Health officials in New Jersey reported Saturday that another 3,474 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 40 additional deaths were confirmed because hospitalizations continued to decline.
Government Phil Murphy has released the latest figures on social media.
The average of seven days for new positive tests is 3,135, a decrease of 4.5% compared to a week ago and is about the same as a month ago.
As of Friday night, 2,095 people had been admitted to the entire hospital. The number of people being treated has been ticking for almost a week.
More than 1 in 3 adults in the state – 2,428,796 – were fully vaccinated against COVID-19, while 3745,150, according to the state, received at least one dose as of Saturday morning. Eligible for vaccine on Monday up to 16 and older living, working or studying in New Jersey.
Daily PCR cases from 4/16/21.
The state’s shipping rate held at 0.91 from the previous day on Friday and is slightly lower than 0.92 on Thursday. It gradually declined from 1.07 on April 5th. 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 855,759 confirmed cases of coronavirus from more than 12.9 million PCR tests since the state reported its first case on March 4, 2020. There were also 119,945 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.
According to the state of 9 million people, 25,134 people died from complications related to COVID-19, including 22,542 confirmed deaths and 2,592 deaths considered probable.
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VACCINATIONS BY COUNTRY
- ATLANTIC COUNTRY – 187 762 doses administered
- BERGEN COUNTY – 657 649 doses administered
- BURLINGTON COUNTY – 309,959 doses administered
- CAMDEN COUNTY – 345 973 doses administered
- CAPE MAY COUNTY – 75 927 doses administered
- CUMBERLAND-LAND – 81 269 doses administered
- ESSEX LAND – 453 940 doses administered
- GLOUCESTER COUNTY – 208 105 doses administered
- HUDSON COUNTY – 357 243 doses administered
- HUNTERDON COUNTY – 85 043 doses administered
- TRADE COUNTRY – 234 819 doses administered
- MIDDLESEX COUNTRY – 512,123 doses administered
- MONMOUTH COUNTY – 434 006 doses administered
- MORRIS LAND – 409 385 doses administered
- OCEAN COUNTY – 351 419 doses administered
- PASSAIC COUNTY – 273 271 doses administered
- SALEM COUNTY – 36 651 doses administered
- SOMERSET COUNTY – 239 997 doses administered
- SUSSEX COUNTY – 91 366 doses administered
- UNION COUNTRY – 319 297 doses administered
- WARREN-LAND – 59 628 doses administered
- UNKNOWN LAND – 21 015 doses administered
- OUTSIDE – 143 461 doses administered
HOSPITALIZATIONS
Hospitalizations from 4/16/21
There were 2,095 patients admitted to the hospital with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases in the 71 hospitals in New Jersey – 90 fewer than the previous night.
This included 446 in critical or intensive care (10 less than the previous evening), with 247 on ventilators (six less).
There were also 299 COVID-19 patients discharged Thursday.
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 providing personalized instruction, some using a hybrid format and others being quite out of control.
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 years 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. These numbers decreased as the vaccinations at the facilities continued.
GENERAL NUMBERS
According to Saturday, there are more than 140 million positive COVID-19 tests worldwide, according to a running count from Johns Hopkins University. More than 3 million people have died from coronavirus-related complications.
The U.S. reported the most cases, more than 31.56 million, and the most deaths, more than 566,200.
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