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<p><strong>By Amaya Morales</strong></p>



<p>Managing Editor&nbsp;</p>



<p>Today’s edition of our daily news updates will focus on Gov. Phil Murphy closing state offices ahead of Inauguration Day.</p>



<p>State employees will work remotely on Jan. 20 when President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in as President,<a href="https://www.nj.com/news/2021/01/all-nj-state-offices-to-be-closed-on-inauguration-day-as-safety-precaution-murphy-says.html"> according to</a> NJ.com.</p>



<p>“We felt that was the right thing to do given the level of tension right now in the county,” said Murphy in a Friday <a href="https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2021/01/nj-gov-phil-murphy-provides-covid-update-visits-a-3rd-vaccine-mega-site-how-to-watch-live-today-jan-15-2021.html">news conference</a>.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Murphy also reiterated, at the conference, that there is, “no specific threat,” but wants all New Jersey residents to lay low in the coming days. </p>



<p><strong>COVID-19 Numbers</strong></p>



<p>The following are the latest COVID-19 cases for yesterday and today. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Sat. 1/16/2021</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Fri. 1/15/2021</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>New Jersey</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">616,000</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">610,000</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Bergen County</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">59,684</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">59,102</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>



<p>*Numbers according to <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=nj+covid+19&amp;oq=nj+covid+19&amp;aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0i131i433l2j0i433j0i131i433j69i60l3.5418j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8#wptab=s:H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLVT9c3NMwySk6OL8zJecTYwMgt8PLHPWGp8klrTl5jLOQS901NyUzOzEt1ySxOTSxO9clPTizJzM8T0uNic80rySypFFLhEpRCNUeDQYqfC1VISI2LA65XiotHikM_V9_ANC0rDaiYiwvO49nFxO2RmphTkhFcklhSvIhVxi-1XMErtag4tVLBOb8oPy-xLLOotFihGCQNABrAWL_CAAAA">Google Statistics.</a></p>



<p>Stay tuned for more daily new updates tomorrow at 10 a.m.</p>



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<p class="has-text-align-right"><strong> Art by Amaya Morales</strong></p>
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