Health & Fitness
Are COVID Cases Rising In Livingston? Statistics Tell The Story
As COVID cases rise again around the country and state, the Livingston schools and township reported the newest numbers.
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Two years ago, the governor's office reported that 7,228 New Jersey residents had died of COVID in March and April. It was a time before widespread testing, availability of personal protective equipment, and vaccines. This past Friday, the number in New Jersey was 46 deaths in one week. But as always, officials are watching the numbers to see if outbreaks occur.
Nationally and statewide, there has been an uptick in cases following Spring Break. COVID hospitalizations have risen in 37 states in the last two weeks, said Becker's Hospital Review.
A few schools in New Jersey have reinstituted masking for a limited time. But what about locally?
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In Livingston, both the town and the schools run a COVID dashboard.
The town's dashboard shows that cases have been steadily rising over the last two weeks, but not steeply. From last Tuesday, May 3, through this Monday, May 9, the town reported an average of 33 new cases per day. Cases had dropped to the single digits each day in February and March, but began rising again in April.
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A total of 94 Livingston residents have died from the virus, with the last death recorded in January.
In the schools, Livingston High School said on Friday that it had had seven cases reported that day. The other eight public schools had a total of 13 cases. All cases were reported on the parents' daily forms.
This week, Essex County announced that it had closed its COVID vaccination and testing site in West Orange and moved it to the Livingston Mall. Mobile testing sites are being announced each week. Vaccinations are free of charge. Get the rundown here.
Residents 50 and over in New Jersey are now eligible for a second booster. Click here for the details: https://covid19.nj.gov/faqs/nj...
The Washington Post published a new report last month about COVID vaccinations waning over time, hence the need for another booster.
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