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Bergen County-Run Nursing Home Closing Bergen County-Run Nursing Home Closing
Bergen County-Run Nursing Home Closing Officials promised to help find new "high-quality and compassionate" accommodations for residents of the Bergen County-run Health Care Center in Rockleigh before closing the facility by the end of this year. "The [c]ounty is consolidating its in-patient health care services into one facility, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center [in Paramus], and will guarantee a new home at BNBMC for residents who have not transferred to an alternative long-term care facility by the end of the year," Bergen County Health Department Director/Health Officer Hansel F. Asmar said in a letter to residents, families…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Total COVID-19 Cases Per Bergen County Town Total COVID-19 Cases Per Bergen County Town
Total Covid-19 Cases Per Bergen County Town Bergen County had more than 20,552 coronavirus cases as of Tuesday morning and since the onset of the pandemic in March, the state's health department reports (scroll down for town-by-town breakdown). There were 182,614 total cases in New Jersey including 13,944 deaths.  Hackensack, Paramus and Teaneck -- once the epicenter of the outbreak -- had the most cases: 1,397, 1,158 and 1,111, respectfully. "We have sadly lost 1,785 and offer condolences to their loved ones," County Executive Jim Tedesco said. "We continue to grieve as a community for the precious lives lost." Seve…

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by Cecilia Levine