Health officials in New Jersey on Monday reported another 2,201 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 20 additional confirmed deaths, as the total number of vaccines administered was more than 2.5 million.
“We just crossed the 2 million mark just a week ago today. In seven days, we delivered another 500,000 shots into the arms of New Jerseyans, ‘said Gov. Phil Murphy. ‘It took us three weeks to take from 1 million to 2 million photos. We are on course to beat even the faster pace and then some. Furthermore, our six mega sites have now administered the threshold of 500,000 total doses. “
The latest update on the vaccination effort contains approximately 1.65 million first doses and 861,000 second doses. Vaccines around New Jersey began administering the one-vaccine Johnson & Johnson vaccine last week. In addition, the Centers for Disease Control announced Monday that fully vaccinated Americans can contract indoors with other vaccinated individuals without wearing a mask or social distance.
New Jersey has received more than 3.07 million doses, according to a current count by the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The state’s goal is to vaccinate 70% of its adult population – about 4.7 million people – within the next few months.
The seven-day average for newly confirmed positive tests decreased to 2,717, down 4% from a week ago and up 9% from a month ago.
The nationwide transmission rate remained stable for the third day. Any number of 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 on Thursday.
The positivity rate for tests available on Thursday, the latest day, was 7.13%, based on 43,025 tests.
There were 1,786 patients admitted to the hospital with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 in the state Sunday night, according to the state’s dashboard, the lowest since early November.
In total, New Jersey has now reported 722,997 confirmed coronavirus cases from more than 10.9 million PCR tests in the year since the state reported the first case on March 4, 2020. There were also 91919 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.
There have been 134 confirmed cases of the more contagious variant first identified in the UK and two cases of the variant first identified in Brazil.
The state of 9 million people reported 23,590 residents died from complications related to COVID-19, including 21,193 confirmed deaths and 2,397 deaths considered probable.
New Jersey is preparing to significantly expand vaccine admission in the coming weeks, with transportation workers on March 15 and several other essential workers, including restaurant workers, on March 29. The state is also adding 11 preconditions to the March 29 list.
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COUNTRIES VACCINATION
- ATLANTIC COUNTRY – 79 518 doses administered
- BERGEN COUNTY – 287 109 doses administered
- BURLINGTON COUNTY – 133 401 doses administered
- CAMDEN COUNTY – 149,645 doses administered
- CAPE MAY COUNTY – 37 349 doses administered
- CUMBERLAND LAND – 36 383 doses administered
- ESSEX COUNTRY – 203 084 doses administered
- GLOUCESTER COUNTY – 94 327 doses administered
- HUDSON COUNTY – 119 607 doses administered
- HUNTERDON COUNTY – 34 107 doses administered
- TRADE COUNTRY – 84 961 doses administered
- MIDDLESEX COUNTRY – 201 115 doses administered
- MONMOUTH COUNTY – 194 946 doses administered
- MORRIS COUNTRY – 186,448 doses administered
- OCEAN COUNTY – 160 873 doses administered
- PASSAIC COUNTY – 112 822 doses administered
- SALEM COUNTRY – 17 268 doses administered
- SOMERSET COUNTRY – 101 151 doses administered
- SUSSEX COUNTY – 39 363 doses administered
- UNION COUNTRY – 131 210 doses administered
- WARREN-LAND – 25,312 doses administered
- UNKNOWN LAND – 13 920 doses administered
- OUTSIDE – 67 812 doses administered
COUNTY COUNTY NUMBERS (sorted by most new cases)
- Bergen County: 71,400 confirmed cases (251 new), 2,356 confirmed deaths (284 likely)
- Middlesex County: 69,501 confirmed cases (215 new), 1892 confirmed deaths 29 new probable cases
- Essex County: 69,386 confirmed cases (190 new), 2,431 confirmed deaths (275 likely)
- Monmouth County: 53,609 confirmed cases (187 new), 1,299 confirmed deaths (125 likely)
- Hudson County: 65,597 confirmed cases (177 new), 1,846 confirmed deaths (185 likely)
- Ocean County: 53,735 confirmed cases (172 new), 1,763 confirmed deaths (127 likely)
- Morris County: 33,392 confirmed cases (148 new), 911 confirmed deaths (224 likely)
- Union County: 50,347 confirmed cases (140 new), 1,591 confirmed deaths (205 likely)
- Passaic County: 53,430 confirmed cases (117 new), 1,531 confirmed deaths (179 likely)
- Burlington County: 31,665 confirmed cases (102 new), 699 confirmed deaths (57 likely)
- Camden County: 40,198 confirmed cases (89 new), 1,088 confirmed deaths (91 likely)
- Somerset County: 19,294 confirmed cases (79 new), 685 confirmed deaths (103 likely)
- Atlantic County: 20,254 confirmed cases (65 new), 551 confirmed deaths (28 likely)
- Mercer County: 26,756 confirmed cases (63 new), 846 confirmed deaths (41 likely)
- Sussex County: 8,247 confirmed cases (47 new), 211 confirmed deaths (64 likely)
- Gloucester County: 21,519 confirmed cases (34 new), 525 confirmed deaths (30 likely)
- Hunterdon County: 6,562 confirmed cases (34 new), 111 confirmed deaths (54 likely)
- Warren County: 6,616 confirmed cases (22 new), 198 confirmed deaths (22 likely)
- Cumberland County: 12,369 confirmed cases (12 new), 348 confirmed deaths (29 likely)
- Cape May County: 3,798 confirmed cases (11 new), 157 confirmed deaths (27 likely)
- Salem County: 4,313 confirmed cases (4 new), 154 confirmed deaths (12 likely)
HOSPITALIZATIONS
There was 1,786 patients admitted to the hospital with confirmed (1,669) or suspected COVID-19 cases in New Jersey’s 71 hospitals as of Sunday night – 18 fewer than the night before, according to the state dashboard.
This included 393 in critical or intensive care (16 more than the previous night), with 237 on fans (four more).
There was also 179 COVID-19 patients were discharged on Sunday and 179 new patients were admitted.
Hospitalizations peaked at more than 8,000 patients during the first wave of the pandemic in April.
SCHOOL SUBJECTS
New Jersey reported 160 coronavirus outbreaks at school, resulting in 765 cases among students, teachers and school staff, according to academic year.
The state defines school outbreaks as cases where contact detectives have determined that two or more students or school staff COVID-19 were caught or transferred in the classroom or during academic activities at school. 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 providing personalized instruction, some using a hybrid format and others being quite out of control.
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 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 6,099 active cases among residents and 6,214 among staff.
GENERAL NUMBERS
As of Monday morning, more than 116.9 million positive COVID-19 tests have been done worldwide, according to a current count from Johns Hopkins University. More than 2.59 million people have died from coronavirus-related complications.
The U.S. reported the most cases, more than 28.99 million, and the most deaths, more than 525,000.
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