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Bergenfield Resident, 52, Killed By Coronavirus Bergenfield Resident, 52, Killed By Coronavirus
Bergenfield Resident, 52, Killed By Coronavirus A 52-year-old Bergenfield resident who'd been hospitalized since being tested positive for the coronavirus last week died Thursday, officials said. As of Thursday afternoon, state authorities said nine New Jerseyans had been killed by COVID-19. The Bergenfield resident was the eighth, officials said. “On behalf of the Borough Council and our entire community, I want to express our deepest sympathies to the family of the resident whose life was tragically taken by coronavirus,” Mayor Arvin Amatorio said. Of eight other Bergenfield residents who tested presumptively positive, five remained h…

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COVID-19: 5-Year-Old Among 80 New NJ Cases, Total Rises To 178 COVID-19: 5-Year-Old Among 80 New NJ Cases, Total Rises To 178
Covid-19: 5-Year-Old Among 80 New NJ Cases, Total Rises To 178 A 5-year-old was among New Jersey's 178 presumed positive cases of coronavirus, with 80 new ones as of Monday, state health officials said. Bergen County had by far the most, most in Teaneck where residents over the weekend were urged to self-quarantine. Officials did not say where the pediatric patient was from. An executive order mandated the shutdown of "worldly business" in Bergen County beginning 11 p.m. Tuesday. The news came just as Gov. Phil Murphy ordered all schools closed, and encouraged all NJ residents not to travel between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. The news was delivered as a r…

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by Valerie Musson