Murphy said after reporting more than 8,000 cases over the weekend – Telemundo New York (47)

Currently, the number of daily tests performed in New Jersey is three times the volume performed in the spring. State data also shows 2,000 people were hospitalized in the state on Friday, less than a third of the state record at the end of April.

“A second wave of COVID-19 is here,” Murphy tweeted on Sunday, reiterating his calls for caution during the upcoming holiday season.

New Jersey’s new COVID-19 restrictions went into effect Thursday, and some reflect the rules Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that they would be imposed in New York a day later, on Friday, as the New Jersey governor seeks to roll back what he has described as a recent “devastating” increase in the number of cases.

In New Jersey, seating at bar counters is completely prohibited (it is already prohibited to congregate in an upright position inside bars), while bars and restaurants must stop service inside from 10 p.m. until 10 p.m. 5 am every day. That includes casinos, although games can continue 24/7. Restaurants can place tables closer than 6 feet apart only if they are separated by barriers. Cookout, takeout and home meals are not affected after 10pm.

Governor Murphy did not set any new limitations for indoor dining outside of curfew hours; it has also left the current 25% capacity limits in place. Most of the spread has been related to social gatherings, from weddings to parties and small group gatherings in private homes, as well as indoor sports at the K-12 level.

In Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, whose positivity rate has soared beyond double the growing number statewide, Mayor Ras Baraka has already cracked down on tighter measures. of which Governor Murphy has established statewide in terms of mandatory curfew, sports, senior housing, religious services and non-essential businesses.

After Newark’s tougher restrictions, another city in New Jersey has also gone beyond the state’s new measures. East Orange is ordering all non-essential businesses to close at 8:00 pm as part of what the mayor calls a “tough love” shutdown.

Governor Murphy said Thursday that he would sign an executive order that would give municipalities and counties the option to regulate non-essential business hours of operation after 8:00 p.m., as Newark has done, but any local action must comply. with state rules.

For his part, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the group of governors during the summit will discuss possible coordination of restrictions on restaurants and bars, as well as quarantine rules and interstate travel. “We had a productive meeting today to discuss policies as we enter the next stage of the COVID-19 crisis,” he said Sunday night.