Essex County Hits Grim Milestone: 20,000 Coronavirus Cases

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County has hit a grim milestone: 20,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

According to state health officials, there were 20,324 cumulative confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Essex County as of Monday – the second-highest total in New Jersey. Only Bergen County had more, with 21,600 confirmed cases.

Here are the weekly COVID-19 case totals in Essex County since March 31, the first day officials started releasing local data.

• March 31 – 1,986
• April 7 – 5,042
• April 14 – 8,181
• April 21 – 11,083
• April 28 – 13,296
• May 5 – 14,891
• May 12 – 15,826
• May 19 – 16,747
• May 26 – 17,279
• June 2 – 17,761
• June 9 – 18,123
• June 16 – 18,377
• June 23 – 18,615
• June 30 – 18,744
• July 7 – 18,945
• July 14 – 19,121
• July 21 – 19,208
• July 28 – 19,414
• Aug. 4 – 19,645
• Aug. 11 – 19,770
• Aug. 18 – 19,845
• Aug. 25 – 19,936
• Aug. 28 – 20,012

Essex County officials provided a town-by-town breakdown of cases and deaths linked to the disease on Monday, noting that its report may not match state totals (here’s why).

• Belleville – 999 cases, 62 deaths (population: 36,497)
• Bloomfield – 1,169 cases, 67 deaths (population: 49,973)
• Caldwell – 126 cases, 10 deaths (population: 7,941)
• Cedar Grove – 512 cases, 115 deaths (population: 12,489)
• East Orange – 2,040 cases, 229 deaths (population: 64,367)
• Essex Fells – 32 cases, 2 deaths (population: 2,085)
• Fairfield – 154 cases, 17 deaths (population: 7,474)
• Glen Ridge – 45 cases, 9 deaths (population: 7,574)
• Irvington – 1,472 cases, 157 deaths (population: 54,312)
• Livingston – 537 cases, 69 deaths (population: 30,303)
• Maplewood – 347 cases, 27 deaths (population: 25,380)
• Millburn – 176 cases, 8 deaths (population: 20,080)
• Montclair – 490 cases, 51 deaths (population: 38,564)
• Newark – 8,361 cases, 645 deaths (population: 282,011)
• North Caldwell – 44 cases, 4 deaths (population: 6,621)
• Nutley – 542 cases, 35 deaths (population: 28,434)
• Orange – 1,038 cases, 91 deaths (population: 30,551)
• Roseland – 87 cases, 13 deaths (population: 5,835)
• South Orange – 123 cases, 5 deaths (population: 16,691)
• Verona – 146 cases, 13 deaths (population: 13,390)
• West Caldwell – 304 cases, 45 deaths (population: 10,837)
• West Orange – 1,316 cases, 186 deaths (population: 47,563)

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