Early in the pandemic, child welfare officials warned that abuse might increase, but the opposite happened in most of the country. However, child fatalities in Philadelphia were up 44% over 2019. Pennsylvania saw a similar increase. KYW’s City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb has more. (Image credit: Getty Images)

<p data-uri="www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckzmpjy83000i387mdwt873kk@published" data-editable="text">Early in the pandemic, child welfare officials warned that abuse might increase, but the opposite happened in most of the country. However, child fatalities in Philadelphia were up 44% over 2019. Pennsylvania saw a similar increase. KYW&rsquo;s City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb has more. (Image credit: Getty Images)</p>

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