× COVID-19 cases have decreased for the first time in nearly eleven weeks. As of Dec. 17, there were 239 active cases, according to the Bayonne Office of Emergency Management (OEM). This is a decrease in 106 cases since Dec. 10. Another resident has died: an 86-year-old woman. OEM said that 3,012 residents tested positive, regardless of where that test was given, as of Dec. 17. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 88 Bayonne residents have died, and 2,685 have recovered. COVID-19 hospitalizations at BMC remain low because most residents recover at home. There were 20 COVID-19 patients at BMC as of Dec. 17. OEM does not have data on Bayonne residents in hospitals other than BMC.