States are moving at vastly different paces with some like Wisconsin reopening over night after the state supreme court overruled the governor's orders.
New Jersey is looking to allow more nonessential businesses such as barbers and restaurants to reopen with restrictions in a "matter of weeks," though no specific timeline has been released, Gov. Phil Murphy told CNBC on Thursday.
Every state has now eased regulations meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus and reopened at least some nonessential businesses. However, states are moving at vastly different paces with some like Wisconsin reopening over night after the state supreme court overruled the governor's orders. The coronavirus has infected more than 150,776 people across the state as of Thursday and killed at least 10,749 people, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Murphy said the state is well past its peak and indicators, which include new hospitalizations, intensive care unit capacity and available ventilators, have all moved in the "right direction now for more than a couple of weeks.
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