Path To Reopening Seems Within Reach For New Jersey

Cleve Bryan reports.

WITH JOSH SHAPIRO JUST YET NMEDIA DELAWARE COUNTY JOEHOLDEN FOR CBS THREE I AT WESTNEWS.IN NEW JERSEY A PATH TOREOPENING SEEMS WITHIN REACHAS GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY SAYSHIS TEAM IS HAPPY WITH THEDATA THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING.CLEVE BRYAN IS IN WASHINGTONTOWNSHIP WITH THE LATESTDEVELOPMENT, CLEVE.REPORTER: GOVERNOR MURPHYTALKING ABOUT IMPROVEMENTSACROSS THE BOARD AS FAR ASSLOWING DOWN THE SPREAD OFCOVID-19.NOW HE IS FINALLY HAS SOMEWILLINGNESS TO TALK ABOUTREOPENING, DATES.GOVERNOR MURPHY TALKING THISAFTERNOON, AND SAYING, THATTHE DEATH COUNT, WHILE IT ISOF COURSE, COMING OUT OF AWEEKEND WHEN REPORTING ISSLOWING ONLY 59 DEATHS, THELOWEST DAILY TOTAL WE HAVESEEN IN A LONG TIME.NUMBER OF THE NEW CASES ANDHOSPITALIZATIONS ARE ALSOBELOW LAST WEEKS AVERAGE.POSITIVE TREND ARE NOWSTARTING TO SHOW UP IN SOUTHJERSEY WHICH WAS LAST IN THESTATE TO SEE A SPIKE INMURPHY SAYS TOMORROW HE WILLUNVEIL NEW DETAILS ABOUTEXPANDED TESTING AND CONTACTTRACING, AND THIS IS WHAT HEHAD TO SAY ABOUT FINALLYSETTING SOME DATES FORREOPENING THE STATE.WE'RE GETTING DATA THAT ISMAKING US MORE COMFORTABLE ANDCONFIDENT, THAT WE WILL SOONHAVE SOME HARD DATES AS TOWHEN WE CAN TRULY BEGIN OURROAD BACK, THROUGH RESTARTINGAND RECOVERY.BUT AS I ENABLE TO GIVE HARDDATES REMEMBER THAT YOU ALLDID THIS OUT THERE THROUGHYOUR HARD WORK OVER THE PASTNEARLY TWO MONTHS.PLEASE KEEP IT UP, FOLKS, ITIS CLEARLY WORKING.AS IT RELATES TO SOME HARDDATES I HOPE WE WILL HAVE NEWSTO REPORT AT SOME POINT LATETHEY ARE WEEK.REPORTER: WEATHER WASN'TGREAT ALL THE TIME THIS PASTWEEKEND BUT IT WASES FIRSTOPPORTUNITY SOME PEOPLE HAD TOGO TO THE BEACH IN NEW JERSEY.COMING UP ON "EYEWITNESS NEWS"AT 5:00 WE WILL CHECK WITH ONEOF THE MAYORS IN SOUTH JERSEY