New Jersey:
A patient at Holy Name Medical Center being moved out of the emergency room in a transport dome, or transport isopod, which provides additional protection for staff.Credit...Jeff Rhode/Holy Name Medical Center
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“The disease that has crippled New York City is now
enveloping New Jersey’s densely packed cities and suburbs. The state’s governor said on Friday that New Jersey was about a week behind New York, where
scenes of panicked doctorshave gripped the nation.
Hospitals in the state are scrambling to convert cafeterias and pediatric wings into intensive care units. Ventilators are running low. One in three nursing homes has at least one resident with the virus.”
The Nurse Was Holding Up. Then Her 3 Close Relatives Were Brought In.
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New Jersey now has 917 coronavirus deaths and 37,505 cases. Another 3K positive tests reported.
“New Jersey now has at least 917 deaths from
the coronavirus, with at least 37,505 cases statewide, after an increase of 71 deaths and 3,482 positive tests in the last 24 hours, according to the
latest numbers state officials released Sunday.
A total of 44,661 people in the state have tested negative for COVID-19.”
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“It’s difficult to calculate exactly how many New Jerseyans are currently infected with the virus because the state officials say test results are backed up by as much as two weeks and the state is not reporting how many people have recovered so far. They say the latter is complicated to track. In addition, many people believed to have the coronavirus, but who are experiencing mild symptoms, are not being tested.”
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Coronavirus could continue into the summer, New Jersey governor says
“Gov. Phil Murphy, the
New JerseyDemocrat, said in an interview Sunday that the
coronavirus outbreak could continue “meaningfully into the summer.”
“We’re going to have not just a tough week ahead but a tough several weeks ahead,” Murphy told
CNN. “Whether it’s ventilators, personal protective equipment, beds, health care workers, those will all be constraints.””