Essex County COVID Cases Still Rising: Weekly Town-By-Town Update – Patch.com

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Coronavirus cases continue to rise in Essex County, according to statistics released Friday (see totals for each city and town below).

Overall, Essex County has seen 83,027 cumulative COVID-19 cases, up from 80,592 last week – an increase of 3.02 percent.

The county has also seen 2,551 cumulative deaths linked to the disease, an increase of 24 from last 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 on April 10, says Essex County is in the “orange” or “high” zone.”

If a 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, some districts in New Jersey still provide remote instruction, or have temporarily closed schools due to multiple coronavirus cases.

Essex County officials released cumulative COVID-19 totals for each town and city on April 16, 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 – 5,559 cases, 106 deaths (population: 36,497)
  • Bloomfield – 5,137 cases, 117 deaths (population: 49,973)
  • Caldwell – 590 cases, 16 deaths (population: 7,941)
  • Cedar Grove – 1,514 cases, 119 deaths (population: 12,489)
  • East Orange – 6,719 cases, 286 deaths (population: 64,367)
  • Essex Fells – 185 cases, 2 deaths (population: 2,085)
  • Fairfield – 843 cases, 31 deaths (population: 7,474)
  • Glen Ridge – 367 cases, 12 deaths (population: 7,574)
  • Irvington – 4,345 cases, 218 deaths (population: 54,312)
  • Livingston – 1,767 cases, 81 deaths (population: 30,303)
  • Maplewood – 1,232 cases, 35 deaths (population: 25,380)
  • Millburn – 810 cases, 10 deaths (population: 20,080)
  • Montclair – 2,193 cases, 71 deaths (population: 38,564)
  • Newark – 37,195 cases, 928 deaths (population: 282,011)
  • North Caldwell – 490 cases, 6 deaths (population: 6,621)
  • Nutley – 2,911 cases, 61 deaths (population: 28,434)
  • Orange – 3,417 cases, 128 deaths (population: 30,551)
  • Roseland – 461 cases, 16 deaths (population: 5,835)
  • South Orange – 819 cases, 16 deaths (population: 16,691)
  • Verona – 959 cases, 17 deaths (population: 13,390)
  • West Caldwell – 1,045 cases, 51 deaths (population: 10,837)
  • West Orange – 4,469 cases, 224 deaths (population: 47,563)

This article contains reporting by Tom Davis, Patch staff

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