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PHOTOS: Pittsburgh Life Amid Coronavirus

90.5 WESA | By Sarah Kovash

Published March 31, 2020 at 2:52 PM EDT

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A man sits on a park bench as a woman walks past in West Park on the Northside of Pittsburgh, Sunday, March 22, 2020.

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A Pittsburgh Public Works employee removes a basketball rim from a court on the Northside of Pittsburgh, Monday, March 30, 2020.

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Cars line up outside the Central Outreach Wellness Center on the Northside of Pittsburgh Monday, March 16, 2020, for drive-by testing for COVID-19.

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A woman walks past a closed Mt. Washington overlook above downtown Pittsburgh Monday, March 30, 2020. Pittsburgh Public Works employees closed the overlooks Monday morning because people were not following social distancing rules on them over the weekend.

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A man and a little girl play on a memorial to Civil War veterans in West Park on the Northside of Pittsburgh on a sunny Sunday, March 22, 2020.

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Larae Spearman, left, and son Qeymourrie, 8, leave a restaurant in Market Square in downtown Pittsburgh, Pa., with their take-out lunch as Darryl Leeper, right, entertains passers by Wednesday, March 18, 2020.

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People take in the view of downtown Pittsburgh from Mount Washington with protective masks adorning the "Point of View" sculpture depicting George Washington and Seneca leader Guyasuta, Friday, March 27, 2020.

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Volunteers hand out some of the 10,000 sandwiches that were donated to support people in need, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, in the driveway of the Oakmont Bakery in Oakmont, Pa., Monday, March 23, 2020.

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Rodef Shalom Rabbi Aaron Bisno delivers his sermon during an Erev Shabbot service that is being streamed live on Facebook, Friday, March 20, 2020. All events have been suspended at the synagogue until April 16, to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

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People enjoy the Allegheny Heritage trail on the Northside of Pittsburgh, Wednesday, March 18, 2020.

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It's been more than week since Gov. Tom Wolf ordered Allegheny County residents to stay home and many people have been hunkered down and/or working from home for longer than that. (Here at Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting, we've been working remotely for approximately 19 days, 2 hours and 30 minutes, but who's counting?!)

With social distancing and #quarentinelife becoming the new normal, here's a look at Pittsburgh life as we all ride the coronavirus wave of uncertainty.