lebanon, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike and Schuylkill counties will be moving to the yellow phase on Friday.

Just before Wolf and Levine’s press conference Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced pro sports teams in the state could return to their facilities and begin training camps. Wolf said he is continuing to work with Pennsylvania’s teams to come up with a plan that works for the Keystone State.

“We want to ensure that when this happens, we’re still doing everything we can to keep players, employees and fans safe,” Wolf said.

Murphy also announced New Jersey high school graduations could be held starting in July.

“I don’t know what they are doing, but I still think we need to limit how many people are getting together,” Wolf responded.

Asked about reported large gatherings over Memorial Day weekend, Levine said she would not say those individuals need to automatically self-quarantine, but do need to be cautious.

“I think most of our residents want to do the right thing, but I am concerned about the people in those large group settings,” she said. “There is still a community spread and we’ll of course want to be vigilant for any outbreaks after the holiday weekend.”

Inflammatory syndrome impacting kids

While most cases of COVID-19 in children were mild, a new, related condition is developing that could potentially yield more serious results.

Levine said it is called MIS-C, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome.

“It is similar to Kawasaki disease and the symptoms can include a persistent fever, rash or change in skin color, swollen lymph nodes, red eyes and abdominal pain,” she said. “There is limited information available right now, but we do want parents to be aware of its seriousness.”

To date, there have been 19 suspected cases in Pennsylvania, with nine being confirmed positive, two determined to be negative and six still under investigation.

“Treatment protocols are still being developed,” Levine said.