Bergen County's Cases In COVID 'Red Zone:' See Town Updates

Mahwah NJ

12 December, 2020

5:14 PM

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BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — The coronavirus continues to take a grim toll on Bergen County, impacting local business and schools in the region, according to updated state data. The state Department of Health's most recent "COVID-19 Activity Level Report," which is issued weekly, says Bergen County is in the "red zone" for coronavirus cases. Bergen County reported 39,588 cases on Friday, an increase of 2,748 over the previous week. The "red zone" means the daily new COVID-19 virus case rate, per 100,000 people, rose to "very high" in all 21 counties. That means they exceed 25 cases per 1,000 people. The latest reports say the overall coronavirus activity level also rose from "moderate," or "yellow," to "high," or "orange," in recent weeks in all 21 New Jersey counties. With the rise to a "high" level, state officials said, school districts in those counties may have to take more serious steps — such as quarantining or even shutting down schools — if a child shows the symptoms of COVID-19. "When it is high risk, there are some recommendations that we make together with local school boards," said Edward Lifshitz, medical director for the state Department of Health. Indeed, a number of school districts have shifted to remote instruction as the numbers have risen. The overall coronavirus risk rose to "high" in each of the counties because: The new daily case rate in each of the counties rose to 10 or more per 100,000 people. The percent of COVID-19-like illnesses rose above 5.52 in each of the counties. The percent of positive cases rose above 10.01. Bergen County officials provided the following breakdown of cases by town as of Tuesday: Allendale: 226Alpine: 48 Bergenfield: 1,479 Bogota: 396 Carlstadt: 251 Cliffside Park: 1,158 Closter: 191 Cresskill: 339 Demarest: 121 Dumont: 589 East Rutherford: 392 Edgewater: 377 Elmwood Park: 1,182 Emerson: 399 Englewood: 1,492 Englewood Cliffs: 145 Fair Lawn: 1,273 Fairview: 931 Fort Lee: 1,033 Franklin Lakes: 445 Garfield: 1,723 Glen Rock: 274 Hackensack: 2,412 Harrington Park: 126 Hasbrouck Heights: 460 Haworth: 91 Hillsdale: 289 Ho-Ho-Kus: 93 Leonia: 268 Little Ferry: 454 Lodi: 1,364 Lyndhurst: 1,124 Mahwah: 547 Maywood: 429 Midland Park: 222 Montvale: 168 Moonachie: 151 New Milford: 809 North Arlington: 740 Northvale: 165 Norwood: 276 Oakland: 419 Old Tappan: 161 Oradell: 326 Palisades Park: 542 Paramus: 1,732 Park Ridge: 336 Ramsey: 358 Ridgefield: 461 Ridgefield Park: 554 Ridgewood: 633 River Edge: 320 River Vale: 217 Rochelle Park: 353 Rockleigh: 175 Rutherford: 596 Saddle Brook: 616 Saddle River: 225 South Hackensack: 139 Teaneck: 1,791 Tenafly: 372 Teterboro: 7 Upper Saddle River: 103 Waldwick: 310 Wallington: 394 Washington Township: 264 Westwood: 485 Woodcliff Lake: 340 Wood-Ridge: 341 Wyckoff: 665 Bergen County - No Town Attribution: 1,668 COVID-19 Update: As of 12pm Tuesday, December 8, 2020, there are 39,555 total presumptive positive cases identified in...Posted by Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco on Tuesday, December 8, 2020