UPDATE: Carmine Fusco, Rita Fusco-Jackson’s brother, died Wednesday morning, and Grace Fusco, their mother, died Wednesday night.

Five members of the same New Jersey family lay in hospital beds at a Freehold medical facility, each infected with the coronavirus.

And a sixth remains in a Pennsylvania hospital battling the same virus.

Nearly all are in critical condition.

The six are family members of Rita Fusco-Jackson, the woman in her 50s who died last Friday and later tested positive for COVID-19, according to her sister, Elizabeth Fusco.

“This has been devastating for all of us,” said Fusco, 42, of Freehold. “Our hearts are broken over losing our sister, Rita. We just need help in saving our family members with life-saving medication.”

Five remain at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, where Fusco-Jackson died. Four are in critical condition, and one is stable.

Fusco said the family members at CentraState are her mother and four siblings. Fusco-Jackson’s brother was in critical condition at a Pennsylvania hospital, she added. He died Wednesday morning.

Roseann Paradiso Fodera, a cousin and the family’s attorney, called the situation “surreal.”

“To imagine a week ago to get a phone call like this — if someone told me this story, I wouldn’t believe it," she said. “It’s inconceivable to me.”

Additional members of the Fusco family are awaiting test results for COVID-19.

“We are waiting on 19 tests of spouses and children of the hospitalized victims, who were all in contact on March 10 or later,” Fusco said.

The township health department said it is coordinating with the state, as health officials continue to investigate the cases, said Margaret Jahn, a Freehold health officer.

“There is definitely a cluster of cases at the hospital,” Jahn said.

There is no community spread at this time, she added.

“We’ve conducted several interviews with regard to people who were exposed to close contacts, and we’ve followed up with those — so we are not seeing a community spread per se,” Jahn said.

The New Jersey Department of Health declined to provide specific case information, citing the volume of cases statewide.

Fusco-Jackson was one of 11 children, according to her sister. She was both a parishioner and a teacher in the Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine confirmation program, the church said.

Fusco asked for prayers from the community and help from government health officials.

She called for cooperation among the state and local health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expedite life-saving drugs “so as to not lose another family member.”

Meanwhile, Jahn cautioned that despite the cluster, anyone at risk of exposure has been contacted by health officials.

But she understands the fear felt among residents.

“A lot of the information was slow in coming out,” Jahn said. “It’s frustrating for all the health department (officials), and this case in particular.”

Testing, she said, has been the biggest issue, something that has been a problem statewide and nationwide.

“The CDC has been contacted about it, and the CDC is interested in what is going on, and they may be willing to investigate and look into it more,” Jahn said.

She added: “This is devastating for a family, and with a lack of information, it has been frustrating.”

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