Cranford Releases Latest COVID-19 Case Count

CRANFORD, NJ — Cranford currently has 125 residents with active cases of COVID-19, the township said on Twitter on Wednesday. The number of confirmed deaths remains 103.

Of the ongoing cases, 44 are new since the last update on Monday, two of those in long-term care facilities.

That brings the number of cases in Cranford since the start of the pandemic to 1,072.

On Tuesday evening, Cranford joined communities throughout the country in the National Tribute to COVID-19 victims. Residents were asked to turn on porch or walkway lights or place a candle outside to remember and honor the 103 Cranford residents lost to the disease.

Mayor Kathleen Miller Prunty wrote in an email Tuesday, "We invite Cranford Houses of Worship to ring their bells at 5:30 pm as part of the National Tribute organized by the Biden-Harris Inaugural Committee. We are approaching one year since the pandemic turned our lives upside down and forever changed some families, businesses and the hundred little things we took for granted."

Prunty noted, "It is not over. COVID-19 is not a hoax. It is real and more than 1,000 Cranford residents have been infected. COVID-19 will continue to spread causing more people to get sick and possibly lose their life if we disregard safety measures."

The township posts information about confirmed COVID-19 cases and fatalities on Monday, Wednesday and Friday on Facebook and Cranfordnj.org, Prunty noted.

On Wednesday, the American death toll due to coronavirus surpassed 402,000 lives.

The state of New Jersey recently expanded the groups eligible for COVID-19 vaccines, including health care volunteers and people ages 16-65 with certain chronic health conditions. Read about where else to get vaccinated in Union County here.

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