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Coronavirus cases mount as New Jersey, Pa. rush to avert potential crisis; recent visitors to NYC told to quarantine

“If anyone is looking to me for a reason to justify the steps I have ordered,” Gov. Murphy said as he announced New Jersey's latest death toll, “I can now give you 44.”

A sign along Route 113 in Phoenixville warns people Tuesday to heed Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's stay-at-home order directed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
A sign along Route 113 in Phoenixville warns people Tuesday to heed Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's stay-at-home order directed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.Read moreSTEVEN M. FALK / Staff Photographer