New Jersey reported another 3,761 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 54 additional deaths on Tuesday as the state’s vaccination effort increased to 388,000 shots fired while the state waited for more doses to be delivered.
Government Phil Murphy released the figures at its latest COVID-19 briefing in Trenton, while also extending the state’s public health emergency for the 11th time.
Murphy also noted that more vaccination rooms are becoming available.
“We know that there is a limited demand and that it can be difficult to make an appointment,” he said. “We continue to continue with the approximately 100,000 doses we receive weekly.”
The state’s average of 7 days for newly confirmed cases of coronavirus dropped to 5,063 after two consecutive days with less than 4,000 new cases. The average is down 6% from a week ago, but up 13% from a month ago.
New Jersey reported 572,306 total confirmed cases from more than 8.6 million tests administered since officials announced the first case on March 4th. There were also 63,395 positive rapid antigen tests, which the state began doing publicly earlier this month, although officials warned that they could overlap with the confirmed PCR tests.
The state of 9 million residents has now lost 20,512 residents in the COVID-19 pandemic – 18,421 confirmed deaths and 2,091 deaths are considered likely, according to state data.
The nationwide transmission rate was 1.11, slightly lower than 1.12 the three previous days. A transmission rate of more than 1 indicates that the outbreak is growing.
The nationwide positivity rate for tests available on Friday, the latest day, was 10.12%, based on 45,065 tests.
As of Monday night, 3,506 patients were admitted to the hospital with confirmed (3,287) or suspected (219) COVID-19 cases in the 71 hospitals in New Jersey. That is with 59 patients from a day earlier, but lower than a recent high of 3,873 on December 22nd.
“Overall, we see a decent amount of stability in our hospital systems,” Murphy said. “And while we’ll have to hold our breath a bit, this stability is a good sign, especially given that we’re now outside the two-week window of the holiday.”
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COUNTRY-TO-COUNTRY AFFAIRS (sorted by most new)
- Bergen County: 55,349 confirmed cases (406 new), 2,144 confirmed deaths (267 probable)
- Monmouth County: 40,350 confirmed cases (371 new), 1,070 confirmed deaths (102 likely)
- Middlesex County: 54,393 confirmed cases (339 new), 1,604 confirmed deaths (216 likely)
- Ocean County: 40,361 confirmed cases (296 new), 1,453 confirmed deaths (91 likely)
- Hudson County: 52,115 confirmed cases (275 new), 1,622 confirmed deaths (170 likely)
- Essex County: 55198 confirmed cases (264 new), 2223 confirmed deaths (257 probable)
- Union County: 42,000 confirmed cases (247 new), 1,435 confirmed deaths (186 likely)
- Passaic County: 44,468 confirmed cases (240 new), 1,389 confirmed deaths (159 likely)
- Morris County: 24,837 confirmed cases (207 new), 825 confirmed deaths (194 likely)
- Atlantic County: 15,491 confirmed cases (175 new), 410 confirmed deaths (18 likely)
- Camden County: 33,949 confirmed cases (168 new), 866 confirmed deaths (67 likely)
- Gloucester County: 17,461 confirmed cases (142 new), 437 confirmed deaths (21 likely)
- Burlington County: 25,953 confirmed cases (140 new), 616 confirmed deaths (52 likely)
- Mercer County: 21,956 confirmed cases (130 new), 737 confirmed deaths (38 likely)
- Cumberland County: 9691 confirmed cases (83 new), 261 confirmed deaths (12 likely)
- Sussex County: 6,129 confirmed cases (77 new), 194 confirmed deaths (51 likely)
- Somerset County: 15,059 confirmed cases (69 new), 618 confirmed deaths (94 likely)
- Hunterdon County: 4,844 confirmed cases (38 new), 91 confirmed deaths (54 likely)
- Salem County: 3,561 confirmed cases (30 new), 118 confirmed deaths (8 likely)
- Cape May County: 2,926 confirmed cases (25 new), 133 confirmed deaths (20 likely)
- Warren County: 4,940 confirmed cases (24 new), 175 confirmed deaths (14 likely)
VACCINATIONS
According to the state’s COVID-19 dashboard, at least 388,160 doses of the vaccine have been administered in New Jersey. Of these, 343,957 were the first of two doses people would receive, while 43,969 were the second.
The state on Thursday reached a peak of 27,767 doses administered in one day, based on the most recent data.
