VIRUS UPDATE: STATE’S DEATH TOLL AT 12,049
The trajectory of new cases has shown gradual flattening in Monmouth County. (Monmouth County data. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
With new COVID-19 illness totals showing continued abatement, New Jersey passed another grim milestone as the number of deaths in the pandemic topped 12,000, Governor Phil Murphy said Friday.
At the same time, Murphy lauded state residents for working to “beat the crap out of this virus,” with key indicators down 70 percent or more from peak spread as the state nears “stage two” of an economic reopening.
