Local

• Jersey City now has 820 positive cases and 6 fatalities. The percentage of positive tests has decreased over the past three days.

facilitate + help the front line workers. Call the number to schedule

3) We are seeing a decrease in positives day over day from our testing sites. This is a good trend as more data + more tests are key :

Day One 46% Positive
Day two 36% Positive
Day three 31% Positive

— Steven Fulop (@StevenFulop) March 31, 2020

• Hudson County has 1606 positive cases.
• New Jersey has reported an additional 2,196 positive cases, bringing the statewide total to 18,696. The fatalities have now increased to 267.
• 27,077 individuals have tested negative in New Jersey.
• On Wednesday (April 1st), the PNC Bank Arts Center testing site will open at 8AM for symptomatic NJ residents. The Bergen Community College site will be closed on Wednesday.
• Three more county-sponsored testing sites are opening and will be functioning by appointment only: Middlesex County, Camden County, and Ocean County.

• New Jersey received 260,000 pieces of PPE through FEMA, including masks and gloves.
• Municipal water companies will be halting service shut-offs as long as this state of emergency continues.
• Workers eligible for unemployment will receive an additional $600 per week through July 31.
• 81 of the 375 long-term care facilities in the state have reported at least one COVID-19 positive resident.
• State parks and forests will remain open, but people are advised to maintain social distancing. Facilities within the parks, including restrooms, will be closed.
• JC Relief provided meals from Martha’s to Christ Hospital and bagels with cheeses to Hope House.

National + International

• The United States now has over 177,000 cases.
• The Billie Jean King Tennis Center in Queens will serve as a makeshift hospital with 350 beds.
• JCPenney, Macy’s, Kohl’s, and Gap will be laying off most hourly associates.
• Chris Cuomo has tested positive for COVID-19.
• The pastor of Life Tabernacle Church in Louisiana was charged with “six counts of violating the governor’s executive order not to hold gatherings larger than 50 people.”

• The White House will be reissuing national guidelines after determining the social distancing guidelines have to continue until April 30th.
• London’s IKEA will be housing a coronavirus testing facility.
• South Korea is restarting their school year with online classes between April 9 and April 20.
• The United Arab Emirates has opened a drive-through screening facility.
• Nearly 70 doctors in Italy have died due to COVID-19.
• China will begin reporting asymptomatic cases in their official daily count starting Wednesday.