Jersey City is hosting a virtual Municipal Council meeting tonight at 6PM. Please visit www.jerseycitynj.gov/vcm to stream.
Local
- New Jersey reported 736 new positive test results. The statewide total is now 4,402. 18 more COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total number of casualties to 62.
- The number of Jersey City cases is reportedly over 100.
- Hudson County has 21 additional cases.
- James Solomon’s team has put together a list of places to donate blood, money, and supplies in the area – https://bit.ly/jchelpcovid
- Jersey City projects a financial loss of $70 million due to COVID-19 crisis – $50 million in revenue loss, $20 million in added expenses.
- If your business has been impacted by COVID-19 closures, Jersey City is asking you to complete a brief survey to help them better understand the current needs of small businesses.
- Jersey City is working toward bringing a testing facility to the area.
the density is + an appt only system in Secaucus as exists today is ok… but isn’t ideal for us
– we’re anticipating at this point a $70m negative impact to our local municipal budget. We are working through that now
— Steven Fulop (@StevenFulop) March 25, 2020
- Essex County has announced a new drive-through testing facility for county residents, opening tomorrow. Make an appointment on essexcovid.org.
- Murphy has identified three locations for temporary hospitals when needed. The first location would have 250 beds at the Meadowlands Convention Center in Secaucus.
- Volunteers helped drop off 160 N95 masks and 20 protein bars to the workers at Hackensack University Medical Center and food to Saint Matthew’s food pantry.
- A 14-year-old student in Bayonne has tested positive for COVID-19.
- Child care centers are to close by April 1st unless they are solely serving children of essential workers (nurses, employees at super markets, etc.)
- Businesses are advised to close immediately if they haven’t already. You can report businesses who are violating the state’s executive orders at covid19.nj.gov/violation.
National + International
- The Senate announced that they’ve reached an agreement on a “$2 trillion emergency bill to rush sweeping aid to businesses, workers and a health care system slammed by the coronavirus pandemic.”
- 6,175 mental health professionals have signed up to assist with New York’s online mental health services. There’s a hotline available to schedule an appointment with a mental health professional for free to discuss your stress, anxiety, etc. Call 1-844-863-9314.
- New York is piloting closing streets to cars and opening up those streets to pedestrians so people can still walk outside while practicing social distancing.
- New York cases are currently doubling every 3-4 days.
- Spain officially has more COVID-19 related deaths than China.
- The World Health Organization warns that relaxing restrictions too soon could cause a resurgence of the virus.
- France saw a 200+ jump in positive cases in 24 hours.
- Prince Charles tested positive for COVID-19.
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