page_title: COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey
section_title: April 8–14
hierarchical_section_title: COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey / Timeline / April / April 8–14
caption_attribution_description: English: Cyclist in gas mask in Weehawken, NJ during the COVID-19 pandemic. 1 April 2020.
context_page_description: The COVID-19 pandemic reached the U.S. state of New Jersey with the first confirmed case arriving in Bergen County on March 2, 2020 and testing positive on March 4. As of June 28, 2020, 171,182 cases were confirmed in the state, incurring 13,121 deaths.
  On March 9, Governor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency. A day later, schools and universities began closing and switching classes to online instruction. Also on March 10, the first person in the state died from the disease.
  A statewide curfew began on March 16, and all casinos, gyms, and movie theaters were closed; restaurants and bars were only allowed to remain open for delivery and takeout. On March 21, as the number of COVID-19 cases in the state surpassed 1,000, Governor Murphy announced a statewide stay-at-home order, requiring that all non-essential businesses be closed indefinitely by 9 p.m. that day.
  On June 9, the stay-at-home-order was lifted after Murphy announced that he would increase the limit on indoor and outdoor gatherings. The state is now in Phase 2 of re-opening.
context_section_description: On April 8, Governor Murphy announced that New Jersey had 47,437 total cases and 1,504 deaths from the coronavirus. Among U.S. states, only New York had more cases. On April 9, Governor Murphy announced that New Jersey had 51,027 total cases of the coronavirus and 1,700 deaths. Health officials provided the racial breakdown of the deaths as: 61% White, 22% Black, 6% Asian, less than 1% Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, and 11% still under investigation. On April 10, state officials announced that New Jersey had 54,588 cases of the coronavirus with 1,932 deaths. Of the coronavirus deaths in the state, the breakdown was: 58% male and 42% female; 45% over 80 years old, 33% between 65–79, 17% between 50–64, 4% between 30–49, and 1% under 30; 64% White including 17% Latino, 20% Black, 6% Asian, and less than 1% Pacific Islander.
  On April 11, New Jersey announced that there were 58,151 total cases of the coronavirus and 2,183 deaths in the state. By April 13, New Jersey had 64,584 total cases of the coronavirus and 2,443 deaths. As of the 12th, there were 7,781 people hospitalized with the coronavirus or suspected of having the virus. Of those patients, 1,886 were in critical or intensive care, and 1,611 were on ventilators. On April 14, state officials reported that there were 68,824 total cases of the coronavirus in New Jersey and 2,805 deaths. According to the state Department of Health's website, 128,604 New Jersey residents had been tested for the coronavirus, and 70,950 had tested negative. The positivity rate was about 45%.
caption: A cyclist wearing a gas mask in Weehawken in April 2020.
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