Health officials in New Jersey reported another 3,544 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 40 additional confirmed deaths on Friday as the state prepares to extend those eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine next week to transportation workers and other groups and the number of people who have been fully vaccinated. closer to 1 million.
Government Phil Murphy announced the latest update in the outbreak during an event in Elizabeth on the recently signed Stimulus Act. More than 2.8 million vaccine doses have been administered since Friday morning, including 947,000 who received both doses and are considered fully vaccinated.
The seven-day average for newly confirmed cases is now 2,931, up 2% from a week ago but up 11% from a month ago.
The nationwide transmission rate slowed slightly to 1.02 from 1.03 on Thursday. Any number more than 1 indicates that the outbreak is growing, with each new case having at least one other case. The rate was weeks lower than 1 before rising above the mark last week.
In New Jersey’s hospitals, 1,884 patients were reported Thursday night. It has declined by more than half since a recent high on December 22nd.
In total, New Jersey has now reported 736,065 confirmed coronavirus cases from more than 11 million PCR tests in the year since the state reported its first case on March 4, 2020. There were also 94,783 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 state of 9 million people reported 23,854 residents died from complications related to COVID-19, including 21,380 confirmed deaths and 2,474 deaths considered probable.
Health officials also reported on Wednesday on the first case of the coronavirus variant that was initially identified in South Africa.
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VACCINATIONS BY COUNTRY
- ATLANTIC COUNTRY – 89 818 doses administered
- BERGEN COUNTY – 326 341 doses administered
- BURLINGTON COUNTY – 150 584 doses administered
- CAMDEN COUNTY – 170 028 doses administered
- CAPE MAY COUNTY – 41,810 doses administered
- CUMBERLAND-LAND – 40 610 doses administered
- ESSEX COUNTY – 223,312 doses administered
- GLOUCESTER COUNTY – 105 947 doses administered
- HUDSON COUNTY – 137 963 doses administered
- HUNTERDON COUNTY – 39,490 doses administered
- TRADE COUNTRY – 99 020 doses administered
- MIDDLESEX COUNTRY – 230 385 doses administered
- MONMOUTH COUNTY – 219 716 doses administered
- MORRIS LAND – 205 618 doses administered
- OCEAN COUNTY – 177,185 doses administered
- PASSAIC COUNTY – 127 330 doses administered
- SALEM COUNTY – 19 417 doses administered
- SOMERSET COUNTRY – 114 180 doses administered
- SUSSEX COUNTY – 45 258 doses administered
- UNION COUNTRY – 148 410 doses administered
- WARREN-LAND – 29 159 doses administered
- UNKNOWN LAND – 7,541 doses administered
- OUTSIDE – 74 609 doses administered
HOSPITALIZATIONS
There was 1,884 patients admitted to the hospital with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases in New Jersey’s 71 hospitals as of Thursday night – 52 fewer than the night before, according to the state’s dashboard.
This included 401 in critical or intensive care (five more than the previous night), with 236 on fans (six more).
There was also 257 COVID-19 patients were discharged Thursday.
Hospitalizations peaked at more than 8,000 patients during the first wave of the pandemic in April.
SCHOOL SUBJECTS
In New Jersey, 173 coronavirus outbreaks were reported in the school, resulting in 804 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.
There are about 1.4 million public school students and teachers across the state, although teaching methods vary amid the outbreak, with some schools teaching in person, some using a hybrid format and others still a distance.
Murphy said Monday that officials, who will soon be eligible teachers to receive the vaccine, “schools” across New Jersey “fully expect to return to personal learning” safe and responsible “when the next school year begins in September, if not earlier.
AGE BREAKS OUT
Degraded by age, those aged 30 to 49 form the largest percentage of New Jersey residents who contracted the virus (31%), followed by those aged 50-64 (23.2%), 18-29 (19.6). %), 65 -79 (10.8%), 5-17 (8.5%), 80 and older (4.9%) and 0-4 (1.8%).
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 years and older (47.20%), followed by 65-79 (32.79%), 50-64 (15.59%), 30-49 (4.03%), 18-29 (0.37%), 5-17 (0%) and 0-4 (0.02%).
At least 7,923 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 309 facilities, leading to 6099 active cases among residents and 6,214 among staff members.
GENERAL NUMBERS
As of Friday, there are more than 118.6 million positive COVID-19 tests worldwide, according to a running count from Johns Hopkins University. More than 2.63 million people have died from coronavirus-related complications.
The U.S. reported the most cases, more than 29.2 million, and the most deaths, more than 530,800.
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