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Coronavirus New Infection Rates Flatten On Eve Of New Jersey Reopening Its Parks
Gov. Phil Murphy said Saturday the state saw an overall drop in both hospitalizations and the daily growth rate of confirmed COVID-19 infections.
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Gov. Phil Murphy said Saturday the state saw an overall drop in both hospitalizations and the daily growth rate of confirmed COVID-19 infections.
Murphy urged people to wear face masks and to remain six feet apart.
New Jersey has been especially hard-hit by the coronavirus. The sate has had more than 7,000 deaths.
Gov. Phil Murphy ordered parks and golf courses closed on March 21, part of his series of statewide shutdown orders meant to slow the spread of coronavirus.
There were 402 new deaths, for a total of 6,442.
The reopening of businesses, restaurants and schools now have some specific conditions in the eyes of the state government's 6-step plan.
Many New York and New Jersey residents are losing hope, and are out of cash.
Gov. Phil Murphy said Sunday that New Jersey is likely "several" weeks away from even a phase one reopening of the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Garden State has now lost more lives lost to the pandemic than from World War I, the Korean War and the Vietnam War combined.
The day New Jersey's coronavirus pandemic crossed into six figures, the governor announced an executive order to allow renters to use their security deposits to pay their rents either to make up for a shortfall payment or to pay in full.
Gov. Murphy stressed "no one will be denied one penny of the benefits they deserve" from unemployment.
The toll saw 379 dead due to coronavirus-related illnesses, the worse single-day toll since the outbreak began, putting the statewide total of 4,753.
Among the recently reported dead was NJ Transit Senior Vice President and General Manager Ray Kenny, who lead the rail operations for NJ Transit, and Sierra Leone Ambassador Foday Mansaray, a representative of the International Human Rights Commission.
While measures to slow infection rates show improvement, critics minimizing the ongoing danger from COVID-19 brought out a bit of the governor's wrath.
Gov. Phil Murphy announced the initiative during his daily briefing on Friday in which he updated the latest total to now 78,467 confirmed COVID-19 infections in New Jersey, linked to 3,840 deaths.
"Let me be perfectly clear, there's nobody who wants to open the schools more than I do," said Gov. Phil Murphy during his daily coronavirus briefing.
If New Jersey is going to restart its economy in the foreseeable future, Gov. Phil Murphy says there first must be a lot more accessibility to coronavirus testing.
Governors from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Rhode Island announced Monday a new coalition will work out the timing for reopening the region.
There have been 94 additional deaths, for a total of 2,443.
More facial coverage and fewer seats on public transport are part of the latest tactics ordered for New Jersey residents to slow the spread of coronavirus.
Sufficient supplies and timely testing have arguably been among the biggest failures of handling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gov. Phil Murphy also said there have been 198 new deaths linked to COVID-19 illness, bringing the toll up to 1,700 people.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday the total had climbed to 1,504, up 275 from the day before.
New Jersey saw 232 deaths reported in the past 24 hours, the Garden State's highest single-day number up to its current coronavirus-related toll of 1,232 dead.
Gov. Phil Murphy wore a face covering when he arrived at his daily coronavirus briefing Monday.
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