NJ Coronavirus Updates: Heres What You Need To Know – Englewood, NJ Patch

NEW JERSEY – Developments in the new coronavirus outbreak continue to unfold rapidly in New Jersey now that the number of cases has risen to 98, and two people have died. Patch will be running regular updates as more information is released, and a list of those who have tested positive, and their locations, is below.

Gov. Phil Murphy announced that he planned to shut down all schools on Wednesday, March 18. Read more: NJ Schools Will Close Due To Coronavirus Outbreak: Gov. Murphy

Murphy also imposed new statewide restrictions on Monday, March 16, shutting restaurants, casinos, bars and gyms. He also discouraged non-essential travel in the evening, saying people should stay at home. Read more: NJ Coronavirus: Bars, Restaurants, Theaters To Shut

Here’s what else you should know:

Here is a list of towns where cases have been identified:

  • Bergenfield: Two cases were identified in Bergenfield, on March 12. Read more: Bergen: 13 Coronavirus Cases Now In County
  • Berkeley Heights: A 48-year-old from Berkeley Heights developed symptoms on March 1. The person was hospitalized at Overlook Medical Center in Summit. He had symptomatic friends from Italy, but they all tested negative.
  • Berkeley Township: A Berkeley resident tested presumptive positive for the novel coronavirus, officials announced on Sunday, March 15.
  • Bloomfield (2): Two cases in Bloomfield were identified on Sunday, March 15, Essex County officials announced.
  • Bridgewater: A 23-year-old man from Bridgewater may have been exposed through close contact with a Pennsylvania resident, state officials said on March 12.
  • Caldwell: A Caldwell resident tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials announced on Sunday, March 15.
  • Cherry Hill: A Cherry Hill man in his 60s was in stable condition and in isolation, officials announced on March 6. He was being treated at Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital.
  • Cherry Hill: A Cherry Hill resident tested presumptive positive for the new coronavirus, Camden County officials announced on Friday, March 13. A woman in her 60s is in self-isolation in her home, and is maintaining frequent contact with the Camden County Health Department, officials said.
  • Chesterfield: A 60-year-old Chesterfield man tested presumptive positive for new coronavirus, a Burlington County spokesman said on Friday, March 13.
  • Clifton: An 18-year-old from Clifton developed symptoms on March 6. The person was not hospitalized and possibly got the disease from someone in New York on March 2.
  • Dumont: On Friday, March 13, Dumont Mayor Andrew LaBruno announced that a Dumont resident had tested presumptive positive for the COVID-19 virus. Read more: BREAKING: Dumont resident tests positive for coronavirus
  • East Brunswick: An East Brunswick resident was hospitalized with a presumptive positive case of the coronavirus for several days, state officials said on March 11.
  • East Hanover: The East Hanover Health Department, in conjunction with the state Department of Health has confirmed its first case of COVID-19.
  • Eastampton: A 63-year-old Eastampton woman tested positive for the virus, according to officials. The Eastampton woman contracted the virus from travel, officials said on Sunday, March 15.
  • Edison: An Edison resident has a presumptive positive case of the new coronavirus, officials said, state officials said on March 11. The township said the person was diagnosed with COVID-19 following a cruise.
  • Edison: A 53-year-old Edison man tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials said Friday, March 13
  • Englewood: A woman in her 30s from Englewood had her specimen collected at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center and was isolating at home, officials announced on March 5.
  • Englewood: A 55-year-old man from Englewood was hospitalized on March 5 at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Bergen County. The man apparently attended the Conservative Political Action Conference in February in Maryland, which President Trump also attended. Read more: Hospitalized In NJ: CPAC Attendee Tested Positive for Coronavirus
  • Englewood: A 16-year-girl from Englewood was hospitalized at Englewood Hospital, state officials said on March 12.
  • Fort Lee: A 32-year-old Fort Lee man was identified as New Jersey’s first presumptive new coronavirus case. He was hospitalized at Hackensack University Medical Center. He developed symptoms on March 1, and received medical care on March 2 at an urgent care facility before going to the emergency room at Hackensack, officials said.
