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Confirmed cases
Infections
Bloomfield: 1,061 (+<1%)
Essex County: 18,077 (+<1%)
New Jersey: 164,164 (+<1%)
Deaths
Bloomfield: 62 (+0%)
Essex County: 1,707 (+<1%)
New Jersey: 12,176 (+1%)
As of 6/8/2020 at 12:15 PM EST. Percentage indicates day-to-day change from 6/6 to 6/7. The amount of confirmed deaths in Bloomfield has been reduced by 1 after Essex County released updated data. Sources: State of New Jersey and Essex County.
Top news
Bloomfield to host community meeting on police, race, and community relations June 10 at 7 PM
Township of Bloomfield
June 8 Bloomfield town council meeting to be livestreamed amid pandemic, agenda includes waiving fees for use of parks for local fitness studios, resolution to pursue social justice
Bloomfield Pulse
NJ.com
Essex County to hold emergency food distribution on June 11 at 10 AM at St. Matthew AME Church in Orange
County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr.
N.J. to restart in-person driver’s license testing, re-open motor vehicle offices June 29, document drop-off and pick up to begin June 15
Ocean City Patch
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Local news
Bloomfield mayor, Essex County clerk to hold virtual voter information session June 10 at 5 PM
TAPinto Bloomfield
DeCamp bus service from Bloomfield to NYC to resume June 8 on limited schedule
Bloomfield Pulse
Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center seeks volunteers for board of trustees
Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center
Bloomfield historical society expands online photo archive
TAPinto Bloomfield
Fairview School parents, caregivers to receive schedule to pick up students’ belongings
Fairview Home and School Association
Bloomfield High School holds virtual Senior Awards Night amid pandemic
TAPinto Bloomfield
Bloomfield library releases statement in support of nationwide protests, against racism
Bloomfield Public Library
Bloomfield School District releases statement in support of nationwide protests against police killing of George Floyd, provides anti-racism resources
Bloomfield School District
Newark’s guaranteed income pilot program, explained
Newark Patch
Hundreds gathered outside Montclair police department to protest killing of George Floyd, police brutality
Montclair Patch
Essex County COVID-19 testing sites available in Newark, Nutley, Maplewood
County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr.
Other news
Police across N.J. warn of white nationalist groups spreading rumors of planned riots in white neighborhoods
Toms River Patch
N.J. prohibits use of chokeholds and neck restraints unless lethal force is necessary amid statewide protests against killing of George Floyd, police brutality
NorthJersey.com