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coronavirus covid-19 updates

WEDNESDAY, may 20

ESSEX COUNTY COVID CASES
As of Mon, May 18 at 10pm

​🔷 ESSEX
  • 17,121 Positives
  • 🙏🏻 1,562 Deceased
    (9% Mortality Rate)

🔷 ESSEX LONG TERM CARE:
  • 2,647 Positives
    (16% of Essex positives)​

  • 🙏🏻 538 Deceased
    (34% of Essex deaths)
    (20% Mortality Rate)​​​​

Long Term Facility Total Deaths include:
  • Confirmed Covid-19
  • Test results pending
  • Respiratory illness deaths under investigation
West Essex Reports As Reported by NJ State Department of Health
As of Mon, May 11 at 10pm
​
✅ Marks where case reports have risen As of Mon, May 18 at 10pm

🙏🏻  ​CALDWELL
  • 98 Positive (went down)
  • 5 Deceased (went down)
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St. Catherine of Sienna
  • 21 Positive
  • 1 deceased
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🙏🏻 ​ ​CEDAR GROVE
NOTE: At minimum, because of confirmed Long Term numbers, Cedar Grove has 509 positive cases.
  • ✅ 388 Positive 
  • ✅ 96 Deceased​
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Long Term Total:
  • ✅ 509 Positive
  • 87 deceased
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Alaris Health at Cedar Grove
  • ✅ 73 Positive
  • 10 deceased
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Arbor Glen Center
  • 50 Positive
  • 9 deceased
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Saint Joseph's Health Care and Rehab Center
  • ✅ 118 Positive
  • 27 deceased
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The Canterbury At Cedar Grove Care and Rehabilitation
  • 177 Positive
  • 19 deceased
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Waterview Center - Genesis at Cedar Grove
  • ✅ 91 Positive
  • 22 deceased  
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🙏🏻 ​ESSEX FELLS
  • ✅ 19 Positive
  • 2 deceased

Municipality does not have Long Term care
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🙏🏻 FAIRFIELD
  • ✅ 128 Positive
  • ✅ 17 deceased
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Sunrise Assisted Living
  • ✅ 37 Positive
  • 9 deceased
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🙏🏻 NORTH CALDWELL
  • 39 Positive
  • 4 deceased

Municipality does not have Long Term care
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🙏🏻 ROSELAND
  • ✅  82 Positive 
  • ✅  15 deceased
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Arbor Terrace
  • ✅ 20 Positive
  • 7 deceased
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🙏🏻  VERONA
  • 114 Positive
  • ✅ 13 deceased

Municipality does not have Long Term care
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🙏🏻  ​WEST CALDWELL
NOTE: West Caldwell last reported 104 Home Residents cases, including 6 deaths.
  • ✅  ​294 Positive
  • 36 deceased (went down)
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Long Term Total:
  • ✅  185 Positive
  • 37 deceased (went down)
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Cranes Mill
  • ✅ 49 Positive
  • 12 deceased 
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Cranes Mill Assisted Living
  • ✅ 11 Positive
  • 6 deceased
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West Caldwell Care Center
  • ✅125 Positive
  • 19 deceased  (went down)

🔷  SATURDAY, MAY 2: STATE PARKS REOPEN / COUNTY PARKS AND GOLF COURSES ALLOWED TO REOPEN

Wednesday, Apr. 29
Executive Order

▪️ County Parks and Golf Courses will decide if their locations are Open or Closed
ESSEX COUNTY WILL REOPEN PARKS AND GOLF COURSES
▪️ Face covers required
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🔺 NOT MANDATED BUT STRONGLY SUGGESTED OR IT WILL BE MANDATED:
Travel activities and social distancing activities will be monitored this weekend to see if further mandates need to be put in place
  • Go ONLY to your park close to home
  • Wear Face Covers
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🔺 RESTRICTIONS:
  • Parking Lot capacity will be capped at 50%
  • CLOSED: Playgrounds, Pavilions, Visitor Centers, Restrooms
  • PROHIBITED: Picnics, Organized activities, Sports
  • Golf Course personnel will enforce all state requirements if they decide to open
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🔺 PASSIVE RECREATION ALLOWED:
  • Running, Hiking, Biking, Kayaking, Boating, Horseback Riding, Fishing
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MAY 1: COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL CLERKS WILL ACCEPT INITIATIVES AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS ELECTRONICALLY / SIGNATURES WILL ONLY BE COLLECTED ELECTRONICALLY

Wednesday, Apr. 29

Executive Order 132
  • Secretary of State will create a generic template of the online form for electronic signature and submission requirements

  • For use by May 1, 2020

  • County clerks and municipal clerks shall require that signatures for initiative and referendum petitions be gathered electronically

  • Hand signatures obtained prior to the effective date of this Executive Order shall also be accepted.

from Governor Phil Murphy
"Now is not the time for anyone to be going door-to-door to campaign or collect signatures for any purpose. By allowing this process to move forward electronically, we can ensure that initiative and referendum campaigns proceed in a manner that protects public health.”

THURSDAY, APR. 30

WED, APR. 29

MONDAY, APR. 27

🔷 CALDWELL COMMUNITY CENTER
CONTINUES TO BE CLOSED
DURING COVID-19 AND
​WILL LIKELY
​REOPEN IN 2021

April 26, 2020
​
Reminder: All Gyms and Community Centers in the state continue to be closed Indefinitely, until further notice.
​
Statement from the Borough of Caldwell is found online here.

new jersey
​testing sites​

🔷 FULL LIST OF NJ TESTING SITES
Covid19.NJ.gov/Locations 🔷 ESSEX
  • Weequahic Park
    Elizabeth Ave &, Meeker Ave, Newark
  • Essex County residents only
  • Arrive by car only 
  • By appointment only:
    EssexCovid.org

RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ARE NEEDED TO RETURN TO WORK WITHOUT AFFECTING PENSION STATUS

Apr. 6

Executive Order 115 signed and in effect

🔷 RETIREES
Retirees may return to public employment in any capacity, including full-time, part-time or as SLEOs, provided:
  • The retiree has retired before the date of the executive order
  • The retiree has completed at least a 30-day separation from their employment, dating from the date of retirement or the date of board approval, whichever is later
  • The retiree’s return to employment is necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic

🔷 SPECIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS (SLEO)
  • The 25% SLEO cap is suspended and a municipality may employ the number of SLEOs as are necessary in the judgement of the law enforcement agency to address public health and safety.

🔷 NEW HIRES
  • Any individual hired by a State or local entity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic may immediately enroll in SHBP.

Governor Phil Murphy:
"Right now we need all the experienced help we can get whether it be retired law enforcement officers returning to duty or nurses who return to University Hospital or folks who can help staff the labor departments. We need to remove any roadblocks that can keep them from service."

urgent need for health care volunteers to work at meadowlands

Apr. 8
SIGN UP HERE: 
​Covid19.NJ.gov/Forms/Volunteer

🔷 HEALTH CARE NEEDED:
  • Experienced Chief Nursing Officers
  • Experienced Chief Medical Officers
  • Physicians
  • Respiratory Therapists
  • All Healthcare professionals
  • All Healthcare in training

🔷 APPLY:
  • Currently licensed in New Jersey
  • Retired and/or previously licensed in New Jersey
  • Currently licensed in another state
  • Retired and/or previously licensed in another
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