HOBOKEN (1010 WINS) – Hoboken saw a big jump in coronavirus cases this week—and all of those infected traveled recently to other states before returning to New Jersey, officials said.
There were six new cases on Thursday and seven new cases on Friday, Mayor Ravi Bhalla said Saturday—Hoboken's highest two-day numbers since mid-May.
"The very clear, common thread is that all 13 cases traveled to states with alarming rates of rising COVID-19," the mayor said.
Of the 13 cases, 12 had traveled to states on New Jersey's quarantine list.
All of the new cases were people under 45 and the majority of them were asymptomatic. All of the patients proactively got a test.
"It makes you wonder about the people who have not gotten a test," Bhalla said.
The mayor said there could be more cases and that he hopes travelers heed the warning about quarantining if they travel to one of 16 states on New Jersey's list.
"We could set our region back further to the point where we have to resort to stay-at-home orders," Bhalla warned.
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