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New Jersey has reported a single-day record number of a dangerous multisystem inflammatory syndrome called MIS-C in children, the state’s health commissioner said Monday. Of the six new cases reported on Friday, all of the children are currently hospitalized, according to Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli who warned parents that COVID-19 cases aren’t always mild in children and urged everyone...

Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said that there have been four pediatric deaths, including three infants, associated with the coronavirus in the state since Christmas.

New Jersey Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli entered a voluntary quarantine after a staffer from her office tested positive for the coronavirus, a statement from the health department said Saturday. Persichilli and other members of her office will quarantine “out of an abundance of caution” until Dec. 8. Her office said the contact tracing process has begun to notify everyone who…