COVID-19 crisis abating in Mercer, no new deaths reported
TRENTON » Talk about flattening the curve.
Community spread of COVID-19 has substantially slowed down in Mercer County, where coronavirus-related fatalities reached a plateau on Thursday.
As of Thursday morning there were 7,275 Mercer County residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 and 510 related deaths, according to New Jersey’s Department of Health.
The coronavirus data released Thursday reported no new deaths in Mercer County and only 30 new cases overall, showing the respiratory illness is much less active in Greater Trenton compared with the prior months of April and May.
Gov. Phil Murphy earlier this week lifted his so-called stay-at-home edict, signing a new executive order allowing for greater indoor religious services and explicitly permitting outdoor gatherings of more than 100 persons for First Amendment-protected outdoor activities, including the Black Lives Matter demonstrations and George Floyd-inspired protests against police brutality.
Also this week, Mayor Reed Gusciora’s administration published a 38-pagelong report detailing the municipal government’s response to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
“While we are still not out of the woods,” Team Gusciora writes, “the City has adequately prepared for this crisis and continues to contain the spread of the virus as best as our resources allow.”
Trenton has the most confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mercer County, infecting more than 3,700 Trentonians and killing at least 103 city residents to date.