It was the first day New Jersey had expanded vaccine admissions to 65 people and older, residents with certain health conditions and smokers, creating a backlog of appointments when vaccines promised by the federal government did not materialize.
Four of the six mega-sites for coronavirus vaccination have opened throughout New Jersey to serve as vaccination centers.
According to data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New Jersey has been criticized for having a slower response than dozens of other states as it handles a second wave of the pandemic.
The state administered doses in phases. And although officials last week were eligible for vaccine, demand remained greater than supply, and residents scrambled for scarce appointments. More than 4 million New Jersey residents are now eligible.
Officials emphasize that the state depends on the federal government for its supply and receives only 100,000 doses per week, although New Jersey has the capacity for 470,000 per day.
Murphy Saturday the federal government said did not provide additional doses as promised.
DOSES FOR ANY COUNTRIES
- ATLANTIC COUNTRY – 12,042 doses
- BERGEN COUNTY – 43 326 doses
- BURLINGTON COUNTY – 18,844 doses
- CAMDEN COUNTY – 22,383 doses
- CAPE MAY COUNTY – 5,591 doses
- CUMBERLAND-LAND – 5,938 doses
- ESSEX-LAND – 32 223 doses
- GLOUCESTER COUNTY – 13,875 doses
- HUDSON COUNTY – 16,232 doses
- HUNTERDON COUNTY – 6,256 doses
- TRADE COUNTRY – 9,147 doses
- MIDDLESEX-LAND – 29,051 doses
- MONMOUTH COUNTY – 29,727 doses
- MORRIS LAND – 28,100 doses
- OCEAN COUNTY – 20,549 doses
- PASSAIC COUNTY – 17,604 doses
- SALEM COUNTY – 1 967 doses
- SOMERSET COUNTRY – 16,034 doses
- SUSSEX COUNTY – 6,469 doses
- UNION COUNTRY – 19,215 doses
- WARREN COUNTY – 3,990 doses
- OUTSIDE – 17,753 doses
- UNKNOWN LAND – 11,844 doses
HOSPITALIZATIONS
The 3,506 patients hospitalized in confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases in New Jersey’s hospitals as of Monday night included 643 in critical or intensive care (seven more than the previous night), with 429 on ventilators (three more).
240 COVID-19 patients were discharged Monday and 347 patients were admitted, according to the state’s COVID-19 dashboard.
The governor said hospitalizations of more than 5,000 patients were likely to cause new restrictions.
But State Commissioner for Health Judith Persichilli said on Monday officials were not currently concerned about the increase in the number of people to be admitted to hospital.
“The interesting thing is: our cases are increasing and our deaths are increasing, but our hospitalizations are not,” Persichilli told reporters ahead of a public event in Old Bridge.
“Hospitalizations remain fairly stable,” she said. ‘I think it’s getting older individuals. Nearly 60% of our deaths are older people, so it can be more communicable, more asymptomatic. It is now more than 50% asymptomatic broadcasts. Asymptomatic transmitters may affect older, vulnerable adults, and this is who ends up in hospitals, and the mortality rate is significant. ”
SCHOOL SUBJECTS
According to the state panel, there were 111 coronavirus outbreaks in the school involving 557 students, teachers and staff in New Jersey.
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.
AGE BREAKS OUT
Degraded by age, those aged 30 to 49 form the largest percentage of New Jersey residents who contracted the virus (31.2%), followed by those aged 50-64 (23.7%), 18-29 (19 , 3%), 65 -79 (11.1%), 5-17 (7.5%), 80 and older (5.4%) and 0-4 (1.6%).
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%), followed by those 65-79 (33%), 50-64 (15.6%), 30-49 (4%) , 18-29 (0.4%), 5-17 (0%) and 0-4 (0%).
At least 7,668 of the COVID-19 deaths in the state were among residents and staff members at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. The number has risen sharply again in recent months, with deaths at the state’s old age homes almost tripling in December.
There are currently active outbreaks at 431 facilities, leading to 7,054 active cases among residents and 7,619 among staff members.
GENERAL NUMBERS
According to Tuesday morning, there were more than 95.7 million positive COVID-19 tests worldwide, according to a running count from Johns Hopkins University. More than 2.05 million people have died from coronavirus-related complications.
The U.S. reported the most cases, more than 24 million, and the most deaths, more than 399,000.
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