COVID Spread Still ‘Substantial’ In Essex County: See Local Stats

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County continues to show a "substantial" spread of the coronavirus, according to the most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The federal agency recently released an online map that rates counties across the nation according to their levels of COVID-19 transmission. The CDC uses four categories of threat level: low, moderate, substantial and high.

According to the CDC, Essex County had a "substantial" level of community transmission of the virus from July 29 to Aug. 4.

The CDC used the number of new cases per 100,000 people, combined with test positivity rates over the past week, to assign the ratings.

ESSEX COUNTY: BY THE NUMBERS

Essex County officials released cumulative COVID-19 totals for each town and city on Aug. 6, noting that their daily report may not match state or municipal totals (here's why). Patch has included the U.S. Census' most recent population estimates for each municipality.

• Belleville – 5,752 cases, 116 deaths (population: 36,497)
• Bloomfield – 5,454 cases, 125 deaths (population: 49,973)
• Caldwell – 631 cases, 16 deaths (population: 7,941)
• Cedar Grove – 1,590 cases, 121 deaths (population: 12,489)
• East Orange – 7,330 cases, 315 deaths (population: 64,367)
• Essex Fells – 193 cases, 2 deaths (population: 2,085)
• Fairfield – 897 cases, 31 deaths (population: 7,474)
• Glen Ridge – 412 cases, 13 deaths (population: 7,574)
• Irvington – 4,889 cases, 233 deaths (population: 54,312)
• Livingston – 1,900 cases, 88 deaths (population: 30,303)
• Maplewood – 1,377 cases, 37 deaths (population: 25,380)
• Millburn – 845 cases, 10 deaths (population: 20,080)
• Montclair – 2,355 cases, 72 deaths (population: 38,564)
• Newark – 37,763 cases, 1,016 deaths (population: 282,011)
• North Caldwell – 506 cases, 6 deaths (population: 6,621)
• Nutley – 3,104 cases, 66 deaths (population: 28,434)
• Orange – 3,632 cases, 137 deaths (population: 30,551)
• Roseland – 481 cases, 16 deaths (population: 5,835)
• South Orange – 914 cases, 16 deaths (population: 16,691)
• Verona – 1,022 cases, 18 deaths (population: 13,390)
• West Caldwell – 1,075 cases, 54 deaths (population: 10,837)
• West Orange – 4,659 cases, 232 deaths (population: 47,563)

See additional town-by-town totals from previous weeks below.

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