Bridgewater School Launches Coronavirus Dashboard To Track Cases

BRIDGEWATER, NJ — Due to positive coronavirus cases being reported almost daily in the Bridgewater -Raritan Regional School District, school officials have launched a coronavirus page on its website to track school cases.

"It has been brought to the district's attention that the daily messages involving COVID-19 may be coming out too frequently and could potentially lessen the importance of future messages," said

Dr. Thomas Ficarra, interim superintendent of schools in a letter to the community.

The district developed a COVID-19 Dashboard, which can be found on the front page of the district website, in an effort to "streamline communication and provide our community with timely information regarding the health of our students and staff."

So far the district has reported a total of 43 cases since reopening for in-person, hybrid learning on Oct. 12.

The largest amount of cases is tied to the high school. The majority of the cases at the high school were found to be connected to an outside social event unaffiliated with the school district, Ficarra said.

Here are the latest numbers in the district as of Tuesday:

• Adamsville: 0
• Bradley Gardens: 1
• Crim: 0
• Hamilton: 0
• Kennedy: 2
• Milltown: 1
• Van Holten: 0
• Hillside: 2
• Eisenhower: 4
• Middle School: 4
• High School: 23
• District Support Staff: 6

The chart will be updated on an ongoing and as-needed basis, Ficarra said.

"Rest assured that you will be contacted directly if it is determined that you have been impacted by any positive cases, and we will continue to message the entire district for situations of an emergent nature," Ficarra said.

As of Tuesday, Bridgewater is reporting 17 new positive coronavirus cases. There have been a total of 686 positive cases and 67 deaths in Bridgewater since the pandemic began in March.

Countywide, there have been 7,140 cases of the coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic. There have also been 525 confirmed deaths and 75 probable deaths.

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