A further 679 cases of coronavirus were reported in New Jersey on Saturday, with an additional 34 deaths while hospitalized on the 22nd day as a second wave of epidemics disrupted the state.
A day after Newark’s mayor announced the state’s largest city would ask residents to stay home for 10 days early the day before Thanksgiving, Governor Phil Murphy did not announce new sanctions on Saturday to face a second wave.
But Dr. Murphy, a top federal infectious disease specialist. Echoing Anthony Fawcett’s predictions, he warned that the next few months would be difficult. The governor said that despite a significant increase in testing in New Jersey, the numbers will become clearer as more people move in due to the cold weather.
Officials kept urging residents to wear masks, practice social distance, wash their hands and keep the next string of holiday celebrations small.
“Numbers speak for themselves. Please take this seriously. Wear a mask. Social distance. Avoid large gatherings, ” Murphy said on Twitter.
On a brighter note, officials also announced Friday that the company could receive up to 160,000 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine by Christmas if it receives federal government emergency use approval.
And if the modern vaccine takes a similar path, it could mean a total of 460,000 vaccine doses in the state in early January, while a massive rollout in the general public could occur by April or May.
New Jersey has now released a total of 302,039 positive tests out of more than 5.5 million tests conducted since the outbreak began in March.
The state of 9 million inhabitants reported 16,746 coronavirus deaths at the time, including 14,934 confirmed deaths and 1,812 considered probable.
After marking the first time in four days on Friday, New Jersey reported fewer than 1,000,000 new cases, with cases behind the benchmark reported on Saturday.
The statewide seven-day average for new positive tests rose to 3,933—, up 23% from a week earlier and 278% in one month.
The seven-day average of cases is now higher than the first wave of epidemics, although the comparison is deceptive as less than 12,000 tests were taken in a single day in the state and the epidemic broke out.
The state receives about 45,000 tests a day this month, and that number does not include the recently deployed rapid tests.
Murphy reminded residents that there are more than 400 test sites available across the state.
Nevertheless, health officials use officials to control the epidemic, taking the wrong direction.
As of Friday night, there were 2,552 patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases in 711 hospitals in New Jersey. That’s far fewer than the 8,000 hospitalized in April but the highest since May 28th. Hospital admissions have nearly tripled in the past month.
Of the 2,552 patients, 486 were in intensive or severe treatment and 232 were on ventilators. Despite a 305 discharge on Friday, it was the 22nd day increase.
The positivity rate for the tests conducted on Tuesday, the most recent available day, was 8.66%. The rate remained above 8% last week, down from 4% during the summer.
The latest statewide rate of transmission has dropped to 1.38. Any number above 1 i.e. outbreak continues. New Jersey has been above this mark since early September.
Essex (of 536), Camden (5 435) and Bergen (7૨7) counties reported at least 100 new cases in 14 of the 21 counties on Saturday.
34 The state did not announce when the reported deaths occurred.
The improvement is due to coronavirus cases, deaths and hospital admissions in the United States, and a sharp increase in waiting times and long lines at test sites.
Murphy has previously said that New Jersey’s statistics are rising because people observing virus restrictions such as wearing masks get tired and gather more indoors as the weather gets colder, especially in private homes.
To combat the spread, Murphy has ordered the closure of indoor bars and rest restaurants in New Jersey every night at 10 p.m., and canceled high school-level interstate indoor sports. Indoor gatherings are now limited to 10 people under 25 and from Monday, outdoor gatherings will be limited to 500 under 150.
Murphy has stopped ordering another statewide shutdown in the spring like yours, but insists all options are on the table.