  • Freehold Township: Students at Freehold Township High School whose immediate family members tested positive for the new coronavirus were placed in self-quarantine, the school’s principal said over the weekend of March 14.
  • Garfield: One case was identified in Garfield, officials said on Friday, March 13. You can watch the mayor address the topic here.
  • Hazlet: A woman, 83, from Hazlet got sick and was being treated at Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center.
  • Hazlet: A 66-year-old Hazlet woman who attended the Golden Age adult daycare was identified on March 11. She was admitted to Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, where she was being treated. Her condition is unknown.
  • Hoboken: The Hoboken Health Department announced on Friday, March 13 that the city has its first known positive case of new coronavirus. Mayor Ravinder Bhalla said the case involves a Hoboken man in his 40s. The affected individual has been kept in self-isolation at home.
  • Hoboken (2): Two more Hoboken residents tested positive for coronavirus, a man in his 30s and a man in his 40s, officials announced on Sunday, March 15.
  • Hoboken: Another Hoboken resident, a woman in her 40s, tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials announced on Sunday, March 15.
  • Jersey City: A 41-year-old woman who lives in downtown Jersey City and who was proactive when she felt symptoms was identified on March 13, officials said. She initiated testing with her private physician.
  • Jersey City: The second positive case of the new coronavirus in Jersey City was identified on Saturday, March 14. The case involves a 61-year-old woman living in the downtown, Mayor Steven Fulop said.
  • Jersey City: Jersey City announced its third positive case on Sunday, March 15. The case involved an 80-year-old man who was in isolation.
  • Leonia: A member of the Anna C. Scott School staff tested positive for COVID-19. All Anna C. Scott school students and staff were told to begin a period of self-quarantine, extending through Saturday, March 27, 2020.
  • Linden: Linden announced a coronavirus case on Sunday, March 15.
  • Little Ferry: A 69-year-old man from Little Ferry was the first person in New Jersey to die of the disease. He suffered from various other illnesses and died after suffering from cardiac arrest on March 10. Read more: First NJ Coronavirus Death; Total Cases Rise To 15: Governor
  • Little Silver: A man, 27, from Little Silver was being treated at Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center. He recently attended the Biogen conference in Boston. Read more: Little Silver Man With Coronavirus Quarantined For Past Week
  • Little Silver: A Red Bank Regional High School student, a 17-year-old teenager, was identified as another patient on March 11.
  • Little Silver: A third person with the virus was identified on Sunday, March 14. Three residents in two entirely separate households in Little Silver were determined to be positive for the new coronavirus, with a fourth resident within one of the two households symptomatic.
  • Long Branch: A Long Branch man tested presumptive positive for the novel coronavirus, city officials announced on Friday, March 13. The 39-year-old man represents Long Branch’s first reported positive case for the virus.
  • Manalapan: A 53-year Manalapan man who was hospitalized at Centrastate and who had exposure to confirmed case was identified on March 12.
  • Manchester: A Manchester Township man was the first Ocean County resident to have a presumptive positive test for new coronavirus in New Jersey, state and county officials said Friday, March 13. The man, who is in his 70s, was hospitalized at Ocean Medical Center in Brick and was admitted there on March 9.
  • Maplewood: One case in Maplewood was identified on Sunday, March 15, Essex County officials announced.
  • Metuchen: A Metuchen individual in his or her 50s tested positive for the new coronavirus, Mayor Jonathan M. Busch announced on Saturday, March 14.
  • Millburn (2): Two cases in Millburn were identified on Sunday, March 15, Essex County officials announced.
  • Montclair: A 66 -year-old woman from Montclair who was hospitalized at Mountainside Hospital was identified on March 12.
  • Montclair (2): Two additional presumptive positive COVID-19 cases in Montclair were announced on Friday, March 13. A 77-year-old female and a 60-year-old male tested positive for COVID-19, Montclair health officials said.
