Health officials in New Jersey reported Sunday that another 2,765 confirmed cases of coronavirus and another 13 confirmed deaths if the state prepares for the vaccine to be eligible for all adults.
Government Phil Murphy has released the latest figures on social media.
More than 1 in 3 adults in the state – 2,476,998 – were fully vaccinated against COVID-19, while 3,777,441, according to the state, received at least one dose as of Saturday morning. Eligible for vaccine on Monday up to 16 and older living, working or studying in New Jersey.
The state’s spread rate on Sunday remained stable from 0.91 on Saturday, compared to a recent high of 1.07 on 5 April. Each number more than 1 indicates that the outbreak is growing, with each new case leading to at least one case. A decreasing transmission rate means that the distribution slows down.
In total, New Jersey has now reported 858,519 confirms coronavirus cases from more than 12.9 million PCR tests since the state reported its first case on March 4, 2020. 120 334 positive antigen tests. These cases are considered likely, and health officials have warned that positive antigen tests may overlap with the confirmed PCR tests, as they are sometimes given at the same time.
The condition of 9 million people reported 25,143 deaths due to complications related to COVID-19 – including 22,551 confirmed deaths and 2,592 deaths considered probable.
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HOSPITALIZATIONS
There were 2,095 patients admitted to the hospital with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases in the 71 hospitals in New Jersey, from Thursday night 90 less than the night before. More recent data from the weekend was not available on Sunday.
The figure included 446 in critical or intensive care (10 less than the previous evening), with 247 on fans (six less).
There were also 299 COVID-19 patients discharged Thursday.
The number of people being treated has been ticking for almost a week.
By comparison, hospitalizations peaked at more than 8,300 patients during the first wave of the pandemic in April.
SCHOOL SUBJECTS
New Jersey reported 245 coronavirus outbreaks in the school, resulting in 1,094 cases among students, teachers and school staff according to academic year.
The state defines school outbreaks as cases where contact detectives determined that two or more students or school staff caught or transmitted COVID-19 in the classroom or during academic activities at school. These numbers do not include students or staff who are suspected of being infected outside the school, or cases that cannot be confirmed as outbreaks in the school.
Teaching methods amid the outbreak have varied for the 1.4 million public school students and teachers across the state, while some schools provide personalized instruction, some use a hybrid format and others are quite remote.
Murphy recently announced that most schools in New Jersey can move classrooms three feet apart, instead of six feet, under new guidelines for social distance.
The governor also said that state schools will return to full personal classes for the next school year and that districts will not be allowed to offer virtual learning, even for parents who do not want the option due to COVID-19- is coming. But Murphy explained that students and teachers who experience health problems are at greater risk for a severe coronavirus case would have a virtual option.
AGE BREAK DOWN
Degraded by age, those aged 30 to 49 form the largest percentage of New Jersey residents who contracted the virus (30.9%), followed by those aged 50-64 (22.7%), 18-29 (19 , 9%), 65 -79 (10.2%), 5-17 (9.6%), 80 and older (4.5%) and 0-4 (2%).
On average, the virus was more deadly to older residents, especially those with a pre-existing condition. Nearly half of COVID-19 deaths were among residents 80 and older (46.66%), followed by 65-79 (32.91%), 50-64 (15.95%), 30-49 ( 4.06%), 18-29 (0.39%), 5-17 (0%) and 0-4 (0.03%).
At least 7,989 of the COVID-19 deaths in the state were among residents and staff members at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
There were active outbreaks at 225 facilities, resulting in 3,676 active cases among residents and 4,366 among staff members. These numbers decreased as the vaccinations at the facilities continued.
GENERAL NUMBERS
According to Sunday, there were more than 140 million positive COVID-19 tests worldwide, according to a running count from Johns Hopkins University. More than 3 million people have died from coronavirus-related complications.
The U.S. reported the most cases, more than 31.64 million, and the most deaths, more than 567,000.
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