NEW JERSEY – Developments in the new coronavirus outbreak continue to unfold rapidly in New Jersey now that the number of cases has risen to 532,035, and 17,795 confirmed deaths have been reported, and vaccine news has been released. Patch will be running regular updates as more information is released, and vaccine news and lists of towns and counties and their numbers of cases and fatalities are below.
Here’s what else you should know:
- Murphy has made a stronger statement – one that offered little wiggle room this time – that New Jersey residents shouldn’t travel unless absolutely necessary. Read more: Gov. Murphy To NJ: ‘Don’t Travel, Period’ Amid COVID Pandemic
- New Jersey has released rules and guidance for the winter holidays and celebrations – and even strong advice for children sitting on Santa’s lap. Read more: NJ Issues Rules, Guidance for Winter Holidays, Celebrations
- Murphy has extended New Jersey’s public health emergency amid the coronavirus crisis for the eighth time as the state reported its highest daily case numbers ever, and fatalities climbed to the Garden State’s highest point in four months. Read more: NJ COVID Public Health Emergency Extended As Cases, Deaths Spike
- Murphy has issued a list of rules and guidelines for reopening schools this fall amid the coronavirus outbreak. Read more: Gov. Murphy Issues NJ School Reopening Rules Amid Coronavirus
- Murphy says he’s not ready to close school buildings statewide and shift instruction to remote, despite a report showing that the coronavirus risk is now “high” in all 21 New Jersey counties. Read more: Gov. Murphy: No State School Closure Yet Despite High COVID Risk
- New Jersey officials released the state’s list of rules for districts to follow if they have any hope of sustaining in-person instruction amid the coronavirus crisis this fall and winter. Read more: NJ Issues Rules For In-Person Education In Schools Amid COVID-19
- Murphy signed an order to require masks to be worn outside if social distancing is impossible. Read more: Gov. Murphy Orders NJ Masks Outside When Not Social Distancing
- New Jersey is now reporting probable deaths as part of its regular updates amid the coronavirus crisis. Read more: NJ Now Reporting ‘Probable’ Coronavirus Death Toll
- Here are 10 resources for you and your family to utilize as you navigate through the outbreak: Unemployment, Tests, Food: 10 NJ Resources In Coronavirus Crisis
- Murphy had been releasing “hard dates” and more specifics on New Jersey’s plans to reopen its economy, schools, daycare, summer camps and public transit during the coronavirus crisis. Read more: Gov. Murphy: ‘Hard Dates’ In NJ Coronavirus Reopening Blueprint
Here are NJ county-by-county cases as of Saturday, Jan. 9th (town-by-town totals are below):
- Middlesex Countu: 1,537
- Essex County: 2,174
- Hudson County: 1,581
- Monmouth County: 999
- Bergen County: 2,110
- Ocean County: 1,378
- Union County: 1,410
- Camden County: 826
- Morris County: 807
- Burlington County: 601
- Gloucester County: 410
- Passaic County: 1,351
- Mercer County: 719
- Somerset County: 600
- Atlantic County: 371
- Cumberland County: 241
- Sussex County: 182
- Hunterdon County: 87
- Salem County: 110
