• As of today, here are our numbers:
o Newark:
7820 positive cases (yesterday: 7813; increase in 7)
628 deaths (yesterday there were 627; 1 new death)
o Essex County:
18,659 positive cases
1,775 deaths
o New Jersey:
170,213 positive cases
13,022 deaths
o More than 9.7 million cases globally (9,768,664) and 493,103 deaths
o In the United States: More than 2.5 million COVID-19 positive cases (2,510,836) and 126,897 deaths
o FYI: Info for the other towns that we had joint operations with [if want to report]:
E. Orange- 1,943 cases, 211 deaths
Irvington- 1,408 cases, 148 deaths
Orange- 1,009 cases, 83 deaths
o Confirmed positive cases by zip code:
07102 – 277 positive cases
07103 – 903 positive cases
07104 – 1620 positive cases
07105 – 1276 positive cases
07106 – 823 positive cases
07107 – 1323 positive cases
07108 – 618 positive cases
07112 – 613 positive cases
07114 – 315 positive cases
o Deaths by zip code:
07102 – 30 deaths
07103 – 110 deaths
07104 – 136 deaths
07105 – 48 deaths
07106 – 72 deaths
07107 – 79 deaths
07108 – 69 deaths
07112 – 53 deaths
07114 – 24 deaths
• INFECTION RATE IS DOWN
Continue to wear your masks, practice social distancing, and all that you can do to keep us going in the right direction.
Our infection rate was 68% when COVID-19 first hit us and we’re now at or just under 5%.
You are doing tremendously well. Let’s keep it going.
• AS WE GO INTO THE WEEKEND…
BBQs/ Picnics/ Group Gatherings
o Cookouts and gatherings must END by 9PM, City-wide curfew is at 9:30PM, and WEAR YOUR MASKS.
• 14 DAY QUARANTINE
O If you traveled or plan to travel to Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah and Texas – and Mayor added GEORGIA, then need to quarantine for 14 days when you return back to Newark.
O This is critical otherwise we run the risk of a spike in cases, more getting sick and possibly losing life, and we definitely don’t want to experience that.
• REMINDER: POP-UP COVID-19 TESTING AND CENSUS SITES FROM 3:30-8PM
Come out on Monday to our pop-up COVID-19 Testing and Census Site
2nd Avenue / Mt. Prospect Pl. (Mt. Prospect Park)
Wednesday July 1st - Independence Park (218 Van Buren Street)
Friday July 3rd - School Stadium (541 Roseville Ave)
• REMINDER: COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP
O The East Ward Community Clean-up is tomorrow.
O Pick-up supples starting at 8:30AM:
EDDIE MORAES STADIUM (IRONBOUND STADIUM), ST. CHARLES STREET
FERRY STREET & WILSON AVENUE
O Dumpster locations:
1. EDDIE MORAES STADIUM (“IRONBOUND STADIUM”)- ST. CHARLES STREET (BETWEEN ROME AND FERRY STREETS)
2. HAWKINS STREET SCHOOL- 8 HAWKINS STREET
3. FLEMING AVENUE (NEAR MOTT ST)
4. MAGAZINE STREET AT MARNE STREET
5. VAN BUREN STREET (NEAR FERRY ST)
6. MADISON ST (NEAR DOWNING STREET)
7. NEW YORK AVENUE (NEAR ANN STREET)
8. MC WHORTER STREET (BETWEEN OLIVER AND CHESTNUT STREETS)
9. SOUTH STREET (NEAR HERMON STREET)
10. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND ASTOR STREET
• REMINDER: Census and Register to Vote
o Including our pop-up COVID-19 and Census pop-up sites, you have four ways to complete the Census and help us get the federal dollars that we need for our community.
o www.2020CENSUS.GOV
o Call 844-330-2020 or fill out the paper form sent by mail
• Closing and blessings
Mayor shared an excerpt from What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? by Frederick Douglass