By NJ Spotlight

Public-health statistics continued to head in the wrong direction for New Jersey today, a third straight day with more than 2,000 new cases reported and a new recent high set in those being treated for COVID-19 at hospitals in New Jersey.

200 cases or more were again reported in Essex, Bergen and Passaic counties, and more than 100 were seen in six others: Hudson, Middlesex, Union, Camden, Monmouth and Burlington.

Murphy again said officials were considering restrictions to help curb the spike in cases, but again gave no specifics.

“We’re working on making sure we got a right balance between strategic, scalpel-like actions and some broader actions that we will almost certainly take sooner than later,” he said today.