N.J. Gov. Murphy further tightens restrictions on day of highest-ever coronavirus deaths

Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday he’s extending New Jersey's coronavirus public-health emergency by 30 days.
Murphy, speaking at a daily COVID-19 briefing on Tuesday, said that he ordered all state and county parks closed and extended the closure of all public schools “indefinitely.”
“We want to make sure this continues our current footing,” Murphy said.
New Jersey — a state of 9 million residents — now has at least 44,416 cases and at least 1,232 deaths, Murphy announced.
New Jersey has the second highest COVID-19 cases, after New York and more than all but eight countries. Federal officials have identified New Jersey as a coronavirus “hotspot” in America.