New Jersey health officials confirmed Wednesday an additional 1,592 COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths as Pfizer asked U.S. regulators to approve a combination vaccine that would add protection against the latest Omicron variant. reported.
The seven-day average of confirmed positive tests fell to 1,736 on Wednesday, down 17% from a week ago and 42% from a month ago.
New Jersey’s infection rate was 0.86 on Wednesday. His rate at the beginning of the month was 1.01.
A transmission rate less than 1 indicates that each new case leads to less than one additional case. An infection rate of 1 means that the number of infected people has plateaued at the current number. A value above 1 means the outbreak is expanding.
Seven counties remain in the high risk category of infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report: Cape May, Atlantic, Camden, Burlington, Monmouth, Essex and Middlesex.
With the exception of Hudson County, which is considered a “low” risk, the rest of the counties are considered a “medium” risk, according to the CDC on Wednesday.
As of Wednesday, 70 of the state’s 71 hospitals had reported 979 confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases. Of the hospitalized patients, 111 are in intensive care units and 40 are on ventilators.
The statewide positive rate for tests conducted on Friday (the most recent day for which data is available) was 12.15%.
The CDC considers a positivity rate of over 10% to be “high.” However, the positive rate is significantly lower than the peak of 40.83% he on January 1, which is the peak of the Omicron variety.
total number
New Jersey has reported a total of 2.26 million COVID-19 cases since the first known case was reported on March 4, 2020.
Garden State also recorded 396,757 positive antigen or rapid tests, which are considered probable. And there are many cases that likely didn’t count, including positive tests at home that weren’t included in the state count.
The state of 9.2 million residents has reported 34,497 COVID-19 deaths, including 31,395 confirmed deaths and 3,102 probable deaths.
New Jersey had the highest number of coronavirus deaths per capita in the U.S. as of Aug. 16, after Mississippi, Arizona, Oklahoma, Alabama, West Virginia, Tennessee, New Mexico and Arkansas. It is the ninth-largest state in terms of population. country population.
vaccination number
More than 7 million people who work, live or study in the Garden State are fully vaccinated.
More than 7.9 million people have been vaccinated for the first time since vaccination began in the state on December 15, 2020.
More than 4.24 million people in eligible states received boosters. Regulators have suspended plans to allow adults under the age of 50 to get her second booster this summer. Instead, they hope to refine the vaccine to target emerging subspecies by the fall.
long-term care number
At least 9,528 of the state’s COVID-19 deaths were among residents and staff of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, according to state data Wednesday.
Of the 397 facilities with ongoing outbreaks, 6,417 residents and 6,425 staff cases have occurred as of the latest data date.
global number
As of Wednesday, more than 597 million COVID-19 cases have been reported worldwide, according to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus database.
Data show that the virus has killed more than 6.45 million people.
The United States has reported the most cumulative COVID-19 cases (over 93.7 million) and deaths (at least 1.04 million) of any country.
More than 12 billion doses of vaccines have been administered worldwide.
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