It is a key question as New Jersey looks to prevent coronavirus from spreading further in the community: Where are residents contracting the disease?
Is the virus passing between coaches and athletes during youth sports? Or between workers coming to the office? Are diners picking up the illness at restaurants and bars, or gamblers at casinos? Knowing which of those is most prevalent could prove critical to policymakers as they weigh whether to implement new restrictions, or ease already existing ones.
Earlier this month, the Department of Health offered a statistical peek into the kinds of places where it believes COVID-19 is being transmitted. At Gov. Phil Murphy’s regular news briefing, the government presented two charts that broke down where the disease was spreading in the community, with 33% of outbreaks over the month of October attributed to sports teams, and workplaces and…
