The Bloomfield Information Project is a nonprofit community media project dedicated to helping people living and working in Bloomfield live their best life. In response to the pandemic, we’ve launched the Coronavirus Information Center and these daily updates to help you stay informed and engaged during this crisis.
You can reach us with questions or suggestions at connect@bloomfieldinfo.org. Or you can call or text us at 973-370-3998.
Confirmed cases
Infections
Bloomfield: 714 (+5%)
Essex County: 11,811 (+4%)
New Jersey: 99,989 (+4%)
Deaths
Bloomfield: 39 (+8%)
Essex County: 932 (+5%)
New Jersey: 5,368 (+6%)
As of 04/23/20 02:35 PM EST. Percentage indicates day-to-day change from 4/22 to 4/23 02:35 PM. Sources: State of New Jersey and Essex County.
Top news
N.J. launches portal for unemployment complaints
Congressman Donald Payne Jr.
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Mountainside Medical Center
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Essex County relaunches shuttle services for low-income residents with additional coronavirus precautions in place
County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr.
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Local news
Violante’s meat market reopened on April 21, now taking online orders, offering curbside pickup only amid coronavirus
Violante’s Meat Market
Bloomfield’s Good Guy Vapes to reopen for 3 days per week, taking call-in orders only amid coronavirus
Good Guy Vapes
Newark police to set up informational coronavirus checkpoints at 7 locations in Irvington and East Orange
Newark Patch
Other news
Earliest N.J. could begin reopening is May 25 if widespread testing, contact tracing, other coronavirus preparedness measures were in place
University of Washington
NJ Transit cross-training staff, focusing resources on payroll as paychecks are delayed due to staffing shortages from coronavirus
NorthJersey.com
As federal government fails to provide enough aid to state governments, N.J. seeks to use wartime-borrowing power
NJ Spotlight
N.J. to begin using new saliva-based coronavirus test developed by Rutgers at state’s developmental care centers
Governor Phil Murphy
N.J. unemployment claims reach 858k
NJ.com
1 in 6 U.S.workers have lost their job due to coronavirus, highest rate of unemployment since Great Depression
Associated Press
Why incarcerated people are at higher risk for coronavirus, explained
The Conversation
Drug touted by U.S. president for coronavirus treatment – hydroxychloroquine – has no benefit, may lead to increased deaths
Associated Press
Researchers seeking to understand why coronavirus is more likely to kill men than women
NPR
European, Canadian coronavirus response sees fewer job losses as governments pay worker salaries
NPR