Morristown COVID Updates: Schools Close, New Year's Goes Virtual

MORRISTOWN, NJ — Here are the latest coronavirus updates around Morristown.

Cases

Officials reported 104 new cases in Morristown from Dec. 1 through Wednesday, bringing the town to 1,094 cases since the pandemic began.

The state Department of Health reported 210 new cases Thursday in Morristown, bringing the county to 15,970 infections, 733 confirmed deaths and 157 probable deaths to date.

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The Morris School District, which last updated its COVID-19 dashboard Wednesday, shows the following:

Recent Updates

• The Morris School District will go virtual until January. In the Wednesday announcement, officials also said 93 cases within the district have been identified in the last month. Schools will return Jan. 4 for in-person learning. Among several reasons, they also said some parents haven't followed coronavirus protocols. MORE.
• A Morristown man got violent after a Fattys Restaurant manager told him to wear a mask Wednesday night, according to police. Jose Canales punched the manager, threatened employees while holding a small knife and threw an iPad at workers, authorities said. MORE.
• Sabrina may not have ever started a zero-waste market in Morristown if not for coronavirus lockdown boredom. She spent plenty of time baking while stuck at home, and then she noticed something: much of the ingredients she needed came in bulk and-or left her with wasteful packaging. This is the start of how the new Zero to 180 Market came about.
• Fight Night Morris County hasn't gone away. It's just going virtual. Morristown's New Year's Eve celebration has been reimagined because of the coronavirus pandemic. MORE.

ICYMI

Dozens of businesses have already signed up for Morristown's Adopt a Business program, which the town announced last week. They have or will set up GoFundMe pages to help cover rent over the next five months. Here's a list of local businesses that signed up.

Here's what else you should know:

• With the limited release of a coronavirus vaccine likely days away in New Jersey, most of the more than 4,500 readers who took Patch's survey say they intend to get vaccinated against the virus. But some said they feel wary or concerned about how quickly the vaccines were produced. MORE.
• New Jersey had its biggest jump in school coronavirus outbreaks and cases this past week as a new report says the COVID risk keeps rising for teachers and students. MORE.

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