- Warren County: 173
- Cape May County: 128
Here are all the New Jersey towns and their latest rates of cases per 1,000 people:
- Aberdeen 14.47
- Absecon 30.16
- Alexandria Township 2.92
- Allamuchy 12.89
- Allendale 19.23
- Allenhurst 23.90
- Allentown 7.36
- Alloway 9.84
- Alpha 20.00
- Alpine 19.17
- Andover Township 41.03
- Andover Borough 3.37
- Asbury Park 22.46
- Atlantic City 12.67
- Atlantic Highlands 10.26
- Audubon 9.70
- Audubon Park 7.68
- Avalon 14.90
- Avon-by-the-Sea 11.36
- Barnegat 13.21
- Barnegat Light 16.63
- Barrington 7.42
- Bass River 6.33
- Bay Head 9.04
- Bayonne 20.32
- Beach Haven 14.67
- Beachwood 13.74
- Bedminster Township 5.92
- Belleville 27.53
- Bellmawr 14.37
- Belmar 10.63
- Belvidere 22.30
- Bergenfield 32.26
- Berkeley Township 19.31
- Berkeley Heights 21.84
- Berlin Township 8.75
- Berlin Borough 11.93
- Bernards Township 11.03
- Bernardsville 9.87
- Bethlehem Towship 7.43
- Beverly 14.91
- Blairstown 6.77
- Bloomfield 23.52
- Bloomingdale 24.92
- Bloomsbury 6.93
- Bogota 22.60
- Boonton Township 28.09
- Boonton 13.25
- Bordentown Township 7.97
- Bordentown City 9.64
- Bound Brook 33.11
- Bradley Beach 17.29
- Branchburg 7.17
- Branchville 10.04
- Brick 18.44
- Bridgeton 31.96
- Bridgewater 11.51
- Brielle 16.14
- Brigantine 4.68
- Brooklawn 14.83
- Buena Borough 15.83
- Buena Vista Township 8.22
- Burlington Township 22.09
- Burlington City 12.74
- Butler 14.15
- Byram Township 9.49
- Caldwell 15.68
- Califon 4.19
- Camden 35.00
- Cape May 9.74
- Cape May Point 0.00
- Carlstadt 103.05
- Carneys Point 32.88
- Carteret 31.37
- Cedar Grove 39.66
- Chatham Township 13.20
- Chatham Borough 7.54
- Cherry Hill 17.85
- Chesilhurst 20.68
- Chester Township 7.29
- Chester Borough 6.28
- Chesterfield 20.76
- Cinnaminson 16.25
- Clark 17.10
- Clayton 11.94
- Clementon 17.92
- Cliffside Park 21.06
- Clifton 34.03
- Clinton Township 16.59
- Clinton 11.58
- Closter 11.42
- Collingswood 11.86
- Colts Neck 10.96
- Commercial Township 6.37
- Corbin City 10.94
- Cranbury Township 16.75
- Cranford 21.86
- Cresskill 18.79
- Deal 99.42
- Deerfield Township 17.92
- Delanco 10.26
- Delaware Township 4.69
- Delran 12.21
- Demarest 10.49
- Dennis Township 14.73
- Denville 10.26
- Deptford 22.07
- Dover 40.41
- Downe Township 7.65
- Dumont 18.93
- Dunellen 29.65
- Eagleswood 13.78
- East Amwell Township 5.14
- East Brunswick 15.07
- East Greenwich 7.60
- East Hanover 14.66
- East Newark 29.27
- East Orange 31.96
- East Rutherford 17.01
- East Windsor 20.33
- Eastampton 11.59
- Eatontown 28.11
- Edgewater 14.03
- Edgewater Park 15.23
- Edison 20.12
- Egg Harbor Township 10.37
- Egg Harbor City 22.63
- Elizabeth 45.90
- Elk Township 10.92
- Elmer 6.92
- Elmwood Park 30.23
- Elsinboro 5.66
- Emerson 34.03
- Englewood 30.18
- Englewood Cliffs 11.20
- Englishtown 23.58
- Essex Fells 14.06
- Estell Manor 7.42
- Evesham 11.22
- Ewing Township 17.89
- Fair Haven 8.08
- Fair Lawn 19.95
- Fairfield Township (Cumberland) 13.39
- Fairfield Township (Essex) 19.87
- Fairview 27.40
- Fanwood 15.13
- Far Hills 3.49
- Farmingdale 9.30
- Fieldsboro 6.62
- Flemington 17.52
- Florence 8.90
- Florham Park 13.97
- Folsom 12.44
- Fort Lee 14.63
- Frankford Township 16.60
