Gov. Tom Wolf inadvertently extended his closure orders to May 8 when announcing his tentative date to reopen the state.

“May 8, that's a target date,” Wolf said. “In the coming days, we will build on the standards I outlined last Friday, and discuss how Pennsylvania plans to move forward with a measure region by region, business by business.”

The last date mentioned by Wolf's administration about the end of the social mitigation policies was April 30.

In addition to offering a date to look forward to, Wolf announced some “small steps to regain a degree of normalcy,” which included curbside pickup at state stores, auto sales and notaries being allowed through online mediums and limited construction with strict social distancing guidelines.

Wolf said reopening the state's economy will still be a regional approach, not a blanket effect starting May 8. He said the standards he listed during his news conference Friday will still be a part of the process, too.

As the governor addressed the public via the video conference, hundreds gathered in Harrisburg to protest the continued closure of the state.

Bob McCafferty, operator of North Country Brewing Co., said he tried to continue through takeout service. He and other local business owners drove to Harrisburg to protest on the capitol steps Monday.

“When it extended to April 30, it was not viable for us to be opened,” McCafferty said. “We're going to make it work. I'm glad it wasn't May 15. I'm just not positive what all is entailed with that.”

McCafferty said he and many others understood the call to close, and he liked the governor's county-by-county closure process. He said he took issue with the governor vetoing Senate Bill 613 Monday allowing more businesses to reopen.

McCafferty said every moment of delay costs his business and his employees their livelihoods. He said April 1 and 2, he laid off his employees, some of whom have yet to receive a PIN number in order to finish setting up their unemployment after filing claims weeks ago.

“Every time they delay approving something like that, it's another two weeks until it rolls out to the businesses,” McCafferty said.

In the announcement of his vetoing of SB 613, Wolf said it was too early to allow more businesses to open.

“This is not an easy decision, but it is the right course for Pennsylvania,” Wolf said in a statement. “Reopening tens of thousands of businesses too early will only increase the spread of the virus, place more lives at risk, increase the death tolls and extend the length of the economic hardships created by the pandemic.”

While Wolf vetoed one bill, he signed Senate Bill 841, which allows municipalities to conduct remote meetings, allows municipalities to extend permits and allows local governments to extend local property tax relief. The bill also allows school districts to renegotiate contracts with service providers and allows the remote notarization of documents.

In his Monday news conference, Wolf reiterated that the standards introduced Friday will continue to be a part of the reopening process with data-driven decisions being key among them.

“They're going to be reliant on quantifiable criteria to drive a targeted evidence-based regional approach to reopening Pennsylvania,” Wolf said.