New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during a news conference in Ewing, N.J., Monday, March 2, 2020. New Jersey has no cases of the new coronavirus, Murphy said speaking Monday from a state police facility alongside Cabinet and other officials, including Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli. Persichilli said one person in New Jersey is under investigation, but was not hospitalized and did not have a fever. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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NEW YORK (77 WABC) — The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in New Jersey have jumped to 50. Governor Phil Murphy said the state received 21 new presumptive positive results since yesterday.
Earlier in the day, state health officials said of the latest people who tested positive was a 16-year-old girl from Englewood.
Murphy said all gatherings of more than 250 people should be canceled in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The state’s Supreme Court also suspended all new jury trials until further notice.
Hoboken and Jersey City announced their first positive case of COVID-19.
Bergen County’s 75 school district are switching to at-home teaching for the foreseeable future.
We’ve received 21 new presumptive positive test results since yesterday, bringing our statewide total to 50.
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) March 13, 2020
We’re taking every appropriate step to reduce the spread of coronavirus, limit the harm, and care for the sick. We’re following the facts on the ground so we can ensure our response is fully directed by medical expertise and sound science.
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) March 13, 2020