- Franklin Borough 10.13
- Franklin Lakes 15.59
- Franklin Township (Gloucester) 7.44
- Franklin Township (Hunterdon) 5.12
- Franklin Township (Somerset) 22.31
- Franklin Township (Warren) 11.16
- Fredon Township 6.53
- Freehold Township 22.35
- Freehold 38.30
- Frelinghuysen 67.77
- Frenchtown 4.63
- Galloway Township 9.41
- Garfield 26.57
- Garwood 10.61
- Gibbsboro 8.55
- Glassboro 10.88
- Glen Gardner 4.40
- Glen Ridge 5.81
- Glen Rock 10.49
- Gloucester Township 14.82
- Gloucester City 10.94
- Green Township 8.01
- Green Brook 20.82
- Greenwich Township (Cumberland) 7.84
- Greenwich Township (Gloucester) 8.31
- Greenwich Township (Warren) 22.84
- Guttenberg 20.20
- Hackensack 32.74
- Hackettstown 27.68
- Haddon Township 8.13
- Haddon Heights 6.01
- Haddonfield 7.30
- Hainesport 8.27
- Haledon 36.58
- Hamburg 10.79
- Hamilton Township (Atlantic) 10.87
- Hamilton Township (Mercer) 19.40
- Hammonton 44.46
- Hampton Township 7.73
- Hampton Borough 6.56
- Hanover 14.17
- Harding Township 7.29
- Hardwick 17.29
- Hardyston Township 7.61
- Harmony 10.17
- Harrington Park 8.19
- Harrison (Hudson) 33.95
- Harrison Township (Gloucester) 6.86
- Harvey Cedars 4.43
- Hasbrouck Heights 17.04
- Haworth 13.46
- Hawthorne 24.31
- Hazlet 18.59
- Helmetta 19.27
- Hi-Nella 4.17
- High Bridge 6.80
- Highland Park 12.79
- Highlands 9.34
- Hightstown 25.86
- Hillsborough 12.97
- Hillsdale 14.14
- Hillside 33.66
- Ho-Ho-Kus 12.19
- Hoboken 13.02
- Holland Township 6.01
- Holmdel 20.50
- Hopatcong 10.17
- Hope Township 18.89
- Hopewell Borough 4.18
- Hopewell Township (Cumberland) 17.39
- Hopewell Township (Mercer) 9.12
- Howell 15.03
- Independence Township 13.30
- Interlaken 6.60
- Irvington 27.30
- Island Heights 13.04
- Jackson 17.01
- Jamesburg 22.87
- Jefferson 12.08
- Jersey City 26.20
- Keansburg 24.42
- Kearny 31.11
- Kenilworth 18.75
- Keyport 15.84
- Kingwood Township 5.33
- Kinnelon 9.08
- Knowlton 7.74
- Lacey 12.14
- Lafayette Township 5.86
- Lake Como 11.97
- Lakehurst 14.91
- Lakewood 27.51
- Lambertville 7.85
- Laurel Springs 11.01
- Lavallette 6.48
- Lawnside 24.85
- Lawrence Township (Cumberland) 22.66
- Lawrence Township (Mercer) 12.65
- Lebanon Township 3.75
- Lebanon Borough 7.20
- Leonia 15.04
- Liberty 12.68
- Lincoln Park 36.95
- Linden 34.62
- Lindenwold 29.91
- Linwood 12.45
- Little Egg Harbor 10.50
- Little Falls 10.93
- Little Ferry 19.03
- Little Silver 8.53
- Livingston 18.18
- Loch Arbour 11.24
- Lodi 7.02
- Logan Township 8.40
- Long Beach Township 11.17
- Long Branch 22.51
- Long Hill 5.89
- Longport 9.66
- Lopatcong Township 63.34
- Lower Township 12.59
- Lower Alloways Creek 7.00
- Lumberton 13.43
- Lyndhurst 18.88
- Madison 10.04
- Magnolia 7.23
- Mahwah 9.99
- Manalapan 14.78
- Manasquan 12.59
- Manchester 20.24
- Mannington Township 7.40
- Mansfield Township (Burlington) 9.15
- Mansfield Township (Warren) 33.72
- Mantoloking 0.00
- Mantua Township 10.94
- Manville 15.95
- Maple Shade 22.53
- Maplewood 14.07
- Margate 7.57
- Marlboro 13.90
- Matawan 25.61
- Maurice River Township 4.80
- Maywood 27.14
- Medford 9.57
- Medford Lakes 5.95
- Mendham Township 7.77
- Mendham Borough 16.58
- Merchantville 20.40
- Metuchen 11.26
- Middle Township 12.01
