Six cases were confirmed on Thursday and seven on Friday.
Mayor Ravinder Bhalla said the 13 cases were those that traveled to states with alarming COVID-19 rates. 12 of the 13 went to states on the New Jersey travel advisory quarantine list, including Florida, Texas, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
“What the Hoboken Health Department has observed with the recent two-day increase of 13 cases on Thursday and Friday, thanks to its prompt and diligent search for contacts, is that the 13 new cases traveled for work or pleasure outside of Hoboken states with increased COVID-19 rates, “Bhalla said.
Those states, he said, include Florida, Texas, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Mayor Bhalla reminded residents that if they traveled to any of the 16 states on the list, they would have to quarantine for 14 days after leaving that state.
“This is a trend that we started to see on June 20, when we had 7 new cases reported in one day,” he said. “From June 20 to July 1, Hoboken saw 30 new cases, and thanks to the proactive work of the Department of Health and Dr. Brahmbhatt, we found that the vast majority of these cases followed the same pattern: the majority tested positive. after traveling abroad COVID status hot spots. This trend is not unique to Hoboken or the region. “
Authorities say the 13 cases are under the age of 45, and the majority between the ages of 20 and 35 have attended meetings both outdoors and indoors.
“What is especially concerning is that of these 13 recent positive cases, some of those who tested positive showed no symptoms,” said Bhalla. “But fortunately, they heeded our call that we previously put alerting residents to this early trend, and to be tested if they traveled to a hot spot state, even if they did not exhibit COVID-19 symptoms.”
Bhalla said that if residents travel to a critical condition, they “self-quarantine and test for COVID-19 at least 5-7 days after returning.”
“Residents should not be tested within the first 24 hours or less than 5 days after returning, as testing too soon could lead to a false negative,” said the mayor. “At Hoboken, we are fortunate to have a public testing site here on our square mile, and receiving a test is easy: all you have to do is call 201-420-5621 on our City Council hotline, and you ‘ You are eligible for a 15 minute rapid test. And, if you are uninsured, the City will pay the cost of your test. Already, 5,000 residents and business employees have been tested at this site. Even after receiving a test, and it’s negative, you still have to quarantine for the rest of the 14 days. “
Positive Hoboken test results had been less than two percent through the end of June.
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