Bergen County COVID Cases Remain 'Very High:' See Town Updates

Mahwah NJ

02 January, 2021

6:07 PM

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BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — The coronavirus continues to take a grim toll on Bergen County, impacting local businesses and schools in the region, according to updated state data (see town-by-town totals below). The state Department of Health's most recent "COVID-19 Activity Level Report," which is issued weekly, says Bergen County is still in the "red zone" for coronavirus cases. Bergen County reported a total of 47,570 cases, an increase from 1,007 over the previous week. Bergen is among a number of counties that have started vaccination programs, announced immunization sites or both. Read more: Update As COVID-19 Vaccine Sites Announced In Bergen County The "red zone," meanwhile, 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 over a seven-day average. 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: Allendale: 259Alpine: 59 Bergenfield: 1,711 Bogota: 469 Carlstadt: 320 Cliffside Park: 1,391 Closter: 246 Cresskill: 408 Demarest: 155 Dumont: 703 East Rutherford: 445 Edgewater: 476 Elmwood Park: 1,351 Emerson: 458 Englewood: 1,707 Englewood Cliffs: 163 Fair Lawn: 1,519 Fairview: 1,067 Fort Lee: 1,233 Franklin Lakes: 526 Garfield: 1,962 Glen Rock: 365 Hackensack: 2,755 Harrington Park: 145 Hasbrouck Heights: 549 Haworth: 126 Hillsdale: 337 Ho-Ho-Kus: 112 Leonia: 318 Little Ferry: 532 Lodi: 1,625 Lyndhurst: 1,379 Mahwah: 647 Maywood: 501 Midland Park: 263 Montvale: 219 Moonachie: 197 New Milford: 928 North Arlington: 944 Northvale: 194 Norwood: 305 Oakland: 509 Old Tappan: 201 Oradell: 369 Palisades Park: 662 Paramus: 1,928 Park Ridge: 377 Ramsey: 469 Ridgefield: 581 Ridgefield Park: 628 Ridgewood: 712 River Edge: 371 River Vale: 238 Rochelle Park: 419 Rockleigh: 184 Rutherford: 735 Saddle Brook: 752 Saddle River: 264 South Hackensack: 176 Teaneck: 2,024 Tenafly: 432 Teterboro: 7 Upper Saddle River: 110 Waldwick: 371 Wallington: 473 Washington Township: 297 Westwood: 605 Woodcliff Lake: 409 Wood-Ridge: 418 Wyckoff: 793 Bergen County - No Town Attribution: 1,890