Phil Murphy

At least four businesses in New Jersey violated the state’s executive order by reopening within the past 24 hours, including a gym, a car wash and a pizzeria, the head of State Police said Friday.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday signed an executive order that increased the limit on outdoor gatherings from 10 to 25 people and reopened recreational campgrounds effective "immediately."

Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday that New Jersey had reported over 1,000 new coronavirus cases and nearly 100 new deaths over the past day, but the governor said there are "surer signs that we’re moving closer to being able to enter Phase 2 of our economic restart."

The number of coronavirus cases in New Jersey surpassed 150,000 on Wednesday as Gov. Phil Murphy reported another 168 new deaths and said residents will soon be able to take self-administered tests provided at a handful of locations in the state.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday reported 1,735 new COVID-19 cases and 83 new deaths — after announcing that batting cages, golf ranges, shooting and archery ranges, private tennis clubs, horseback riding venues and community gardens would be allowed to reopen later this week.

Gov. Phil Murphy said Sunday that the number of coronavirus deaths in New Jersey had surpassed 10,300 as the state reported more than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 and residents began flocking to beaches along the Jersey Shore.

Gov. Phil Murphy said Saturday that fishing charters and other chartered-boat services, as well as watercraft rentals, can resume in New Jersey starting Sunday morning.

Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday that elective surgeries can begin again in New Jersey later this month as he announced the state's death toll surpassed 10,000.

A 108-year-old New Jersey woman who lived through the 1918 flu pandemic beat the coronavirus in a “tremendous show of strength,” Gov. Phil Murphy said.

Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday that the Jersey Shore and lakeshores will open for Memorial Day Weekend.