New Jersey officials reported seven new coronavirus deaths and 430 new positive tests Wednesday as the state’s transmission rate rose slightly again, with an outbreak here showing a rise above the key benchmark of 1.
This is the eighth time in the last nine days that New Jersey has announced more than 400 new COVID-19 cases, although new deaths and hospitalizations have remained relatively stable in recent weeks.
Of the recently reported deaths, all seven occurred in the past week, Governor Phil Murphy said during a recent coronavirus briefing in Trenton.
“Even though the number of deaths we report every day is low, we can’t take any comfort in that,” Murphy said. “Our goal should be to bring them to zero – not three or five but zero.”
New Jersey, an early coronavirus hotspot, reported 200,988 Covid-19 cases in more than 42.42 million tests conducted over a six-month period since the outbreak here in early March. U.S. It is the eighth highest number of cases in the states.
Wednesday’s case reflects the removal of a total of 53 positive tests reported Monday and Tuesday but has since been determined to be residents or duplicates outside the state, Murphy said.
Of the 9 million people in the state, 16,082 have died of virus-related deaths – 14,291 have been lab-confirmed and 1,791 are thought to be probable. He moved to the U.S. after New York. Ranked second in. New Jersey has the highest COVID-19 mortality rate in the country at 100,000 inhabitants.
More than 34,600 residents have recovered from the illness, according to Johns Hopkins University, although the number is much higher.
New Jersey has seen a significant drop in its daily numbers since April, when officials regularly announced hundreds of new deaths and thousands of new cases every day. New deaths have come down to 10 and new cases have ranged from 300 to 600 in recent weeks.
Officials said the increase is likely due to larger testing capacity and the spread of some community viruses. They have warned of rising cases among younger residents and have noticed spikes in individual counties such as Ocean and Gloucester in recent days.
Murphy on Wednesday urged residents to wear face masks, practice social distance and wash their hands frequently. He also warned that he did not want to follow in the footsteps of the United Kingdom, which announced this week that it was pushing for a new round of restrictions due to a surge in cases.
“I strongly hope we don’t have to do that here,” the governor said. “And the more we keep up with our new routines, the better the chances are that we will keep our numbers low and leave and we will move on.”
A few weeks after the gym and indoor dining were allowed to reopen, Murphy said there were no specific examples of outbreaks associated with those measures in the state. But he said the state would need to see a “constant lack of outbreaks” from those places until officials lifted the capacity limit.
Transmission rate
New Jersey’s latest broadcast rate is 1.15 compared to Tuesday’s report of 1.13 – and the highest rate of 1.15 on the gust. Sep Sep. The latter rate has been above 1 and has been on the rise since the previous week.
“We’ll get that 1 down,” Murphy said. “It’s about where we expected it to be.”
Any number above 1 means that each newly infected person is, on average, spreading the virus to at least one other person. Any number below 1 i.e. the virus is declining.
The state’s latest positivity rate – the percentage of residents who tested positive in a single day – was 1.93% on Saturday, up to date with the latest data available. That means about 98% of those who tested negative that day.
Hospitalization
A total of 45 patients had confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases Tuesday night in New Jersey’s Hospitals1 hospitals. That’s 42 more than the night before.
Of these, 231 have tested positive for the virus and 228 are awaiting test results. Officials said many people under investigation for the virus turned out to be negative.
Patients admitted to the hospital on Tuesday included 90 patients in intensive or intensive care (31 before ventilator (three less than a day)).
There were 32 coronavirus patients discharged on Tuesday, according to the state’s coronavirus tracking website.
Admission to Covid-19 Hospital in New Jersey has dropped dramatically since the state peak in mid-April, when there were more than 8,000 patients.
Count-by-count case (sorted by most new cases)
- Ocean County: 12,436 positive tests (59 new), 979 confirmed deaths (65 probable)
- Middlesex County: 19,210 positive tests (51 new), 1,223 confirmed deaths (202 probable)
- Bergen County: 22,276 positive tests (32 new), 1,801 confirmed deaths (243 possible)
- Burlington County: 7,006 positive tests (32 new), 455 confirmed deaths (39 probable)
- Gloucester County: 4,389 positive tests (28 new), 219 confirmed deaths (7 probable)
- Pasek County: 18,877 positive tests (28 new), 1,110 confirmed deaths (142 probable)
- Essex County: 20,898 positive tests (27 new), 1,897 confirmed deaths (230 possible)
- Monmouth County: 11,605 positive tests (24 new), 773 confirmed deaths (92 probable)
- Morris County: 7,795 positive tests (20 new), 686 confirmed deaths (145 possible)
- Somerset County: 5,725 positive tests (17 new), 498 confirmed deaths (74 probable)
- Union County: 17,517 positive tests (17 new), 1,190 confirmed deaths (166 possible)
- Camden County: 9,765 positive tests (16 new), 553 confirmed deaths (53 probable)
- Hudson County: 20,547 positive tests (15 new), 1,353 confirmed deaths (160 probable)
- Mercer County: 8,596 positive tests (11 new), 599 death confirmed (36 probable)
- Atlantic County: 3,990 positive tests (9 new), 245 confirmed deaths (11 probable)
- Cumberland County: 75,7577 positive tests (new), 1999 confirmed deaths (prob probable)
- Salem County: 1,052 positive tests (5 new), 84 confirmed deaths (6 probable)
- Sussex County: 1,461 positive tests (5 new), 161 confirmed deaths (37 probable)
- Cape May County: 1,008 positive tests (4 new), 87 confirmed deaths (8 probable)
- Hunterdon County: 1,296 positive tests (4 new), 71 confirmed deaths (54 probable)
- Warren County: 1,436 positive tests (2 new), 158 confirmed deaths (13 probable)
Another 6,346 positive cases that have been under investigation have not been confirmed by the patients ’home counties.
Aged down
Broken by age, those aged 30 to 49 make up the highest percentage of New Jersey residents who have caught the virus (31%), followed by 50-64 (26.6%), 18-29 (16.1%), 65-79. (13.3%), 80 and above (9.1%), 5-17 (3%), and 0-4 (0.6%).
On average, the virus is more deadly to older residents, especially pre-existing conditions. About half of the state’s COVID-19 deaths are in people aged 80 and over (47.1%), followed by 65-79 (32.2%), 50-64 (15.9%), 30-49 (4.3%), 18-25 ( 0.4%), 5-17 (0%), and 0-4 (0%).
At least 7,149 deaths from COVID-19 in the state have occurred to residents and staff members in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
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New Jersey, U.S. COVID-19 hotspots from 35 states and territories ask for quarantine for 14 days after arriving here – including returning residents.
New Jersey has allowed some of the businesses listed in Phase 3 of its recovery plan to reopen with restrictions – including gyms, movie theaters and indoor dining. Murphy warns that the guidelines could be tightened if there is a steady increase or if businesses and supporters do not follow the rules.
The virus has dealt a major blow to the state’s economy. More than 1.56 million residents have applied for unemployment, the business has lost a lot of income and many businesses have closed permanently.
Global number
As of Wednesday afternoon, there have been more than 31.71 million positive COVID-19 tests worldwide, according to a telly run by Johns Hopkins University. More than 972,800 people have died, while more than 21.79 million have recovered.
The United States has the most positive tests in the world, with more than 91.91 million, and the highest number of deaths, at more than 12,500.
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