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New Jersey on Tuesday reported 3,761 more confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 54 more deaths as the state’s vaccination effort rose to 388,000 injections given pending delivery of more doses.
Governor Phil Murphy announced the numbers during his latest COVID-19 briefing in Trenton while extending the state’s public health emergency declaration for the 11th time.
Murphy also noted that more and more vaccination locations are still available.
“We know there is pent-up demand and that getting an appointment can be difficult,” he said. “We continue to move forward with the roughly 100,000 doses that we receive each week.”
The state’s 7-day average for new confirmed coronavirus cases fell 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 has reported a total of 572,306 confirmed cases from more than 8.6 million tests administered since authorities announced the state’s first case on March 4. There were also 63,395 positive rapid antigen tests, which the state began making public earlier this month, though officials have warned they may overlap with confirmed PCR tests.
The state of 9 million people has now lost 20,512 residents in the COVID-19 pandemic – 18,421 confirmed deaths and 2,091 deaths considered probable, according to state data.
Statewide transmission rate was 1.11, down slightly from 1.12 the previous three days. A transmission rate greater than 1 indicates that the epidemic is expanding.
The statewide positivity rate for tests done on Friday, the most recent day available, was 10.12% based on 45,065 tests.
There were 3,506 hospital patients with confirmed (3,287) or suspected (219) cases of COVID-19 in 71 New Jersey hospitals as of Monday evening. This represents an increase of 59 patients from the previous day, but a decrease from the recent high of 3,873 on December 22.
“Overall, we’re seeing a decent measure of stability in our hospital systems,” Murphy said. “And while we’ll continue to hold our breath a bit, that stability is a good sign, especially since we’re now outside the two week vacation window.
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CAS COUNTY-BY-COUNTY (sorted by most recent)
- 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 probable)
- Middlesex County: 54,393 confirmed cases (339 new), 1,604 confirmed deaths (216 probable)
- Ocean County: 40,361 confirmed cases (296 new), 1,453 confirmed deaths (91 probable)
- Hudson County: 52,115 confirmed cases (275 new), 1,622 confirmed deaths (170 probable)
- Essex County: 55,198 confirmed cases (264 new), 2,223 confirmed deaths (257 probable)
- Union County: 42,000 confirmed cases (247 new), 1,435 confirmed deaths (186 probable)
- Passaic County: 44,468 confirmed cases (240 new), 1,389 confirmed deaths (159 probable)
- Morris County: 24,837 confirmed cases (207 new), 825 confirmed deaths (194 probable)
- Atlantic County: 15,491 confirmed cases (175 new), 410 confirmed deaths (18 probable)
- Camden County: 33,949 confirmed cases (168 new), 866 confirmed deaths (67 probable)
- Gloucester County: 17,461 confirmed cases (142 new), 437 confirmed deaths (21 probable)
- Burlington County: 25,953 confirmed cases (140 new), 616 confirmed deaths (52 probable)
- Mercer County: 21,956 confirmed cases (130 new), 737 confirmed deaths (38 probable)
- Cumberland County: 9,691 confirmed cases (83 new), 261 confirmed deaths (12 probable)
- Sussex County: 6,129 confirmed cases (77 new), 194 confirmed deaths (51 probable)
- Somerset County: 15,059 confirmed cases (69 new), 618 confirmed deaths (94 probable)
- Hunterdon County: 4,844 confirmed cases (38 new), 91 confirmed deaths (54 probable)
- Salem County: 3,561 confirmed cases (30 new), 118 confirmed deaths (8 probable)
- Cape May County: 2,926 confirmed cases (25 new), 133 confirmed deaths (20 probable)
- Warren County: 4,940 confirmed cases (24 new), 175 confirmed deaths (14 probable)
VACCINATIONS
At least 388,160 doses of the vaccine had been administered in New Jersey on Sunday, according to the state’s COVID-19 Dashboard. Of these, 343,957 was the first of two doses people will receive, while 43,969 was the second.
The state peaked at 27,767 single-day doses on Thursday, based on the most recent data.
It was the first day New Jersey expanded vaccine eligibility to people 65 and older, residents with certain health conditions and smokers, creating a backlog for nominations when vaccines promised by the government federal government did not materialize.
Four of the six coronavirus vaccination mega-sites have opened across New Jersey to serve as vaccination centers.