COUNTY-BY-COUNTY numbers (sorted by most new)
- Essex County: 32,441 positive tests (536 new), 1,968 confirmed deaths (230 possible)
- Camden County: 16,540 positive tests (435 new), 608 confirmed deaths (56 probable)
- Bergen County: 31,447 positive tests (427 new), 1,855 confirmed deaths (246 possible)
- Pasek County: 26,806 positive tests (404 new), 1,155 confirmed deaths (144 possible)
- Hudson County: 28,764 positive tests (393 new), 1,399 confirmed deaths (158 probable)
- Monmouth County: 18,335 positive tests (2 33૨ new), 5 795 confirmed deaths (92 probable)
- Union County: 25,763 positive tests (288 new), 1,246 confirmed deaths (171 probable)
- Burlington County: 11,699 positive tests (284 new), 490 confirmed death (41 probable)
- Middlesex County: 27,671 positive tests (260 new), 1,271 confirmed deaths (203 probable)
- Gloucester County: 7,947 positive tests (235 new), 258 confirmed deaths (7 probable)
- Ocean County: 19,880 positive tests (233 new), 1,029 confirmed deaths (67 probable)
- Morris County: 12,085 positive tests (202 new), 707 confirmed deaths (147 probable)
- Mercer County: 12,257 positive tests (166 new), 615 confirmed deaths (36 probable)
- Atlantic County: 7,162 positive tests (137 new), 265 confirmed deaths (13 probable)
- Somerset County: 8,251 positive tests (99 new), 532 confirmed deaths (75 probable)
- Cumberland County: 4,689 positive tests (new 54 new), 127 confirmed deaths (prob probable)
- Sussex County: 2,278 positive tests (34 new), 162 confirmed deaths (36 probable)
- Warren County: 2,215 positive tests (34 new), 160 confirmed deaths (13 probable)
- Hunterdon County: 2,186 positive tests (31 new), 76 confirmed deaths (54 probable)
- Cape May County: 1,516 positive tests (22 new), 95 confirmed deaths (10 probable)
- Salem County: 1,457 positive tests (17 new), 86 confirmed deaths (5 probable)
Hospitals
As of Wednesday night, 2,505 patients had confirmed (2,272) or suspected (233) COVID-19 cases in New Jersey’s Hospital1 hospitals. That’s 34 more than the night before.
Of these, 452 in serious and intensive care (four less than the night before), including 233 (17 more) on the ventilator.
According to the state’s online online dashboard, 333 coronavirus patients were admitted on Monday and 290 were discharged on Monday.
New Jersey’s ac1 acute care hospitals are now two-thirds complete, according to the New Jersey Hospitals Association. Patients are less likely to age, make shorter hospital stays, and hospitals are better at treating the virus.
Transmission rate
New Jersey’s latest transmission rate of 1.38 is below the 1.40 recorded on Friday.
This is much lower than when the rate was above 5 at the end of March because the extent of the outbreak was still being considered and there was a lack of testing.
But 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 is bursting.
A transmission rate of 1.38 means that for every 100 infected people the virus will spread to 138 others.
Still, 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, with state health officials saying 56 schools have confirmed Kovid-19 outbreaks.
The state dashboard shows ૨9 cases in those 56 schools, but that number includes only confirmed-in-school transmissions. Students or staff are considered to have been infected outside the school, or cases that cannot be confirmed due to an outbreak at the school.
Murphy has resisted orders to close schools nationwide, saying the numbers are better than expected.
Aged down
Broken due to age, it accounts for the highest percentage of New Jersey residents, aged 30 to 49, who have taken the virus (31.6%), followed by 50-64 (24.6%), 18-29 (18.5%), 65 – 79 (11.7%), 80 and above (7.0%), 5-17 (5.4%), and 0-4 (1.1%).
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 (4.3%), 18-29 ( 0.4%), 5-17 (0%) and 0-4 (0.02%).
At least 7,274 deaths from COVID-19 in the state have occurred among residents and staff members in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. That number has also been growing at an alarming rate in recent weeks.
Meanwhile, at least 17,500 more people have died in New Jersey this year than expected, with state mortality figures showing that the epidemic has claimed more lives than the state average, according to an ongoing analysis by NJ Advance Media.
Global number
As of Saturday morning, there have been more than 1.7 million positive COVID-19 tests worldwide, according to a telly run by Johns Hopkins University. Coronavirus-related complications have killed 1.37 million people.
The United States has the most positive tests in the world, with more than 11.9 million, and the highest death toll at more than 254,473.
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