New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (Edwin J. Torres/Governor's Office)TRENTON, N.J. - Gov.
Phil Murphy says the rate of transmission of COVID-19 in New Jersey has exceeded 1.0 for the first time in a month and a half.
That’s the average number of people infected by each infectious person.The Democratic governor said Monday in his daily press conference that there were several outbreaks across the state that officials found to be directly tied to travel to other hotspots.In an interview over the weekend, Murphy said the state is starting to see “small spikes” in COVID-19 infection from people returning from trips to places like South Carolina and Florida.Gov.