New Jersey's health commissioner reported that the positivity rate on new tests taken in the Ocean County township had climbed to 27 percent as of Sept. 26 — nine times the statewide spot positivity rate
New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli on Wednesday reported that the positivity rate on new tests taken in the Ocean County township had climbed to 27 percent as of Sept. 26, nine times the statewide spot positivity rate.In addition, she said, 134 of the 722 new cases reported statewide on Wednesday originated in Lakewood, a community of 104,000 whose growth has been fueled by a large Orthodox Jewish community.
“Is it a canary in the coal mine? I don’t know,” he later added. “ I hope it isn’t. I hope it is not.”Murphy and state health officials will hold their next coronavirus press briefing in nearby Bayville on Friday. While New Jersey hasn’t explored regional lockdowns Health officials have yet to determine if any of the community’s recent outbreaks could be linked to rising case totals in areas of Brooklyn and Rockland County, N.Y., both of which have large Orthodox populations.
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