One New Jersey Man Says He’s Relieved to Have Contracted COVID-19

The number of COVID-19 cases in New Jersey were 135,454, with 8,952 fatalities as of May 8, 2020. In Hudson County, the total sum of positive COVID-19 cases are 16,520. However, Governor Phil Murphy reported that hospitalizations and ICU admissions have both continued to decease across the state. Yesterday, hospitalizations dropped to 4,996—below 5,000 for the first time in several weeks.

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One New Jersey COVID 19 survivor is Josh Ortiz, who shared with us his experience, including how he thinks he and his wife contracted the virus, the concerns he had for his family, particularly his 2-year-old son, and how he’s a bit relieved to have contracted the coronavirus.