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9 Staff Members At Sussex County Senior Living Facility Test COVID-19 Positive 9 Staff Members At Sussex County Senior Living Facility Test COVID-19 Positive
9 Staff Members At Sussex County Senior Living Facility Test Covid-19 Positive Nine staff members at a senior living facility in Sussex County have tested COVID-19 positive, the New Jersey Health Department said. The outbreak was reported at United Methodist Communities at Bristol Glen in Newton, and are among 44 new cases in Sussex County betweenAug. 28 and Sept. 4. Bristol Glen previously had 17 cases among staff members, and one residential case of COVID-19. Click here for more from the NJ Herald and here for a list of COVID-19 outbreaks at longterm care facilities in New Jersey.

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'Disproportionate Impact': Officials Work To Mitigate COVID-19 In NJ's Black Communities 'Disproportionate Impact': Officials Work To Mitigate COVID-19 In NJ's Black Communities
'Disproportionate Impact': Officials Work To Mitigate Covid-19 In NJ's Black Communities State officials are working to mitigate COVID-19's disproportionate impact in New Jersey's black communities. There were more than 4,000 coronavirus-related fatalities in New Jersey as of Friday evening, 22 percent of which were African Americans, NJ Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said. Gov. Phil Murphy previously noted that's more than 50 percent higher than the overall representation in the population. "Your zip code sometimes matters more than your genetic code," Persichilli said Saturday. Just over 50 percent of the state's COVID-19 fatalities were white non-hispanic, and mo…

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by Cecilia Levine