New Jersey on Monday reported another 1,315 confirmed COVID-19 cases and nine more confirmed deaths as the rate of transmission fell again, indicating new positive tests are leveling off in recent days.
The seven-day average for confirmed positive tests dropped to 1,785, down 5% from a week ago, but up 6% from a month ago. The seven-day average for new confirmed cases fell below 1,800 on Sunday for the first time since Sept. 11.
New Jersey’s statewide rate of transmission was 1.01 on Monday, down from 1.03 on Sunday. Any rate of transmission number over 1 indicates that each new case is leading to more than one additional case and shows the state’s outbreak is expanding.
There were 1,047 people hospitalized with confirmed (967) and suspected (80) coronavirus cases as of Sunday night, according to state data. That’s down by 10 patients from the previous night. The number has also mostly leveled out over the past month with only slight increases and decreases over the weeks. There were 104 patients discharged in the 24 hours leading up to Sunday night.
Of those hospitalized, 232 were in intensive care (one more than the night before), with 135 on ventilators (two more).
The delta variant continues to dominate cases in New Jersey with nearly all of sampled cases in the four weeks ending Sept. 4. For the last week of that span, 100% of the tests sampled showed the delta variant.
School districts in the state have reported at least 23 in-school outbreaks for a total of 102 cases, according to the state’s dashboard. In-school outbreaks are defined as three or more cases that are determined through contact tracing to have been transmitted between staff or students while at school.
The positivity rate for tests conducted on Thursday, the most recent day available, was 4.60%.
More than 5.8 million people who live, work or study in New Jersey have been fully vaccinated as of Thursday. More than 6.35 million people have received at least one dose.
All of New Jersey’s 21 counties continue to be listed as having “high” rates of coronavirus transmission, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC is recommending people in all 21 counties wear masks for indoor public settings regardless of the state’s vaccination rates.
CORONAVIRUS RESOURCES: Live map tracker | Newsletter | Homepage
New Jersey has now reported 27,346 total COVID-19 deaths in more than 17 months — 24,559 confirmed and 2,787 considered probable, according to the state dashboard. The probable deaths, which are revised weekly, increased Monday by 14 fatalities.
New Jersey has the second most coronavirus deaths per capita in the U.S. The state had long topped the list of most COVID-19 deaths per capita but was recently eclipsed by Mississippi.
At least 8,532 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 state data.
There are active outbreaks at 151 facilities, resulting in 674 current cases among residents and 539 among staffers.
In all, the state of 9.2 million residents has reported 998,454 total confirmed cases out of the more than 15.3 million PCR tests conducted since it announced its first case on March 4, 2020. The state has also reported 149,904 positive antigen tests, which are considered probable cases.
As of Monday, there have been more than 231.9 million positive COVID-19 cases reported across the globe, according to Johns Hopkins University, with more than 4.74 million people having died due to the virus. The U.S. has reported the most cases (more than 42.9 million) and deaths (more than 688,000) than any other nation.
More than 6.1 billion vaccine doses have been administered globally.
Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to NJ.com
Matt Arco may be reached at marco@njadvancemedia.com.
Ad Choices