Health officials in New Jersey reported Tuesday that another 3,466 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and another 49 deaths occurred when the state took a break while giving Johnson & Johnson vaccines, following a recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control .
“No one who has received this vaccine should panic or worry,” Gov. Phil Murphy said of the J&J vaccine as he released the latest numbers during an event signing at the Paramus Public Library. He said the state still plans to reach its goal of vaccinating 70% of adults by the end of June.
New Jersey health care and vaccination centers have now administered more than 5.54 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine since the state’s first shot was fired on Dec. 15. It includes more than 3.5 million people with at least one dose and more than 2.24 million – almost 1 in 3 adults – are considered fully vaccinated according to state data. That includes more than 236,000 Y & J single-dose doses before the suspension of these shots on Tuesday.
The state’s average for seven days for confirmed positive tests is now 3,185, which was 14% lower than a week ago but up 7% from a month ago.
New Jersey’s 71 hospitals reported 2,319 patients as of Monday night, 58 people more than a day earlier. Hospitalizations remain well below the recent high of 3,873 on December 22nd.
The state’s shipping rate declined again Tuesday to 0.93 from 0.94 on Monday. 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.
The positivity rate for tests available on Friday, the latest day, was 8.51%.
In total, New Jersey has now reported 842,408 confirmed cases of coronavirus from more than 12.6 million PCR tests since the state reported the first case on March 4, 2020. There were also more than 117,513 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 condition of 9 million people reported that 24,945 died from COVID-19-related complications, including 22,372 confirmed deaths and 2,573 deaths considered probable.
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VACCINATIONS BY COUNTRY
- ATLANTIC COUNTRY – 171 233 doses administered
- BERGEN COUNTY – 602 720 doses administered
- BURLINGTON COUNTY – 284 816 doses administered
- CAMDEN COUNTY – 320 033 doses administered
- CAPE MAY COUNTY – 70 777 doses administered
- CUMBERLAND COUNTY – 74 880 doses administered
- ESSEX COUNTRY – 413 013 doses administered
- GLOUCESTER COUNTY – 192 894 doses administered
- HUDSON COUNTY – 313 977 doses administered
- HUNTERDON COUNTY – 76 622 doses administered
- TRADE COUNTRY – 212 772 doses administered
- MIDDLESEX COUNTRY – 462 443 doses administered
- MONMOUTH COUNTY – 396,101 doses administered
- MORRIS LAND – 376 618 doses administered
- OCEAN COUNTY – 321 238 doses administered
- PASSAIC COUNTY – 246 992 doses administered
- SALEM COUNTY – 33 919 doses administered
- SOMERSET COUNTY – 219 684 doses administered
- SUSSEX-LAND – 84 007 doses administered
- UNION COUNTRY – 290 106 doses administered
- WARREN-LAND – 54 267 doses administered
- UNKNOWN LAND – 22 593 doses administered
- OUTSIDE – 133 591 doses administered
COUNTY COUNTY NUMBERS (sorted by most new cases)
- Essex County: 81,857 confirmed cases (417 new), 2,534 confirmed deaths (291 likely)
- Middlesex County: 81,347 confirmed cases (331 new), 2,003 confirmed deaths (245 likely)
- Bergen County: 84,502 confirmed cases (303 new), 2,475 confirmed deaths (294 probable)
- Hudson County: 75,614 confirmed cases (284 new), 1,960 confirmed deaths (203 likely)
- Passaic County: 61,151 confirmed cases (284 new), 1,632 confirmed deaths (194 likely)
- Monmouth County: 64,272 confirmed cases (258 new), 1,397 confirmed deaths (137 likely)
- Camden County: 45,404 confirmed cases (214 new), 1,141 confirmed deaths (97 likely)
- Morris County: 40,154 confirmed cases (182 new), 950 confirmed deaths (241 likely)
- Union County: 57,252 confirmed cases (181 new), 1,668 confirmed deaths (216 likely)
- Burlington County: 36,137 confirmed cases (164 new), 748 confirmed deaths (63 likely)
- Ocean County: 62,741 confirmed cases (149 new), 1,885 confirmed deaths (155 likely)
- Gloucester County: 24,670 confirmed cases (143 new), 557 confirmed deaths (30 likely)
- Mercer County: 30,129 confirmed cases (113 new), 871 confirmed deaths (43 likely)
- Somerset County: 22,871 confirmed cases (77 new), 707 confirmed deaths (105 likely)
- Atlantic County: 23,489 confirmed cases (71 new), 599 confirmed deaths (35 likely)
- Cumberland County: 13,667 confirmed cases (71 new), 375 confirmed deaths (36 likely)
- Hunterdon County: 8,217 confirmed cases (54 new), 117 confirmed deaths (54 likely)
- Salem County: 5,006 confirmed cases (53 new), 158 confirmed deaths (13 likely)
- Warren County: 8,154 confirmed cases (52 new), 204 confirmed deaths (25 likely)
- Sussex County: 10,732 confirmed cases (51 new), 222 confirmed deaths (66 likely)
- Cape May County: 4,298 confirmed cases (8 new), 169 confirmed deaths (30 likely)
HOSPITALIZATIONS
There were 2,319 patients admitted to the hospital with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases in the 71 hospitals in New Jersey on Monday night – 58 more than the night before.
This included 459 in critical or intensive care (11 more than the previous evening), with 239 on ventilators (two less).
There were also 203 patients discharged from COVID-19 on Monday, while 243 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 240 coronavirus outbreaks at school, resulting in 1,070 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 COVID-19 were caught or transferred 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 lessons for the next school year and that districts may not offer virtual learning, even for parents who do not want the option due to COVID-19 concerns. 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. These numbers decreased as the vaccinations at the facilities continued.
GENERAL NUMBERS
As of Tuesday, there were more than 136.8 million positive COVID-19 tests worldwide, according to a running count 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 31.2 million, and the most deaths, more than 562,600.
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