Bergen Co.'s COVID Cases Remain In 'Red Zone:' See Town Updates
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — The state Department of Health's most recent "COVID-19 Activity Level Report," which is issued weekly, says Bergen County is still in the “red zone” for coronavirus cases (see the town-by-town numbers below).
Bergen County reported 56,223 cases on Friday, an increase of 2,016 since the 54,239 reported last Saturday.
The “red zone” means the daily new COVID-19 virus case rate, per 100,000 people, rose to "very high" in all 21 counties. That means they exceed 25 cases per 100,000 people over a seven-day average.
The latest reports say the overall coronavirus activity level also rose from "moderate," or “yellow,” to "high," or “orange,” in recent weeks in all 21 New Jersey counties.
With the rise to a "high" level, state officials said, school districts in those counties may have to take more serious steps — such as quarantining or even shutting down schools — if a child shows the symptoms of COVID-19.
"When it is high risk, there are some recommendations that we make together with local school boards," said Edward Lifshitz, medical director for the state Department of Health.
Indeed, a number of school districts have shifted to remote instruction as the numbers have risen.
The overall coronavirus risk rose to "high" in each of the counties because:
The new daily case rate in each of the counties rose to 10 or more per 100,000 people.
The percent of COVID-19-like illnesses rose above 5.52 in each of the counties.
The percent of positive cases rose above 10.01.
Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco provided the following breakdown of cases by town Tuesday:
Allendale: 329
Alpine: 76
Bergenfield: 1,971
Bogota: 556
Carlstadt: 387
Cliffside Park: 1,615
Closter: 331
Cresskill: 471
Demarest: 206
Dumont: 904
East Rutherford: 555
*Edgewater: 591
*Elmwood Park: 1,576
Emerson: 546
Englewood: 1,925
Englewood Cliffs: 211
Fair Lawn: 1,804
Fairview: 1,302
Fort Lee: 1,498
Franklin Lakes: 645
Garfield: 2,300
Glen Rock: 459
Hackensack: 3,192
*Harrington Park: 172
Hasbrouck Heights: 647
*Haworth: 166
Hillsdale: 456
Ho-Ho-Kus: 170
Leonia: 364
*Little Ferry: 674
*Lodi: 1,944
*Lyndhurst: 1,689
Mahwah: 896
*Maywood: 591
Midland Park: 327
Montvale: 277
*Moonachie: 240
New Milford: 1,102
*North Arlington: 1,154
*Northvale: 229
*Norwood: 345
*Oakland: 647
Old Tappan: 252
*Oradell: 450
Palisades Park: 809
Paramus: 2,252
*Park Ridge: 435
Ramsey: 598
Ridgefield: 690
Ridgefield Park: 788
Ridgewood: 870
River Edge: 492
River Vale: 277
*Rochelle Park: 482
*Rockleigh: 193
*Rutherford: 924
*Saddle Brook: 893
Saddle River: 355
*South Hackensack: 204
Teaneck: 2,396
Tenafly: 563
*Teterboro: 11
*Upper Saddle River: 121
Waldwick: 470
Wallington: 605
Washington Township: 383
Westwood: 749
*Woodcliff Lake: 466
*Wood-Ridge: 557
*Wyckoff: 975
Bergen County - No Town Attribution: 1,713
This article originally appeared on the Ridgewood-Glen Rock Patch