Saturday, New Jersey 3,, 96 of the coronavirus. New cases and additional deaths were reported because of the government. Phil Murphy warned residents of the state to “stay awake” and to keep people informed.
Before Saturday, the number of new cases had reached 4,000 for 10 in the last 14 days. With a slight drop in the case on Saturday, the transmission rate, which monitors the spread of the virus, dropped from 1.18 on Friday to 1.16. Meanwhile, the number of people admitted to the hospital increased.
Any number above the transmission rate means the virus is still spreading and New Jersey has a 7-day rolling average of 4,091. That’s 4% more than a week ago and 213% more than a month ago.
Although there has been an average increase in seven-day cases since the first wave of the epidemic, this comparison may be deceptive as fewer than 12,000 tests were taken a day in the spring in the state and it broke out. The state currently conducts an average of 45,000 tests and does not include the recently deployed rapid tests.
A total of 330,275 cases have now been reported in the state and 16,965 deaths have been reported, including 15,136 lab-confirmed deaths and 1,829 probable deaths.
At least 100 new cases have been reported in ten of New Jersey’s 21 counties, with 216 positive tests led by Middlesex County.
The latest numbers were recorded a few days after Thanksgiving, when Murphy warned families not to gather to avoid spreading the virus, and the year after Black Friday, which was the busiest shopping day of the year.
Murphy announced Wednesday that New Jersey is abandoning the state or state formula, which he has used over the past five months to determine his travel quarantine advisory formula, as the whole country ultimately qualifies for the list. Instead, he said anyone traveling to places that are not in neighboring states should observe a 14-day quarantine.
Officials say early doses of the coronavirus vaccine could arrive in New Jersey by Christmas, preferably for vulnerable residents and health care workers. But a big rollout could happen by April or May.
Still, Murphy warns that due to the cold weather and the winter holidays ahead, the next few months will be “ruthless”. Officials are urging residents to wear masks, practice social distance, wash their hands and limit gatherings.
Murphy also said the state was trying to limit controls to fight the virus, but did not rule out a statewide ban he ordered in the spring.
The governor also said his goal is to have as many private schools as possible.
Count-by-county number (sorted by most new cases)
- Middlesex County: 29,817 positive tests (216 new), 1,281 confirmed deaths (205 probable)
- Bergen County: 34,083 positive tests (206 new), 1,871 confirmed deaths (250 probable)
- Hudson County: 30,928 positive tests (200 new), 1,413 confirmed deaths (159 possible)
- Pasek County: 29,281 positive tests (191 new), 1,167 confirmed deaths (144 probable)
- Morris County: 13,312 positive tests (162 new), 712 confirmed deaths (147 probable)
- Essex County: 34,632 positive tests (160 new), 1,994 confirmed deaths (233 probable)
- Ocean County: 21,457 positive tests (152 new), 1,056 confirmed deaths (68 probable)
- Monmouth County: 20,036 positive tests (121 new), 808 confirmed deaths (92 probable)
- Camden County: 18,497 positive tests (119 new), 616 confirmed deaths (57 probable)
- Union County: 27,803 positive tests (103 new), 1,263 confirmed deaths (170 probable)
- Mercer County: 13,485 positive tests (new 74 new), 23૨23 confirmed deaths (37 probable)
- Atlantic County: 7,823 positive tests (70 new), 276 confirmed deaths (14 probable)
- Somerset County: 8,908 positive tests (67 new), 534 confirmed deaths (75 probable)
- Burlington County: 13,284 positive tests (new 63 new), 99 confirmed deaths confirmed (prob 44 possible)
- Gloucester County: 8,765 positive tests (54 new), 271 confirmed deaths (7 probable)
- Sussex County: 2,504 positive tests (27 new), 162 confirmed deaths (37 probable)
- Hunterdon County: 2,402 positive tests (24 new), 77 confirmed deaths (54 probable)
- Warren County: 2,435 positive tests (16 new), 160 confirmed deaths (13 probable)
- Cumberland County: 5,014 positive tests (15 new), 1656 confirmed deaths (8 probable)
- Salem County: 1,594 positive tests (15 new), 87 confirmed deaths (5 probable)
- Cape May County: 1,632 positive tests (8 new), 100 confirmed deaths (10 probable)
Hospitals
There was a slight increase in the number of people admitted to the hospital on Friday night, where they were admitted to the hospital after a two-day respite. Friday night’s increase comes compared to more than a month of fixed extras before Wednesday.
As of Friday night, there were 2,830 confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients in 71 hospitals in New Jersey. That’s 34 more patients than on Thursday. On Tuesday there were 2,902 people hospitalized, the highest since May 22.
Among the patients on Friday evening, 560 were in critical or intensive care (one more than the previous night), with 305 (26 more) on the ventilator. As many as 245 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospitals on Friday, according to the state’s online dashboard.
The number of COVID-19 related hospitals is three times higher than last month.
Officials say hospitals are now better equipped to treat patients than spring and they are confident they will have enough capacity. But he warns that as more cases are expected to rise, the chances of hospitalization – and eventually death – will continue to rise.
School case
However, hundreds of school districts have declared cases of coronavirus and dozens of New Jersey schools have been temporarily closed since the start of the school year, state health officials said, confirming the outbreak of covid-1 out.
Murphy announced the outbreak of 10 new schools last week on Tuesday. Since the beginning of the school year, those schools in 66 schools now have a total of 39 school broadcasts. Cases have been reported.
That number does not include students or staff believed to be infected outside the school, or cases that cannot be confirmed as an outbreak at the school.
On the state’s COVID-19 activity map, New Jersey has turned from all yellow to orange – showing “high” levels of COVID-19 – all 21 counties should consider implementing “full distance education” in their schools, based on state health guidelines. .
Aged down
Broken due to age, those in the age group of 30 to 49, the highest percentage of New Jersey residents who have taken the virus (31.6%), followed by 50-64 (24.4%), 18-29 (18.8%), 65-79. (11.5%), 80 and above (6.6%), 5-17 (5.8%) and 0-4 (1.2%).
On average, the virus is more lethal to older residents, especially pre-existing conditions. About half of the state’s COVID-19 deaths occurred in people aged 80 and over (47.1%), followed by 65-79 (32.2%), 50-64 (16%), 30-49 (4.2%), 18-29 ( 0.4%), 5-17 (0%) and 0-4 (0%).
At least 7,281 of the state’s COVID-19 deaths are among residents and staff members in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. That number has been rising at an alarming rate in recent weeks.
Global number
As of Saturday morning, there were more than 61.8 million positive COVID-19 tests worldwide, according to a tele run by Johns Hopkins University. More than 1.44 million people have died from coronavirus-related complications.
The U.S. recorded the highest number of cases (over 13.1 million) and the highest number of deaths (over 264,800).
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