Essex County Coronavirus Cases: See Town-By-Town Updates – Patch.com

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Cases of the coronavirus continue to rise across Essex County, according to statistics released Friday (see totals for each city and town below).

Overall, Essex County reported 70,635 cumulative COVID-19 cases, an increase of 1,940 and 2.82 percent over the previous week.

The county has also seen 2,441 cumulative deaths linked to the disease, an increase of 17 from the previous week, officials reported.

The disease’s impact is reflected in the state Department of Health’s most recent “COVID-19 Activity Level Report,” which is issued weekly. The most recent report, released Friday, March 6, says Essex County is in the “orange” or “high” zone.”

If the county is in the “orange” zone, it means it has a rate of 10 to 25 cases per 100,000 people. “Yellow” means the county has a rate 1 to 10 cases per 100,000 people.

If the overall activity is at a “orange” level, state officials say, school districts in those counties would have to take more serious steps — such as quarantining or even shutting down schools — if a child shows the symptoms of COVID-19.

“When it is high risk, there are some recommendations that we make together with local school boards,” said Edward Lifshitz, medical director for the state Department of Health.

Indeed, a number of school districts still provide remote instruction even as the number of new daily cases has dropped in recent weeks.

Essex County officials released cumulative COVID-19 totals for each town and city on March 12, noting that their daily 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 – 4,619 cases, 101 deaths (population: 36,497)
  • Bloomfield – 4,378 cases, 103 deaths (population: 49,973)
  • Caldwell – 473 cases, 15 deaths (population: 7,941)
  • Cedar Grove – 1,336 cases, 119 deaths (population: 12,489)
  • East Orange – 5,597 cases, 276 deaths (population: 64,367)
  • Essex Fells – 155 cases, 2 deaths (population: 2,085)
  • Fairfield – 694 cases, 29 deaths (population: 7,474)
  • Glen Ridge – 314 cases, 11 deaths (population: 7,574)
  • Irvington – 3,629 cases, 211 deaths (population: 54,312)
  • Livingston – 1,544 cases, 81 deaths (population: 30,303)
  • Maplewood – 1,010 cases, 33 deaths (population: 25,380)
  • Millburn – 708 cases, 8 deaths (population: 20,080)
  • Montclair – 1,834 cases, 66 deaths (population: 38,564)
  • Newark – 32,054 cases, 887 deaths (population: 282,011)
  • North Caldwell – 390 cases, 6 deaths (population: 6,621)
  • Nutley – 2,431 cases, 57 deaths (population: 28,434)
  • Orange – 2,851 cases, 123 deaths (population: 30,551)
  • Roseland – 404 cases, 15 deaths (population: 5,835)
  • South Orange – 684 cases, 12 deaths (population: 16,691)
  • Verona – 816 cases, 16 deaths (population: 13,390)
  • West Caldwell – 885 cases, 51 deaths (population: 10,837)
  • West Orange – 3,829 cases, 219 deaths (population: 47,563)

This article contains reporting by Tom Davis, Patch staff

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