Health officials in New Jersey on Thursday reported another 3,411 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and another 47 confirmed deaths as hospitalizations declined and the seven-day average for new positive tests continued to fall.
“People will have better days,” Governor Phil Murphy said as he unveiled the latest figures at a violence rally in Newark. “I know for sure.”
The state average of seven days for confirmed positive tests dropped to 3,028 on Thursday, up 12% from a week ago and up 3% from a month ago.
More than 1 in 3 adults in New Jersey – 2,334,968 people – are now fully vaccinated, and more than half of the adults have received at least one vaccine dose as the state continues to pursue its goal of June 70 vaccinate% of adults. . Eligible for vaccine in New Jersey, it expands Monday to anyone 16 or older.
In New Jersey’s 71 hospitals, 2,261 patients were reported as of Wednesday night, 20 people less than a day earlier. Hospitalizations remain well below the recent high of 3,873 on December 22nd.
The state’s shipping rate remained stable at 0.92 on Thursday. It gradually declined from 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 other case. A decreasing transmission rate means that the distribution slows down.
In total, New Jersey has now reported 848,566 confirmed cases of coronavirus from more than 12.8 million PCR tests since the state reported its first case on March 4, 2020. There were also 118,835 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 that 25,053 people died from complications related to COVID-19 – including 25,053 confirmed deaths and 2,592 deaths considered probable. The probable deaths, which are reviewed weekly, increased by 19 on Wednesday.
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VACANCIES BY COUNTRY
- ATLANTIC COUNTRY – 183 270 applications applied
- BERGEN COUNTY – 643 942 doses administered
- BURLINGTON COUNTY – 301619 doses administered
- CAMDEN COUNTY – 337 798 doses administered
- CAPE MAY COUNTY – 74 702 doses administered
- CUMBERLAND COUNTY – 78 305 doses administered
- ESSEX COUNTRY – 442 672 doses administered
- GLOUCESTER COUNTY – 203 713 doses administered
- HUDSON COUNTY – 345 347 doses administered
- HUNTERDON COUNTY – 82 467 doses administered
- TRADE COUNTRY – 227 706 doses administered
- MIDDLESEX COUNTRY – 498 595 doses administered
- MONMOUTH COUNTY – 422 058 doses administered
- MORRIS LAND – 400 715 doses administered
- OCEAN COUNTY – 343 087 doses administered
- PASSAIC COUNTY – 264 894 doses administered
- SALEM COUNTY – 35 591 doses administered
- SOMERSET COUNTY – 234 243 doses administered
- SUSSEX COUNTRY – 88 618 doses administered
- UNION COUNTRY – 310 273 doses administered
- WARREN-LAND – 57 500 doses administered
- UNKNOWN LAND – 20 899 doses administered
- OUTSIDE – 140 357 doses administered
HOSPITALIZATIONS
There were 2,261 patients admitted to the hospital with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases in New Jersey’s 71 hospitals as of Wednesday night – 20 fewer than the night before.
This included 460 in critical or intensive care (three more than the previous evening), with 251 on fans (three less).
297 COVID-19 patients were also discharged on Wednesday, while 275 patients were admitted.
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.
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 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, the 30 to 49-year-olds make up the largest percentage of New Jersey residents who contracted the virus (30.9%), followed by those 50-64 (22.9%), 18-29 (19.8%) ), 65-79 (10.4%), 5-17 (9.4%), 80 and older (4.6%) and 0-4 (1.9%).
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 (46.87%), followed by 65-79 (32.89%), 50-64 (15.78%), 30-49 ( 4.05%), 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. The numbers decrease as the vaccinations at the facilities continue.
GENERAL NUMBERS
According to Thursday, there were more than 138.4 million positive COVID-19 tests worldwide, according to a running score from Johns Hopkins University. More than 2.9 million people have died from coronavirus-related complications.
The U.S. reported the most cases, more than 31.4 million, and the most deaths, more than 564,300.
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