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5 Deaths, 218 Coronavirus Cases Reported At NJ's State-Run Psychiatric Hospitals 5 Deaths, 218 Coronavirus Cases Reported At NJ's State-Run Psychiatric Hospitals
5 Deaths, 218 Coronavirus Cases Reported At NJ's State-Run Psychiatric Hospitals New Jersey's four psychiatric hospitals have 218 coronavirus cases including five fatalities, health officials said. The facility hit the hardest is Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, which reported 104 cases -- 81 employees and 23 patients, according to New Jersey health department spokeswoman Dawn Thomas.  One of those people died and 16 are in an acute-case hospital. Parsippany's Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital -- which had a total of 339 patients Friday -- 44 employees and 30 patients had COVID-19, Thomas said. At the state's largest psychiatric hospital, Ancora Psychiatric Hospit…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Feds: Black Market Dealer Had Enough Supplies To Fill Hospital, Assaulted NJ FBI Agents Feds: Black Market Dealer Had Enough Supplies To Fill Hospital, Assaulted NJ FBI Agents
Feds: Black Market Dealer Had Enough Supplies To Fill Hospital, Assaulted NJ FBI Agents A Brooklyn man caught hoarding enough black market medical supplies to “outfit an entire hospital” deliberately coughed on investigating FBI agents and told them he had the coronavirus, federal authorities said Monday. Baruch Feldheim, 43, violated an executive order issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week that makes it illegal to hoard certain scarce health and medical resources, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. These included N95 filtering face-piece respirators, personal protection equipment (PPE), surgical masks, disinfecting devices and ot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hoboken Hospital Projected To Run Out Of PPE Next Week, City Cases Shoot To 56 Hoboken Hospital Projected To Run Out Of PPE Next Week, City Cases Shoot To 56
Hoboken Hospital Projected To Run Out Of PPE Next Week, City Cases Shoot To 56 Sixteen new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Hoboken bringing the total to 56 -- including a police officer -- as of Thursday, officials said. The officer has not had contact with others in his department since March 11, Mayor Ravi Bhalla said. Hoboken University Medical Center Update is projected to run out of personal protective equipment (PPE) in six days, Hoboken 5th Ward Councilman Phil Cohen said. The hospital is nearly capacity of ventilators for critical patients. Also needed are N95 masks, surgical masks, gowns and gloves. Anyone who wants to donate can email MontanezW@ho…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: Murphy Calls For Cancellation Of Student Standardized Testing, Cases Jump To 3,675 COVID-19: Murphy Calls For Cancellation Of Student Standardized Testing, Cases Jump To 3,675
Covid-19: Murphy Calls For Cancellation Of Student Standardized Testing, Cases Jump To 3,675 New Jersey is the state with the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in the U.S., officials said said Tuesday as cases jumped to 3,675. Gov. Phil Murphy also announced he requested federal officials to waive student standardized testing in April (scroll for more on that). An additional 846 cases were announced in the state, along with 17 more coronavirus-related deaths for a total of 44 fatalities, Murphy and Health Commissioner Judy Pershichilli said. Nine of those fatalities were associated with longterm care facilities, Persichilli said. "While these numbers are sobering, th…

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by Cecilia Levine