Wednesday, September 23, 2026 · Serving all of Hudson County since March 2011Hudson County Now Has Most COVID-19 Cases In New Jersey
It's a statistic no county wants to have. Unfortunately, Hudson County now has the highest number of coronavirus cases in New Jersey, having surpassed Bergen County since the onset of…
It’s a statistic no county wants to have. Unfortunately, Hudson County now has the highest number of coronavirus cases in New Jersey, having surpassed Bergen County since the onset of the pandemic.
In the latest figures released by the NJ Department of Health on Thursday, Hudson County has 17,134 of the total 142,704 reported for the Garden State.
The municipality with the most COVID-19 cases in Hudson County is Jersey City. The county seat has one third of the total, 6,221.
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Bergen County is now second in the state with 17,080 cases. Essex County remains third with 15,824.
This is the first time Hudson County has had the most reported cases of the coronavirus.
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Sign in to commentSenator Menendez needs to fire the absentee ghost mayor of WNY NJ. He is invisible we have no leadership. Now we are the highest town in hudson county with covid.I cry every day living in fear with no leadership!!! We help each other to eat. We contribute to kind pantrys. Set up by the people to feed the hungry. He continues to hide. Please help us you were from our town we need your help.
JC now has more testing. ID's more cases. Hudson County is very densely populated. Jersey City has huge amount of NYC commuters. From the beginning this has been considered a factor. So much lazy writing. Stats with no context. No analysis. Just headlines for clicks.