New Jersey has been criticized for its slower deployment than dozens of other states as it continues to grapple with a second wave of the pandemic, according to data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The state distributes the doses in stages. And even though authorities dramatically expanded vaccine eligibility last week, demand continues to outstrip supply and residents are scrambling for rare appointments. More than 4 million New Jersey residents are now eligible.
Officials point out that the state depends on the federal government for its supply and only receives 100,000 doses per week, although New Jersey has a capacity of 470,000 per day.
Murphy Saturday says the federal government did not deliver the additional doses promised.
VACCINE DOSES BY COUNTY
- ATLANTIC COUNTY – 12,042 doses
- BERGEN COUNTY – 43,326 doses
- BURLINGTON COUNTY – 18,844 doses
- CAMDEN COUNTY – 22,383 doses
- CAPE MAY COUNTY – 5591 doses
- CUMBERLAND COUNTY – 5,938 doses
- ESSEX COUNTY – 32,223 doses
- GLOUCESTER COUNTY – 13,875 doses
- HUDSON COUNTY – 16,232 doses
- HUNTERDON COUNTY – 6,256 doses
- MERCER COUNTY – 9,147 doses
- MIDDLESEX COUNTY – 29,051 doses
- MONMOUTH COUNTY – 29,727 doses
- MORRIS COUNTY – 28,100 doses
- OCEAN COUNTY – 20,549 doses
- PASSAIC COUNTY – 17,604 doses
- SALEM COUNTY – 1967 doses
- SOMERSET COUNTY – 16,034 doses
- SUSSEX COUNTY – 6,469 doses
- UNION COUNTY – 19,215 doses
- WARREN COUNTY – 3,990 doses
- OUT OF STATE – 17,753 doses
- UNKNOWN COUNTY – 11,844 doses
HOSPITALIZATIONS
The 3,506 patients hospitalized with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 in New Jersey hospitals as of Monday night included 643 in critical or intensive care (seven more than the night before), with 429 on ventilators (three more ).
There were 240 COVID-19 patients discharged Monday and 347 patients admitted, according to the state’s COVID-19 dashboard.
The governor said any hospitalization of more than 5,000 patients would likely trigger new rounds of restrictions.
But state health commissioner Judith Persichilli said on Monday officials were not concerned at this time about an impending increase in the number of people needing hospitalization.
“What’s interesting is that our cases are increasing and our deaths are increasing, but our hospitalizations are not,” Persichilli told reporters ahead of a public event at Old Bridge.
“Hospitalizations remain fairly stable,” she said. “I think it still affects the elderly. Almost 60% of our deaths are in the elderly, so it may be more transmissible, more asymptomatic. That’s over 50% now asymptomatic transmissions. Asymptomatic transmitters may be affecting older and vulnerable adults, and that’s what ends up in hospitals, and mortality is significant.
SCHOOL CASE
There have been 111 school coronavirus outbreaks in New Jersey involving 557 students, teachers and staff since the school year began in late August, according to the state dashboard.
These figures do not include students or staff suspected of having been infected outside of school or cases that cannot be confirmed as epidemics at school. Although the numbers continue to rise every week, Murphy said school epidemic statistics remained lower than state officials expected when schools reopened for in-person classes.
New Jersey defines school outbreaks as cases where contact tracers have determined that two or more students or school staff had caught or transmitted COVID-19 in class or during academic activities at school.
BREAKDOWN BY AGE
Broken down by age, 30-49 year olds represent the highest percentage of New Jersey residents who have contracted the virus (31.2%), followed by 50-64 year olds (23.7%), 18-29 (19 , 3%), 65 -79 (11.1%), 5-17 (7.5%), 80 years and over (5.4%) and 0-4 (1.6%).
On average, the virus has been deadlier for older residents, especially those with pre-existing conditions. Almost half of the deaths from COVID-19 in the state were among residents aged 80 and over (47%), followed by 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 COVID-19 deaths in the state have occurred among residents and staff of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. That number has grown at a faster rate again in recent months, with deaths in nursing homes across the state nearly tripling in December.
There are currently active outbreaks in 431 facilities, resulting in 7,054 active cases among residents and 7,619 among staff.
WORLDWIDE FIGURES
As of Tuesday morning, there were more than 95.7 million positive COVID-19 tests around the world, according to an ongoing count from Johns Hopkins University. More than 2.05 million people have died from complications from the coronavirus.
The United States has reported the most cases, over 24 million, and the most deaths, over 399,000.
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