  • Montclair (3): Three cases in Montclair were identified on Sunday, March 15, Essex County officials announced.
  • Moorestown: One person tested positive for new coronavirus in Moorestown, officials announced on Sunday, March 15.
  • Montgomery Township (3): Three Montgomery Township family members tested positive for the new coronavirus. One child was also in DC Gymnastics in Hillsborough before showing symptoms, Hillsborough School Acting Superintendent Dr. Lisa Antunes said Sunday, March 15.
  • Morristown: Morristown was working to notify parents and employees of a positive case of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, in a Morris County resident who works at the Shalom Yeladim Nursery School, officials announced on Friday, March 13.
  • Newark: Newark announced on Sunday, March 15 its first confirmed case of the new coronavirus known as COVID-19.
  • North Caldwell: A North Caldwell resident tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials announced on Sunday, March 15.
  • Nutley (2): Two cases in Nutley were identified on Sunday, March 15, Essex County officials announced.
  • Passaic: Passaic announced its first coronavirus case on Sunday, March 15.
  • Piscataway: A Rutgers University professor has tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials announced on Sunday, March 15. The Biomedical Engineering Building on the Busch campus, in Piscataway, was being cleaned and disinfected in accordance with CDC guidelines, including focusing on frequently touched surfaces, officials said.
  • Princeton: A 49-year-old Princeton resident became the municipality’s first positive case of the new coronavirus, the Princeton Health Department (PHD) announced on Friday, March 13.
  • Princeton: Three more Princeton residents tested positive for the new coronavirus, the Princeton Health Department (PHD) announced Sunday, March 15.
  • Ridgewood: Two Ridgewood residents tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials announced on Saturday, March 14. Mayor Ramon Hache said the village has declared a state of emergency, and there were five confirmed cases of the coronavirus at Valley Hospital. Two of them were Ridgewood residents.
  • Riverton (2): Two from Burlington County were identified as new cases on March 10. Both Burlington County residnts were from Riverton.
  • South Brunswick (2): Two South Brunswick residents tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials announced on Saturday, March 14. One resident attends South Brunswick High School, officials said.
  • Teaneck: A 70-year-old man from Teaneck was hospitalized at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson. The doctor, who heads emergency preparedness at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, was in critical but stable condition after testing positive for the new coronavirus, the hospital confirmed. Read more: NJ Doc Who Heads St. Joe’s Emergency Preparedness Has Coronavirus
  • Teaneck: A 30-year-old from Teaneck developed symptoms on March 3 and was hospitalized at Holy Name in Teaneck.
  • Teaneck: A Teaneck woman, age unknown, had specimens collected at Holy Name hospital and may have had exposure to a confirmed case at a synagogue carnival in New York on March 1.
  • Toms River: A pregnant woman from Toms River became the second positive case of the new coronavirus in Ocean County, the Ocean County Health Department announced on Saturday, March 14. She is currently in stable condition.
  • Warren Township: A parent of a Warren Township school student has tested positive for the new coronavirus, Schools Superintendent Matthew A. Mingle said Sunday, March 15.
  • West New York: A 32-year-old man from West New York developed symptoms on Feb. 28 and was admitted to Hackensack University Medical Center on March 5.
  • West New York: West New York confirmed a 51-year-old woman as the town’s 2nd positive case of coronavirus, according to Hudson County View.
  • West Orange: A West Orange resident tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials announced on Sunday, March 15.
  • Westfield: Westfield announced on Saturday, March 14 that it received confirmation that a resident had the virus, and may ask that person’s contacts to self-quarantine for 14 days.
  • Woodbridge (2): Two people in Wooodbridge tested presumptive positively for the new coronavirus, Mayor John E. McCormac announced on Friday, March 13.

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.