Essex County On COVID ‘Red Zone’ List: See Updates For Each Town – Patch.com

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The coronavirus has taken a grim toll on Essex County. And the virus continues to ravage the area, according to updated COVID-19 statistics.

The White House Coronavirus Task Force said that Essex County was among nine New Jersey counties in the “red zone” when it came to the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak in November.

Red zones have more than 100 new cases per 100,000 residents and a diagnostic test positivity result of above 10 percent. READ MORE: 9 NJ Counties In Red Zone, White House Coronavirus Task Force Says

As of Thursday, Essex County led the entire state in cumulative COVID-19 cases at 36,082. Essex County also had the most confirmed deaths linked to the disease at 2,007, according to statistics from the New Jersey Department of Health.

Among these cases, 2,346 have been confirmed among residents at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. A total of 585 resident deaths have been linked to the disease in the county, state officials say.

Several officials and hospital executives have recently warned Essex County residents that a “second wave” of the virus has arrived in the region.

Essex County officials provided the following breakdown of cumulative cases and deaths linked to the disease on Dec. 3, noting that its report may not match state or municipal totals (here’s why).

Patch has included the U.S. Census’ most recent population estimates for each municipality.

  • Belleville – 2,322 cases, 76 deaths (population: 36,497)
  • Bloomfield – 2,195 cases, 80 deaths (population: 49,973)
  • Caldwell – 211 cases, 11 deaths (population: 7,941)
  • Cedar Grove – 679 cases, 116 deaths (population: 12,489)
  • East Orange – 3,053 cases, 240 deaths (population: 64,367)
  • Essex Fells – 67 cases, 2 deaths (population: 2,085)
  • Fairfield – 362 cases, 22 deaths (population: 7,474)
  • Glen Ridge – 99 cases, 9 deaths (population: 7,574)
  • Irvington – 2,216 cases, 169 deaths (population: 54,312)
  • Livingston – 863 cases, 73 deaths (population: 30,303)
  • Maplewood – 546 cases, 27 deaths (population: 25,380)
  • Millburn – 330 cases, 6 deaths (population: 20,080)
  • Montclair – 901 cases, 52 deaths (population: 38,564)
  • Newark – 16,518 cases, 714 deaths (population: 282,011)
  • North Caldwell – 137 cases, 6 deaths (population: 6,621)
  • Nutley – 1,049 cases, 39 deaths (population: 28,434)
  • Orange – 1,601 cases, 97 deaths (population: 30,551)
  • Roseland – 192 cases, 14 deaths (population: 5,835)
  • South Orange – 282 cases, 5 deaths (population: 16,691)
  • Verona – 315 cases, 15 deaths (population: 13,390)
  • West Caldwell – 422 cases, 50 deaths (population: 10,837)
  • West Orange – 2,158 cases, 195 deaths (population: 47,563)

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