Essex County COVID Cases: Weekly Town-By-Town Update

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

Overall, Essex County has seen 72,755 cumulative COVID-19 cases, an increase of 2,120 and 3 percent over the previous week.

The county has also seen 2,459 cumulative deaths linked to the disease, an increase of 18 from the previous 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 March 13, 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 school districts in New Jersey still provide remote instruction, even as the number of new daily cases has dropped in recent weeks.

Essex County officials released cumulative COVID-19 totals for each town and city on March 19, 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 – 4,727 cases, 101 deaths (population: 36,497)
• Bloomfield – 4,517 cases, 109 deaths (population: 49,973)
• Caldwell – 487 cases, 16 deaths (population: 7,941)
• Cedar Grove – 1,377 cases, 119 deaths (population: 12,489)
• East Orange – 5,771 cases, 276 deaths (population: 64,367)
• Essex Fells – 160 cases, 2 deaths (population: 2,085)
• Fairfield – 712 cases, 29 deaths (population: 7,474)
• Glen Ridge – 321 cases, 11 deaths (population: 7,574)
• Irvington – 3,732 cases, 213 deaths (population: 54,312)
• Livingston – 1,572 cases, 81 deaths (population: 30,303)
• Maplewood – 1,060 cases, 33 deaths (population: 25,380)
• Millburn – 718 cases, 9 deaths (population: 20,080)
• Montclair – 1,907 cases, 66 deaths (population: 38,564)
• Newark – 32,969 cases, 890 deaths (population: 282,011)
• North Caldwell – 409 cases, 6 deaths (population: 6,621)
• Nutley – 2,531 cases, 58 deaths (population: 28,434)
• Orange – 2,948 cases, 124 deaths (population: 30,551)
• Roseland – 415 cases, 15 deaths (population: 5,835)
• South Orange – 718 cases, 14 deaths (population: 16,691)
• Verona – 843 cases, 16 deaths (population: 13,390)
• West Caldwell – 922 cases, 51 deaths (population: 10,837)
• West Orange – 3,939 cases, 220 deaths (population: 47,563)

This article contains reporting by Tom Davis, Patch staff

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