New Jersey health officials on Tuesday reported another 851 COVID-19 cases and seven new confirmed deaths.
New Jersey’s seven-day average for confirmed positive tests is 1,192 — down 14% from a week ago and down 46% from a month ago.
The statewide rate of transmission is 0.90. A transmission rate of 1 means the number of cases have leveled off, while anything below 1 means the outbreak is declining.
The CDC considers five counties in the state to have “high” community levels of the coronavirus: Cumberland, Salem, Gloucester, Camden and Burlington. Three counties — Mercer, Hunterdon and Warren — have “low” community levels.
The remaining 13 counties have “medium” community levels. Case counts and hospitalization numbers by region determine each county’s community level, according to the CDC.
There were 1,151 patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases reported across the state’s 70 hospitals Monday night. Of those hospitalized, 119 are in intensive care and 42 are on ventilators.
The statewide positivity rate for tests conducted Thursday, the most recent day for which data is available, was 9.41%.
TOTAL NUMBERS
New Jersey has reported more than 2.5 million total confirmed COVID-19 cases since it announced its first known case on March 4, 2020.
The Garden State has also recorded 489,417 positive antigen or rapid tests, which are considered probable cases. There are also numerous cases that were likely never counted, including at-home positive tests that are not included in the state’s numbers.
The state of 9.2 million residents has reported 35,838 COVID-19 deaths — 32,722 confirmed fatalities and 3,116 probable ones.
New Jersey has the 10th-most coronavirus deaths per capita in the U.S. as of last week.
VACCINATION NUMBERS
More than 7.1 million people who work, live or study in New Jersey have reached fully vaccinated status. More than 8 million people have received a first dose since vaccinations began in the state on Dec. 15, 2020.
More than 4.3 million people in the state eligible for boosters have received one.
LONG-TERM CARE NUMBERS
At least 10,018 of the state’s COVID-19 deaths have been among residents and staff members at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, according to the most recent state data.
Of the active outbreaks at 441 facilities, there are 12,463 current cases among residents and 8,049 cases among staff, as of the latest data.
GLOBAL NUMBERS
There have been more than 671 million COVID-19 cases reported across the globe, according to Johns Hopkins University’s coronavirus database.
More than 6.8 million people have died because of the virus, the data shows. The U.S. has reported the most cumulative cases (more than 102 million) and deaths (at least 1.1 million) of any nation.
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