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Confirmed cases
Infections
Bloomfield: 1,043 (+0%)
Essex County: 17,450 (+1%)
New Jersey: 157,815 (+1%)
Deaths
Bloomfield: 61 (+0%)
Essex County: 1,628 (+<1%)
New Jersey: 11,401 (+1%)
As of 5/29/20 11:42 at AM EST. Bloomfield death count has been adjusted downward 1 on 5/28 due to new, more accurate county reporting. Percentage indicates day-to-day change from 5/28 to 5/29. Sources: State of New Jersey and Essex County.
Top news
Bloomfield Pride won’t run Pridefest this year due to COVID-19, kicking off National Pride Month with flag-raising event at Clara Maass Hospital
Bloomfield Pride
Toni’s Kitchen collecting donations of freshly laundered summer clothing for new downtown Bloomfield thrift shop
Toni’s Kitchen
Vote-by-mail ballots for May 12 elections in Belleville, Montclair, Newark, Nutley, and Orange allegedly arriving late
Bloomfield Patch
Governor Phil Murphy expresses concern over spike in new COVID-19 hospitalizations, pushes back on calls to quickly loosen restrictions
Toms River Patch
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Local news
Broad St will be closed to traffic between Bloomfield Ave and Liberty St from 8 AM until 4 PM on May 29
Bloomfield Pulse
Bloomfield Jr. Bengals youth football and cheerleading league opens registration for 2020 season, will offer refunds if season canceled due to pandemic
Community contribution on Bloomfield Pulse
Bloomfield Recreation shares history of Sprague and Felton fields, Floyd Ave Playground
Bloomfield Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs
Newark afterschool and summer programs preparing to operate online this summer amid pandemic
TAPinto Newark
Lyft offering free rides to residents of Newark’s South Ward in collaboration with South Ward Children’s Alliance
TAPinto Newark
Montclair High School to host virtual graduation ceremony on June 24, considering in-person event in July
Montclair Patch
Essex County food distribution event in Montclair gives 1,100 boxes of groceries to residents in need
County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr.
Other news
Governor Phil Murphy extends deadline to file property tax appeals to July 1
Bloomfield Pulse
Pace of new unemployment claims in N.J. slowing
Asbury Park Press
Universal COVID-19 testing has been completed in all N.J. psychiatric facilites
Parsipanny Patch