Update March 16 @3pm: Mayor Fulop has confirmed Jersey City has five positive cases via the city’s Facebook Live stream. The City cannot provide district information due to HIPAA Laws.
Update March 16 @1pm: Gov. Murphy announced statewide 8pm curfew effective today. (The curfew has exceptions — the state is trying to discourage groups of people from being outside).
Effective 8:00 PM tonight, all movie theaters, gyms, casinos, and racetracks will close entirely until it is deemed safe for their reopening. Online gaming will continue.
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) March 16, 2020
Update March 16: Jersey City now has four confirmed cases.
Important expansion of closings in #JerseyCity: Yesterday evening we had our 4th positive case and we recognize where this can trend in a short period of time it we don’t get ahead of it.
— Steven Fulop (@StevenFulop) March 16, 2020
Mayor Steven Fulop announced Sunday afternoon that a third Jersey City resident has tested positive for coronavirus. The 80-year old male lives in the Heights and has been in isolation. According to the mayor’s tweet, the resident has had “limited interaction” with other Jersey City residents, which means there should be no fear of the virus having spread.
I am sharing we have a 3rd positive #CoronaVirus case today. Male 80yo, JC Heights Resident. He has been in isolation. We are following up proactively w/all contacts, although of note for residents he has had limited interaction w/JC residents overall.
— Steven Fulop (@StevenFulop) March 15, 2020
One Heights resident and two downtown residents are the only known residents to test positive for the virus in Jersey City.
The mayor also announced that starting Monday, March 16, the city will do a daily Facebook Live briefing for residents using the city’s official Facebook page. The briefing will occur at 2pm each day. However, Monday’s briefing has been moved to 3pm in light of a separate state briefing that will occur at 2pm.
