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New Jersey on Monday reported 1,315 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 and nine other confirmed deaths as the transmission rate declined again, indicating that new positive tests have leveled off in recent days.
The seven-day average of confirmed positive tests fell to 1,785, down 5% from a week ago, but up 6% from a month ago. The seven-day average of new confirmed cases fell below 1,800 on Sunday for the first time since September 11.
New Jersey’s statewide transmission rate was 1.01 on Monday, up from 1.03 on Sunday. Any transmission rate greater than 1 indicates that each new case results in more than one additional case and shows that the state’s epidemic is spreading.
As of Sunday evening, 1,047 people were hospitalized, according to state data. That’s down 10 patients from the night before. The number has also leveled off over the past month with only slight increases and decreases over the weeks. There were 104 patients discharged in the 24 hours leading up to Sunday evening.
Among those hospitalized, 232 were in intensive care (one more than the day before), with 135 on ventilators (two more).
The delta variant continues to dominate cases in New Jersey with nearly all cases sampled in the four weeks ending September 4. For the last week of this period, 100% of the sampled tests showed the delta variant.
School districts in the state have reported at least 23 outbreaks to the school for a total of 102 cases, according to the state dashboard. School outbreaks are defined as three or more cases that are determined by contact tracing to have been transmitted between staff or students at school.
The positivity rate for tests performed on Wednesday, the last available day, was 4.33%.
More than 5.8 million people who live, work or study in New Jersey were fully vaccinated as of Thursday. More than 6.35 million people have received at least one dose.
All of New Jersey’s 21 counties continue to be listed as having “high” rates of coronavirus transmission, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC recommends that people in 21 counties wear masks for indoor public places, regardless of the state’s immunization rates.
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New Jersey has now reported a total of 27,346 COVID-19-related deaths in over 17 months – 24,559 confirmed and 2,787 considered probable, according to the state’s dashboard. Probable deaths, which are reviewed weekly, increased by 14 deaths on Monday.
New Jersey has the second highest number of coronavirus deaths per capita in the United States.
At least 8,532 of the deaths from COVID-19 in the state have occurred among residents and staff of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, according to state data.
There are active outbreaks in 151 facilities, resulting in 674 current cases among residents and 539 among staff.
In total, the state of 9.2 million people has reported a total of 998,454 confirmed cases out of the more than 15.3 million PCR tests done since its first case was announced on March 4, 2020. The state also reported 149,904 positive antigen tests, which are considered probable cases.
As of Monday, more than 231.9 million positive cases of COVID-19 were reported worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University, with more than 4.74 million people dying from the virus. The United States has reported the most cases (over 42.9 million) and deaths (over 688,000) than any other country.
More than 6.1 billion doses of vaccines have been administered worldwide.
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Matt Arco can be reached at [email protected].
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