- Middlesex Borough 19.99
- Middletown 14.30
- Midland Park 13.36
- Milford 5.41
- Millburn 8.62
- Millstone Borough 7.28
- Millstown Township 10.14
- Milltown 14.16
- Millville 18.71
- Mine Hill 19.94
- Monmouth Beach 9.00
- Monroe Township (Gloucester) 10.50
- Monroe Township (Middlesex) 19.05
- Montague Township 8.88
- Montclair 12.48
- Montgomery Township 5.84
- Montvale 9.36
- Montville 11.71
- Moonachie 30.67
- Moorestown 20.41
- Morris Township 14.93
- Morris Plains 13.16
- Morristown 31.54
- Mount Arlington 11.80
- Mount Ephraim 8.68
- Mount Holly 12.74
- Mount Laurel 11.42
- Mount Olive 11.12
- Mountain Lakes 5.62
- Mountainside 11.44
- Mullica Township 7.18
- National Park 9.05
- Neptune Township 25.01
- Neptune City 15.10
- Netcong 10.91
- New Brunswick 32.72
- New Hanover 9.37
- New Milford 29.20
- New Providence 13.43
- Newark 29.50
- Newfield 8.91
- Newton 14.95
- North Arlington 18.95
- North Bergen 43.42
- North Brunswick 24.01
- North Caldwell 6.95
- North Haledon 24.04
- North Hanover 6.37
- North Plainfield 16.31
- North Wildwood 12.21
- Northfield 19.89
- Northvale 15.04
- Norwood 27.32
- Nutley 18.53
- Oakland 19.14
- Oaklyn 8.85
- Ocean City 6.07
- Ocean Gate 11.54
- Ocean Township 14.00
- Ocean Township (Waretown) 7.17
- Oceanport 13.45
- Ogdensburg Borough 8.21
- Old Bridge Township 18.47
- Old Tappan 12.32
- Oldmans Township 7.53
- Oradell 26.68
- Orange 33.87
- Oxford 8.07
- Palisades Park 13.72
- Palmyra 9.69
- Paramus 42.61
- Park Ridge 21.69
- Parsippany 15.50
- Passaic 50.29
- Paterson 49.16
- Paulsboro 13.64
- Peapack-Gladstone 17.15
- Pemberton Township 16.61
- Pemberton Borough 4.94
- Pennington 7.91
- Penns Grove 30.74
- Pennsauken 25.25
- Pennsville 8.38
- Pequannock 14.85
- Perth Amboy 46.96
- Phillipsburg 20.53
- Pilesgrove 6.70
- Pine Beach 10.22
- Pine Hill 15.13
- Pine Valley 0.00
- Piscataway 17.32
- Pitman 8.95
- Pittsgrove 9.51
- Plainfield 47.34
- Plainsboro 10.90
- Pleasantville 24.49
- Plumsted Township 7.16
- Pohatcong 17.41
- Point Pleasant Boro 15.71
- Point Pleasant Beach 8.36
- Pompton Lakes 21.45
- Port Republic 7.64
- Princeton 6.87
- Prospect Park 53.06
- Quinton Township 7.19
- Rahway 29.42
- Ramsey 9.69
- Randolph 12.90
- Raritan Township 9.02
- Raritan Borough 16.03
- Readington Township 5.48
- Red Bank 27.39
- Ridgefield 19.20
- Ridgefield Park 21.80
- Ridgewood 13.26
- Ringwood 11.65
- River Edge 14.31
- River Vale 11.83
- Riverdale 11.36
- Riverside 15.35
- Riverton 13.31
- Robbinsville 8.85
- Rochelle Park 37.23
- Rockaway Township 11.37
- Rockaway Borough 17.49
- Rockleigh 283.15
- Rocky Hill 8.36
- Roosevelt 12.41
- Roseland 15.05
- Roselle 31.37
- Roselle Park 25.43
- Roxbury 12.62
- Rumson 11.02
- Runnemede 10.33
- Rutherford 12.26
- Saddle Brook 23.14
- Saddle River 28.95
- Salem 13.51
- Sandyston Township 4.16
- Sayreville 18.83
- Scotch Plains 13.23
- Sea Bright 8.71
- Sea Girt 22.52
- Sea Isle City 8.70
- Seaside Heights 12.80
- Seaside Park 6.65
- Secaucus 33.78
- Shamong 9.51
- Shiloh Township 2.67
- Ship Bottom 14.48
- Shrewsbury Township 10.44
- Shrewsbury Borough 16.88
- Somerdale 12.39
- Somers Point 6.50
- Somerville 12.71
- South Amboy 25.65
- South Bound Brook 18.90
- South Brunswick 10.74
