NJ reports 35 COVID deaths and 3,347 cases as residents begin to receive J & J vaccination

New Jersey reported an additional 3,347 confirmed cases on Friday Coronavirus A single dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine has begun to be given in the state, confirming an additional 35 deaths. Increase the number of places to serve shots..

Governor Phil Murphy After joining Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky at Union Plaza Apartments in Union City on Friday morning, he announced the latest numbers on social media and observed some of the first doses given to seniors. Did.

“Today is a big day of our fight to defeat COVID,” Murphy said. “This vaccine is a breakthrough in our battle to protect the population, save lives and defeat the virus.”

As of Friday morning, New Jersey received approximately 2.33 million COVID-19 vaccines, according to state data. This includes approximately 1.5 million initial doses and 788,000 second doses.

According to the state, this is one of the more than 2.78 million doses received by the state. Running tabulation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.. The state’s goal is to vaccinate 70% of the adult population (about 4.7 million people) within the next few months.

On Monday, the state announced it was Significantly expanded qualifications Vaccine for the next four weeks, including teachers and transport workers on March 15th, and various other essential workers, including restaurant employees on March 29th.

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The 7-day average of newly confirmed coronavirus-positive garden states was 2,887, an increase of 12% from a week ago and a decrease of 11% from a month ago.

Overall, New Jersey has just reported Since the state reported the first case on March 4, 2020, 715,889 of the more than 10.9 million PCR tests have confirmed cases of coronavirus in a year. There were also 90,481 positive antigen tests. These cases are considered likely, and health officials warn that positive antigen tests may be done at the same time and may overlap with confirmed PCR tests.

Nine million states report that 23,521 inhabitants died from complications related to COVID-19, of which 21,124 were confirmed and 2,397 may have died.

The state-wide infection rate increased again on Friday, rising from 1.01 the day before to 1.04. A number greater than 1 indicates that the outbreak is expanding, with at least one other case occurring for each new case. Transmission speeds were below one for several weeks before crossing that mark on Thursday.

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COUNTY-BY-COUNTY CASES (sorted by newest)

• Bergen County: 70,601 confirmed cases (442 new), 2,348 confirmed deaths (284 possible)
• Essex County: 68,739 confirmed cases (318 new), 2,425 confirmed deaths (275 possible)
• Monmouth County: 52,895 confirmed cases (313 new), 1,297 confirmed deaths (125 possible)
• Middle Sex County: 68,871 confirmed cases (301 new), 1,888 confirmed deaths (235 possible)
• Hudson County: 64,908 confirmed cases (282 new), 1,838 confirmed deaths (185 possible)
• Ocean County: 53,133 confirmed cases (261 new), 1,760 confirmed deaths (127 possible)
• Morris County: 32,936 confirmed cases (221 new), 905 confirmed deaths (possibly 224)
• Union County: 49,881 confirmed cases (202 new), 1,581 confirmed deaths (205 possible)
• Passaic County: 52,959 confirmed cases (200 new), 1,528 confirmed deaths (179 possible)
• Camden County: 39,944 confirmed cases (117 new), 1,081 confirmed deaths (91 possible)
• Burlington County: 31,373 confirmed cases (103 new), 696 confirmed deaths (57 possible)
• Mercer County: 26,560 confirmed cases (83 new), 844 confirmed deaths (41 possible)
• Somerset County: 19,066 confirmed cases (83 new), 685 confirmed deaths (103 possible)
• Atlantic County: 20,067 confirmed cases (74 new), 551 confirmed deaths (28 possible)
• Gloucester County: 21,369 confirmed cases (59 new), 523 confirmed deaths (30 possible)
• Hunterdon County: 6,480 confirmed cases (41 new), 109 confirmed deaths (54 possible)
• Warren County: 6,515 confirmed cases (40 new), 198 confirmed deaths (22 possible)
• Sussex County: 8,118 confirmed cases (38 new), 210 confirmed deaths (possibly 64)
• Cumberland County: 12,321 confirmed cases (34 new), 346 confirmed deaths (29 possible)
• Salem County: 4,300 confirmed cases (20 new), 154 confirmed deaths (12 possible)
• Cape May County: 3,760 confirmed cases (13 new), 157 confirmed deaths (27 possible)

Vaccinations by county

• Atlantic County-75,609 doses
• Bergen County-266,063 doses
• Burlington County-120,936 doses
• Camden County-137,278 doses
• Cape May County-35,268 doses
• CUMBERLAND COUNTY-34,139 doses
• ESSEXCOUNTY-189,049 doses
• Gloucester County-86,506 doses
• Hudson County-110,400 doses
• Hunterdon County-31,615 doses
• Mercer County-77,851 doses
• Middle Sex County-187,877 doses
• Monmouth County-182,668 doses
• Morris County-173,570 doses
• Ocean County-151,116 doses
• Passaic County-105,304 doses
• Salem County-16,032 doses
• Somerset County-94,344 doses
• SUSSEXCOUNTY-36,392 doses
• Union County-119,503 doses
• Warren County-23,697 doses
• Unknown county-14,397 doses
• Out-of-state-64,109 doses

Hospitalization

there were 1,881 patients admitted with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 hospitals in New Jersey as of Thursday night-19 less than the night before State dashboard..

This included 389 people in critical care or intensive care units (13 more than the night before) and 223 people on mechanical ventilation (9 or more).

There was also 249 COVID-19 patients were discharged on Thursday and 247 new patients were admitted.

Hospitalization peaked in more than 8,000 patients during the first wave of the April pandemic.

For school

According to the New Jersey dashboard, 152 outbreaks of coronavirus in schools have been reported in New Jersey, with 737 cases among students, teachers and school staff this year.

State defines Outbreak at school If the contact tracer determines that two or more students or school staff have captured or infected COVID-19 during academic activities in the classroom or at school. These numbers do not include students or staff who appear to be infected outside of school, or if they cannot. Confirmed as an outbreak within the school.

There are approximately 1.4 million public school students and teachers throughout the state, but the pedagogy that is occurring varies, with some schools teaching face-to-face, some using hybrid formats, and all remaining remote. There is also a school.

Murphy said on Monday that teachers were eligible to be vaccinated immediately, officials said A school that is “fully expected” throughout New Jersey Return to face-to-face learning “safely and responsibly” when the next school year begins in September.

Breakdown of age

Malfunction By age, 30-49 years old account for the largest proportion (31%) of New Jersey residents infected with the virus, followed by 50-64 (23.2%), 18-29 (19.5%), 65-79 (10.9) Continue. %), 5-17 (8.5%), 80 and above (5%), and 0-4 (1.7%).

On average, the virus is more deadly to the elderly, especially residents of existing conditions. Almost half of the state’s COVID-19 deaths are residents aged 80 and over (47.25%), 65-79 (32.76%), 50-64 (15.58%), 30-49 (4.02%), 18- 29 follows. (0.37%), 5-17 (0%), and 0-4 (0.02%).

At least 7,923 deaths from the state’s COVID-19 have occurred between residents and staff in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.

Currently there is an active outbreak At 309 facilitiesAs a result, there were 6,099 active cases among residents and 6,214 active cases among staff.

Global number

As of Friday afternoon, there were approximately 115.6 million positive COVID-19 tests worldwide. Running Tally by Johns Hopkins University.. More than 2.56 million people have died from coronavirus-related complications.

The United States reports the most cases in more than 28.8 million people and the most deaths in about 520,300 people.

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