New Jersey on Sunday reported another 1,798 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 15 additional deaths as the number of New Jersey residents who received at least one dose of the vaccine approached 1 million.
But the numbers reported Sunday could change, government Phil Murphy warned in a tweet.
‘We are aware of an electronic reporting on laboratories that could affect today’s numbers. “These laboratories have been warned and we are working to resolve them as soon as possible,” Murphy said as he released the figures.
The state reported a similar issue on Feb. 8.
The number of coronavirus patients in hospitals in New Jersey dropped for the tenth consecutive day and dropped to 2,449 on Saturday night. This is 35% lower than a recent high of 3,802 on 23 December.
The nationwide transmission rate was 0.86, up from 0.84 the previous day. The rate increased on both weekends after gradually declining during the first 11 days of February. If the rate falls below 1, it indicates that the outbreak of the state is slowing down.
The nationwide positivity rate for tests available on Wednesday, the latest day, was 7.24% based on 48,018 tests.
Government Phil Murphy announced the update on social media while he will remain in quarantine after an unknown member of his family tested positive for the virus on Wednesday. Murphy said he tested negative Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the governor announced Friday that a limited number of parents in New Jersey will be allowed to see their children play indoor high school and youth sports again after being banned from the stands. The new rules limit participants to two parents or guardians per athlete for indoor games and competitions. But the total spectators may not exceed 35% of the room’s capacity or 150 people.
Officials also announced Friday that New Jersey has recorded five new cases of the highly contagious coronavirus variant first discovered in the UK, bringing the state’s total to 38.
New Jersey has now reported 665,197 positive cases of coronavirus from more than 9.9 million PCR tests in the more than 11 months since the outbreak of the state. 80,790 positive antigen tests were also performed. 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 state of 9 million people also reported that 22,454 residents died from complications related to COVID-19 – 20,208 confirmed deaths and 2,246 considered probable.
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As of Sunday, 1,341,185 doses of vaccines have been administered in New Jersey, Murphy announced. Of these, 984,737 were the first of two doses people would receive, while 355,862 were the second.
It is from more than 1.77 million doses received by the state from the federal government, according to a running version of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
VACCINATIONS BY COUNTRY
- ATLANTIC COUNTRY – 41,817 doses administered
- BERGEN COUNTY – 149 961 doses administered
- BURLINGTON COUNTY – 69 078 doses administered
- CAMDEN COUNTY – 78 918 doses administered
- CAPE MAY COUNTY – 19 420 doses administered
- CUMBERLAND COUNTY – 19 559 doses administered
- ESSEX COUNTRY – 110 388 doses administered
- GLOUCESTER COUNTY – 47 457 doses administered
- HUDSON COUNTY – 61,634 doses administered
- HUNTERDON COUNTY – 18 344 doses administered
- TRADE COUNTRY – 37 140 doses administered
- MIDDLESEX COUNTRY – 100 429 doses administered
- MONMOUTH COUNTY – 100 558 doses administered
- MORRIS COUNTRY – 97 238 doses administered
- OCEAN COUNTY – 79 678 doses administered
- PASSAIC LAND – 62 268 doses administered
- SALEM COUNTY – 8,545 doses administered
- SOMERSET COUNTRY – 51 366 doses administered
- SUSSEX COUNTY – 20 746 doses administered
- UNION COUNTRY – 66 003 doses administered
- WARREN-LAND – 12 844 doses administered
- UNKNOWN LAND – 43 857 doses administered
- OUTSIDE – 43 937 doses administered
HOSPITALIZATIONS
As of Saturday night, there were 2,449 patients in the hospital with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases in New Jersey’s 71 hospitals – 65 less than the previous night.
This included 520 in critical or intensive care (one more than the previous night), with 326 fans (17 less).
According to the state’s dashboard, 310 COVID-19 patients were also discharged on Saturday.
SCHOOL SUBJECTS
According to the latest figures, New Jersey reported 142 COVID-19 outbreaks in the school, resulting in 671 cases among students, teachers and school staff.
According to the state’s dashboard, the outbreaks – defined as cases in which it was confirmed that people contracted or transmitted the virus in the classroom or during academic activities – were reported.
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. Although the numbers continue to rise every week, Murphy said the statistics for school outbreaks are lower than government officials expected when schools reopened for personal classes.
New Jersey 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.
There are about 1.4 million students and teachers across the country.
AGE BREAKS OUT
The age group of 30 to 49 years is by age the largest percentage of New Jersey residents who contracted the virus. (31%), followed by those 50-64 (23.4%), 18-29 (19.4%), 65-79 (11%), 5-17 (8.2%), 80 and older ( 5.1%) and 0 -4 (1.7%).
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 (47.36%), followed by 65-79 (32.7%), 50-64 (15.55%), 30-49 ( 4.02%), 18-29 (0.36%), 5-17 (0%) and 0-4 (0.02%).
At least 7,846 of the COVID-19 deaths in the state were among residents and staff members at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
There are currently active outbreaks at 339 facilities, resulting in 6,940 active cases among residents and 7,148 among staff members.
GENERAL NUMBERS
On Sunday morning, there were more than 108.6 million COVID-19 positive tests worldwide, according to a running count from Johns Hopkins University. More than 2.39 million people died from coronavirus-related complications.
The U.S. reported the most cases, more than 27.5 million, and the most deaths, more than 484,200.
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Katie Kausch can be reached at [email protected].