The number of people infected with the new coronavirus in Paterson increased to 1,455 on Thursday afternoon.

Municipal officials reported 59 total deaths from Covid-19 on Wednesday. Age range of the dead is 22-96.

No new deaths were reported on Thursday.

Paterson has the largest number of infected people in Passaic County followed by Clifton, which reported 677 infections with 15 deaths.

Passaic County has 4,690 cases with 82 deaths. Overall, New Jersey had 51,027 cases with 1,700 deaths on Thursday.

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