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Confirmed cases
Infections
Bloomfield: 863 (+4%)
Essex County: 13,994 (+2%)
New Jersey: 121,190 (+2%)
Deaths
Bloomfield: 46 (+2%)
Essex County: 1,240 (+5%)
New Jersey: 7,538 (+4%)
As of 5/01/20 at 02:34 PM EST. Percentage indicates day-to-day change from 4/30 to 5/01. Sources: State of New Jersey and Essex County.
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Governor Phil Murphy warns N.J. parks will be closed again if public does not take coronavirus precautions during opening weekend
Governor Phil Murphy
Mayor Michael Venezia to host video call with public to discuss how to assist local restaurants on May 4
Mayor Michael Venezia
Make the Road New Jersey asks community to call legislators in support of coronavirus relief
Make the Road New Jersey
1 in 5 N.J. workers have filed for unemployment benefits as of April 30
Asbury Park Press
N.Y. schools to remain closed for rest of academic year
Gothamist
NYC tenants begin rent strike as 44% say do not have the money to pay rent amid coronavirus
Gothamist
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Local news
Bloomfield Little League awaits guidance from state for upcoming season amid coronavirus, will offer refunds or credits if canceled
Bloomfield Little League
Bloomfield Total Health Centers shares modified hours for May 4 to 10
Community contribution on Citizens of Bloomfield
Bucco Restaurant re-opens after temporarily closing due to coronavirus
Bucco Restaurant
Belleville to re-open township parks after state guidance, coronavirus precautions limit parking to 50% capacity, prohibit gatherings
Belleville-Nutley Patch
Montclair church accepting peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, ingredients to donate to Toni’s Kitchen
Community contribution on Bloomfield Pulse
Brick Education Network hosting donation drive for Clinton Hill community in Newark’s South Ward
KinderSmile Foundation
Rutgers Newark professor seeks participants for study on how local residents are coping with coronavirus
Community contribution on Bloomfield Pulse
Essex County LGBTQ youth shelter accepting donations amid coronavirus
West Orange Patch
ICE prohibits Essex County from reporting coronavirus cases, deaths among detained immigrants
TAPinto Newark
Other news
South Jersey coronavirus cases spiking as testing expands
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Jersey City to offer free coronavirus testing to all residents, including those without symptoms
NJTV
N.J. shipping ventilators to hospitals in other states as coronavirus hospitalizations fall, new infections slow
Politico New Jersey
Navy hospital ship leaves NYC after treating 182 coronavirus patients
Gothamist
30m people, roughly 19% of U.S. workforce, have filed for unemployment as of April 30
CNN
American, Delta, and United Airlines will require passengers wear face coverings on flights
NPR
U.S. Senate expected to reconvene despite lack of quick coronavirus testing for senators, staff
Associated Press
Coronavirus was not manufactured in a Chinese lab, is of natural origin
Associated Press