Passaic County COVID Cases: See Wayne Updates

This story was updated on April 24th.

WAYNE, NJ — New data has been released that shows the coronavirus continues to have an impact on Passaic County and Wayne Township.

Passaic County reported 63,966 cases on Saturday, an uptick from 61,768 cases last week, and up from 60,139 the week before.

Mayor Christoper Vergano reported an additional 130 cases of the coronavirus in the township as of April 6 during a recent video update. One person has died in April, bringing the total numbers of deaths to 210, and cases to 6,034. Read more: Over 9,000 Residents Have Been Vaccinated In Wayne: Mayor Vergano

Watch Vergano's latest update here:

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, for the week ending April 17, says Passaic County is in the “orange zone”.

If the 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 an "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, a number of school districts still provide remote instruction even as the number of new daily cases has dropped in recent weeks.

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