- South Hackensack 24.45
- South Harrison Township 26.52
- South Orange 7.67
- South Plainfield 24.09
- South River 22.56
- South Toms River 23.48
- Southampton 8.33
- Sparta 7.17
- Spotswood 13.75
- Spring Lake 12.56
- Spring Lake Heights 11.53
- Springfield (Burlington County) 6.97
- Springfield (Union County) 14.14
- Stafford Township 12.56
- Stanhope Township 9.18
- Stillwater Township 3.30
- Stockton 0.00
- Stone Harbor 7.33
- Stow Creek 9.54
- Stratford 10.91
- Summit 10.58
- Surf City 9.29
- Sussex Borough 9.71
- Swedesboro 20.89
- Tabernacle 5.68
- Tavistock 0.00
- Teaneck 27.62
- Tenafly 11.64
- Teterboro 65.42
- Tewksbury Township 3.77
- Tinton Falls 13.93
- Toms River 20.62
- Totowa 28.54
- Trenton 47.84
- Tuckerton 5.92
- Union Beach 8.02
- Union City 52.04
- Union Township (Hunterdon) 43.98
- Union Township (Union) 31.96
- Upper Deerfield Township 11.37
- Upper Freehold 9.27
- Upper Pittsgrove Township 25.44
- Upper Saddle River 6.55
- Upper Township 9.99
- Ventnor 8.11
- Vernon 6.84
- Verona 10.66
- Victory Gardens 21.55
- Vineland 20.26
- Voorhees 21.32
- Waldwick 14.50
- Wall 16.22
- Wallington 15.03
- Walpack Township 0.00
- Wanaque 27.03
- Wantage Township 5.92
- Warren 10.45
- Washington Borough 17.98
- Washington Township (Bergen) 11.68
- Washington Township (Burlington) 4.23
- Washington Township (Gloucester) 13.49
- Washington Township (Morris) 8.04
- Washington Township (Warren) 15.42
- Watchung 16.24
- Waterford 11.77
- Wayne 28.75
- Weehawken 24.57
- Wenonah 7.64
- West Amwell Township 10.09
- West Caldwell 27.48
- West Cape May 7.25
- West Deptford 9.62
- West Long Branch 9.73
- West Milford 12.53
- West New York 40.97
- West Orange 27.49
- West Wildwood 21.28
- West Windsor 7.75
- Westampton 14.13
- Westfield 12.00
- Westville 13.38
- Westwood 22.25
- Weymouth 4.73
- Wharton 27.30
- White Township 23.45
- Wildwood 11.04
- Wildwood Crest 6.71
- Willingboro 24.25
- Winfield 4.45
- Winslow Township 16.24
- Wood-Ridge 18.33
- Woodbine 32.13
- Woodbridge 28.33
- Woodbury 13.29
- Woodbury Heights 9.02
- Woodcliff Lake 32.15
- Woodland Park 27.86
- Woodland Township 200.11
- Woodlynne 30.19
- Woodstown 17.56
- Woolwich Township 11.31
- Wrightstown 10.62
- Wyckoff 22.70
How It Spreads
The virus that causes COVID-19 is spreading from person-to-person. Someone who is actively sick with COVID-19 can spread the illness to others. That is why CDC recommends that these patients be isolated either in the hospital or at home (depending on how sick they are) until they are better and no longer pose a risk of infecting others.
There is currently no vaccine for COVID-19.
While the best way to prevent illness is to avoid virus exposure, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention always recommends taking preventive actions to contain the spread of viruses. This includes:
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.
- Stay home when you are sick.
- Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.
- Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces using a regular household cleaning spray or wipes.
- Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom, before eating, after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.