Many Of Woodbridge's New COVID Cases Spread Through Households

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The majority of Woodbridge's increasing coronavirus cases are spread through households, Mayor John McCormac said this week, announcing that October has been the second worst month since the pandemic started.

Woodbridge recorded 63 new cases over the Halloween weekend — 24 on Friday, 26 on Saturday and 13 on Sunday.

"So many of the new cases represent additional family members becoming ill after one person in the household got sick," said McCormac. "Someone with COVID-19 needs to quarantine within the residence and take precautionary measures to reduce the risk of spread to other residents in the home."

There are no new deaths to report, however.

Woodbridge ended October with 451 cases, making it the second worst month since the pandemic began, with the worst month being April.

The second half of October was also worst than the first half.

"If split October in half we see an even worse scenario, as there were 120 cases through October 15 and 331 cases from then until October 31," McCormac added. "Clearly the dreaded second wave has hit and the numbers in the county, state and country are showing similar trends."

It's not quite as dire as it was last spring: In October, Woodbridge averaged 20 COVID cases per day while the middle of April averaged 40 new cases per day.

Woodbridge cannot point to any particular area of town or any particular event, other than a large number of households with multiple reported cases.

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