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Confirmed cases
Infections
Bloomfield: 831 (+3%)
Essex County: 13,682 (+2%)
New Jersey: 118,652 (+2%)
Deaths
Bloomfield: 45 (+0%)
Essex County: 1,186 (+4%)
New Jersey: 7,228 (+7%)
As of 4/30/20 05:45 PM EST. Percentage indicates day-to-day change from 4/29 to 4/30. Sources: State of New Jersey and Essex County.
Top news
Essex County parks to re-open for passive recreation following governor’s order
Bloomfield Pulse
Rules for using re-opened state parks amid coronavirus
NJ.com
Hospitals are open and available for emergency medical care
NJ.com
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Local news
Bloomfield cannot extend pet licenses as they are regulated by state, renewal applications to open in May
Bloomfield Pulse
Newark school employees continue free vegetable giveaway as local organizations delivering thousands of meals amid coronavirus
Chalkbeat Newark
Newark schools to continue normal grading policy despite coronavirus disruptions
Chalkbeat Newark
Montclair University housing 450 students that have nowhere to go amid coronavirus closures
NBC 4 New York
N.J. reporting more daily coronavirus deaths than any other state as of April 30
New York Times
Other news
Nearly 1 in 5 confirmed coronavirus deaths in N.J. tied to nursing homes, group living facilities
NJ Spotlight
Why N.J. unemployment system has a backlog of 250k claims, explained
NJ.com
N.J. prepares to test all 18k incarcerated people in state’s prisons
NJ.com
Implementation of new N.J. law requiring large companies pay workers severance delayed amid coronavirus
NJ Spotlight
NYC to end overnight subway service for duration of pandemic
Gothamist
N.Y. allowing partners to stay with women as they recover from birth after community pressure
Gothamist