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VIRUS UPDATE: Red Bank's COVID-19 case total spikes as it continues rise, while Little Silver and Fair Haven hold relatively steady.

VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy says key hospital metrics have fallen to half their COVID-19 peaks, but New Jerseyans are still ending up there in large numbers.

VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy still trying to "figure out" how to hold safe graduation ceremonies under the threat of a resurgent COVID-19 crisis.

RED BANK: Borough creates 36 quick-pickup parking zones to serve retail and dining "clusters" as merchants start to emerge from COVID-19 lockdown.

VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy eases more restrictions on outdoor activities and sketches out a path to a post-COVID-19 "new normal" reality

VIRUS UPDATE: More than 500 Monmouth County residents have now died from COVID-19, nearly three-quarters of them associated with longterm care facilities.

RED BANK: Sixteen borough residents have now died from COVID-19, local officials say, all possibly associated with two congregate living facilities.

VIRUS UPDATE: As COVID-19 death toll passes 10,000, Murphy lifts ban on elective surgeries, sets vote-by-mail primary election.

VIRUS UPDATE: In further easing of COVID-19-related restrictions, Murphy to allow beaches and boardwalks to reopen in time for Memorial Day weekend.

RED BANK: Borough plans info session on safety measures for merchants as partial reopening of retail operations begins Monday.

VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy eases COVID-19-related limits on retailing and construction; state reports 18 cases of Kawasaki disease in children.

VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy plans to boost COVID-19 testing and contact tracing; says reopening the economy won't be like flipping a light switch.

VIRUS UPDATE: With COVID-19 cases and deaths in decline, O'Scanlon calls for "rebellion" against Murphy's shutdown, and Murphy pushes back.

VIRUS UPDATE: Amid a general slowing of COVID-19 cases and deaths, Red Bank's new-infection count continues to grow at a stubborn rate.

VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy reports death of a four-year-old, the first person under 18 to die in the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed 8,952 state residents.

VIRUS UPDATE: No explanation offered as COVID-19 deaths at Monmouth County longterm care facilities appear to spike, now accounting for 73 percent of total.

VIRUS UPDATE: Monmouth County has now lost more than 400 residents to COVID-19, two-thirds of them connected to longterm care facilities, state reports.

LITTLE SILVER: Two borough tennis courts reopen, with a host of rules, as first step of a "phased-in approach" to full return.

VIRUS UPDATE: Death tolls continue to rise, and hundreds of new COVID-19 patients are still being hospitalized each day, Murphy says.

VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy says New Jersey "passed the test" on social distancing in newly reopened parks this weekend. He also ordered that schools remain closed through June.