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N.J. Confirmed Deaths From New Coronavirus Climb 51% to 537
- State health commissioner says testing labs are ‘overwhelmed’
- Murphy orders equipment to be turned over for virus treatment
An American flag is displayed above stalls for patients at a field medical station inside the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey on April 2.
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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said pop-up hospitals opening in the state are coming “not a moment too soon,” as he reported an additional 3,489 positive test results, for a statewide total of 25,590.
Murphy reported an additional 182 deaths from the new coronavirus, increasing the one-day total by more than 50% to a cumulative 537. Among the new deaths, nearly half were at least 80 years old and more than a third had underlying conditions.