Colonel Pat Callahan this afternoon at Governor Phil Murphy’s COVID-19 briefing mentioned the latest slew of noncompliance cases, including another case of a man coughing on people while claiming to be a carrier of COVID-19.

Callahan described the Harrington Park overnight incident.

A male subject stopped for allegedly driving while under the influence picked up an aditional charge when he allegedly coughed in the directon of officers to “claimed to be COVID-19 positive,” Callahan said.

It’s not the first time a man coughed on people while claiming to be ill with the deadly virus.

Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal last week announced the filing of criminal charges against a man who allegedly coughed on a Wegman’s food store employee in Manalapan and told the woman that he has the coronavirus.

It’s happening elsewhere too.

This from the Sunshine State:

A Florida man is facing charges that he threatened and assaulted an officer after he coughed on a deputy and said he had the coronavirus, according to authorities.

At today’s briefing at the War Memorial, Callahan ran through other incidents of noncompliance during this time of state shutdown to combat the COVID-19 virus.

In Lakewood, police shut down a bat mitzvah attended by 40-50 people.

The partygoers ate a child neglect charge in addition to a charge of violating the governor’s executive order.

Additionally, people faced charges for running a gym in Bridgeton and a barbershop in Wood-Ridge.

To date, police have handled 70 complicance issues and filed 34 indictable offenses, Callahan said.

Murphy looked riled by the news.

“The patience for ignorance is about zero for somebody to willfully ignore this and put someone else’s life… at stake,” said the governor, musing about the possibility of hiking the penalties for those who do not abide by his executive order.

According to the NJDOH, there have been 3,347 new cases in the past 24 hours, with 16,636 COVID-19 cases, and a loss of another 37 residents, bringing the total fatalities to 198, as of 2pm Monday March 30th.

COVID-19 Cases by County
Data is provisional and subsequent to revision.

3,847 Positives Pending Further Information

Bergen County:

2,482 Positive Test Result(s)

Essex County:

1,564 Positive Test Result(s)

Hudson County:

1,314 Positive Test Result(s)

Union County:

1,213 Positive Test Result(s)

Middlesex County:

1,123 Positive Test Result(s)

Passaic County:

1,091 Positive Test Result(s)

Monmouth County:

1,030 Positive Test Result(s)

Ocean County:

874 Positive Test Result(s)

Morris County:

720 Positive Test Result(s)

Somerset County:

349 Positive Test Result(s)

Mercer County:

249 Positive Test Result(s)

Camden County:

200 Positive Test Result(s)

Burlington County:

178 Positive Test Result(s)

Sussex County:

113 Positive Test Result(s)

Gloucester County:

89 Positive Test Result(s)

Hunterdon County:

79 Positive Test Result(s)

Warren County:

68 Positive Test Result(s)

Atlantic County:

29 Positive Test Result(s)

Cumberland County:

12 Positive Test Result(s)

Cape May County:

9 Positive Test Result(s)

Salem County:

3 Positive Test Result(s)