Coronavirus New Jersey: Gov. Phil Murphy Seeing Some Promising News Against COVID-19

Cleve Bryan reports.

BY FIVE TO 10% FOR SOME HIGHERPAID EMPLOYEES.NEW JERSEY'S GOVERNOR SAYSTHAT HE IS SEEING SOMEPROMISING NEWS IN THE FIGHTAGAINST COVID-19.BUT HE SAYS A LOT MORE NEEDSTO HAPPEN BEFORE THE STATE CANOPEN UP SAFELY.CLEVE BRYAN HAS BEEN FOLLOWINGTHE LATEST ANNOUNCEMENTS INNEW JERSEY, HE JOINS US NOWWITH MORE.CLEVE?SEEING CONTINUING TRENDS INNEW JERSEY, THE TOTAL NUMBEROF NEW CASES EACH DAY APPEARSTO BE FLATTENING OUT BUT THEDEATH TOLL MOUNTING, NOWSURPASSING MORE THAN 3,000PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED DUE TOCOVID-19 IN NEW JERSEY.HOWEVER, THEY SAY, THAT THESPREAD OF THE VIRUS CONTINUESTO BE ON A SLOW TRACK TOWARD APEAK LATER THIS MONTH.GOVERNOR MURPHY AS WELL ASHEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THENUMBER EVERY COVID-19 PATIENTSHEADED INTO HOSPITALS ISSLOWING DOWN, THAT'S THE GOODNEWS, AND THE RATE OFRECOVERED PATIENTS LEAVINGHOSPITALS IS PICKING UP.SO FAR THEY BELIEVE SIMILAR TOTHE CITY, 15,000 NEW JERSIANSHAVE BEATEN COVID-19 SINCEEARLY APRIL.BUT GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY SAYSSTILL TOO EARLY TO MAKE ANYCONCRETE PLANS FOR RE-OPENINGSHUTTERED BUSINESSES, ANDEASING ANY STAY AT HOME ORDERSTHE ECONOMIC RECOVERY ONTHE BACK OF THE HEALTHCAREROLF I AND YOU NEED HEALTHCAREINFRASTRUCTURE, YOU NEEDPROTOCOLS IN PLACE, THEFRANKLIN WE DON'T HAVE AT THEMOMENT, BUT WE WILL NEEDBEFORE WE REOPEN.COMING UP LATER ON "EYEWITNESS NEWS," SOME HOPEFOR RAPID TESTING IS COMINGOUT OF NORTH JERSEY.WE WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT