NJ officials give an update on new cases of coronavirus during press conference Thursday. New Jersey - New Jersey's coronavirus case total rose to 135,454 on Thursday with 8,801 related deaths.
Gov. Phil Murphy announced during his daily briefing over 1,800 new cases and 162 new deaths attributed to the virus. Murphy says he is sending 120 members of the National Guard to nursing homes hit hard by the coronavirus this weekend to help staff.
On Wednesday, the first term democrat announced that more than two-thirds of New Jersey's confirmed cases -- roughly 90,000 people -- have defeated the coronavirus. "The spread is slowing," Murphy said. "The map of New Jersey continues to show slowing rates of doubling of cases." New Jersey extended