Gov. Murphy extends the public health coronavirus emergency in N.J.

Gov. Phil Murphy said Tuesday that he doesn’t have a “magic date" for removing more of state's restrictions and is extending the state's public health emergency as his administration continues to wield executive powers for battling the deadly virus.
“I’m sorry we can’t give you more definitive guidance yet,” Murphy said during his daily coronavirus press briefing. “We still have people getting sick, going to the hospitals," he said.  
New Jersey has now had 8,244 coronavirus deaths, with 130,593 cases, since the start of the outbreak in early March. Only New York has more deaths and cases among American states.
Extending the public health emergency allows Murphy's administration to easily buy supplies, coordinate statewide responses and order shutdowns or quarantines to stem the virus.
"To be clear this does not mean we’re seeing anything in the data which would pause our path forward," Murphy said. "These declarations, unless extended, expire after 30 days. We’re still in a public health emergency."