20 New Cases Of COVID-19 In West Caldwell Heading Into New Year

WEST CALDWELL, NJ — West Caldwell Mayor Joe Tempesta offered local residents a COVID-19 update on Thursday before the New Year’s holiday weekend kicked off.

Tempesta wrote:

“On behalf of the entire Township Council and all our West Caldwell employee family, we wish all of you a happy, healthy and safe New Year, and let us hope we can turn the corner by mid-year as the vaccine for COVID-19 is rolled out over the coming months.

“Please be advised the West Caldwell Health Department has informed us as of Thursday, December 31, we currently have 20 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in West Caldwell’s general population since last week.

“Of the 20 new confirmed cases, 13 individuals are home quarantined and recovering and the other seven individuals are already recovered. Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have had a total of 364 cases, of which, we have had eight citizens pass away in our general population. Thankfully, we have had 343 cases closed whereby those citizens are recovered and are no longer quarantined. We currently have two current COVID-19 cases in the Hackensack Meridian Health WC Care Center. There are no current cases in Crane’s Mill.

“We encourage all of you to continue the practice of social distancing, wash your hands often, and wear masks whenever possible. House parties tend to be an incubator for the COVID-19 virus, and we are simply trying to remind all of you to be careful and try and limit house gatherings to under 10 people.

“I also ask that you continue to join me in thanking all our first responders and teachers. I also thank you for continuing to patronize our restaurants and retail stores.”

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