91 coronavirus deaths reported in West Essex area | The Progress News – New Jersey Hills
Ninety-one residents had died of the coronavirus in six towns in western Essex County as of Thursday, Aug. 20, according to Essex County data.
Forty-seven deaths were reported in West Caldwell, 16 in Fairfield and 12 in Roseland. Caldwell had 10 deaths, North Caldwell had four and Essex Fells had two, according to the county data.
The number of deaths has been nearly flat for the past two months. In some cases, the number of deaths in a municipality has fallen as residences of those who died are confirmed.
West Caldwell had 298 residents with the new virus, Fairfield had 151 and Caldwell had 123. Eighty-seven cases were reported in Roseland, 47 in North Caldwell and 29 in Essex Fells as of Thursday.
According to a list compiled by the state as of Wednesday, Aug. 19, 10 patients had died at Sunrise West Essex assisted-living center in Fairfield. Thirty cases among residents and 20 among the staff were reported.
Hackensack Meridian Health Center in West Caldwell reported one resident and one staff member with the virus. One staff member of Cranes Mill subacute center in West Caldwell tested positive.
Deaths and cases from concluded outbreaks no longer are included on the list; outbreaks are considered concluded after 28 days without a new case.
In a message to residents Friday, Aug. 14, West Caldwell Mayor Joseph Tempesta Jr. said there was one current case in the township’s general population. That person is home quarantined.
In the two skilled nursing facilities combined, there were no new cases in the past week, he said. One case each was reported in Cranes Mill and in Hackensack Meridian Health Center.
“Tragically, though, since the beginning of the pandemic, we have had 44 deaths in those facilities,” he added.
At the North Caldwell mayor and council meeting Tuesday, Aug. 18, Mayor Joseph Alessi said no cases were found among 200 people tested by Essex County in the borough Thursday, Aug. 6. The county also offered free testing in Essex Fells on Thursday, Aug. 20.
Both North Caldwell and Roseland held summer camps for children this summer, with no cases of the virus reported.
14,103 Confirmed Deaths in N.J.
New Jersey had a total of 188,527 cases of the coronavirus and 14,103 confirmed deaths as well as 1,829 probable deaths from the virus as of Thursday, according to the state Health Department.
With COVID-19 surging in other parts of the United States, seven states – Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New York and Texas – have surpassed New Jersey in the number of cases.
Residents and staff members of long-term-care facilities accounted for nearly half of the deaths in New Jersey, at 7,038. Deaths of 6,698 residents and 120 staffers have been reported. There have been 24,676 cases among patients and 13,106 cases among staff related to COVID-19.
Gov. Phil Murphy has urged residents to check for the latest updates online at https://covid19.nj.gov.
As of Thursday, Bergen County had the largest number of cases, with 21,261 and 1,790 confirmed deaths, followed by Essex, with 20,033 cases and 1,878 confirmed deaths.
Nationwide, 172,416 people had died of the coronavirus and 5,506,929 cases were reported as of Wednesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC numbers include both confirmed and probable cases and deaths.
Worldwide, 782,456 people had died and 22,256,220 confirmed cases were reported as of Thursday, according to the World Health Organization.
The United States, which alone accounted for slightly less than a quarter of the cases worldwide, was followed by Brazil, with more than 3.4 million cases, and India, with more than 2.8 million.
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