Latest COVID-19 Numbers in New Jersey

North-JerseyNews.com is changing how we cover COVID-19 as the pandemic moves to an endemic. While we will still provide reporting on any major developments in regards to the pandemic, we will be breaking out the most recent numbers from the state’s dashboard instead of including them with a story as we have done since March 2020. It is our belief that this will still provide you with a complete picture of COVID in our community while allowing us to continue to cover other issues of importance in North Jersey. 

COVID-19 cases: 

New daily PCR cases: 1,307; Probable Cases: 293

Total Cases: 2,178,976 (1,882,060 PCR cases, 296,916 probable cases)

New Confirmed Deaths: 14 (6 probable deaths, 33,067 total deaths)

Rate of Transmission: 0.85, for the second day in a row

Percent Positivity: 3.6% as of March 5 for 10,877 tests; by region, the rate was 3.8% in the North, 3.6% in the Central region and 3.2% in the South.

By County:

Bergen County: 162 New Cases, 40 Probable Cases, 3,088 deaths, 321 probable deaths 

Essex County: 119 New Cases, 13 Probable Cases, 3,267 deaths, 311 probable deaths 

Hudson County: 189 New Cases, 13 Probable Cases, 2,486 total deaths, 221 probable deaths 

Morris County: 54 New Cases, 15 Probable Cases, 1,221 deaths, 297 probable deaths 

Passaic County: 74 New Cases, 8 Probable Cases, 2,121 deaths, 199 probable deaths 

Sussex County: 7 New Cases, 1 Probable Case, 378 deaths, 88 probable deaths 

Warren County: 12 New Cases, 0 Probable Cases, 311 deaths, 27 probable deaths 

Hospitals 

Hospitalizations: 563 (191 North, 197 Central and 175 South)

Patients in intensive care units: 102

Patients on ventilators: 58

Patients discharged: 94

The state dashboard showed all 71 hospitals in the state reporting

Long-term Care Facilities

Facilities currently reporting one case: 303 (2,379 overall)

Current number of residents: 7,941 (47,148 overall)

Current number of staffers: 9,025 (38,170 overall)

Number of Deaths: 9,331 overall (8,512 reported by facilities, 149 staff deaths)

Vaccine 

Total number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in New Jersey: 14,338,888 (13,773,970 in-state, plus an additional 564,918 administered out-of-state)

Fully Vaccinated: 6,785,307 (6,559,831 in state and another 225,476 out of state) By county,  717,374 in Bergen County, 586,933 in Essex, 524.340 in Hudson, 384,220 in Morris, 356,576 in Passaic, 92,237 in Sussex, and 60,171 in Warren.

Booster Shots: 3,153,522  (1,738,139 Pfizer, 1,348,991 Moderna and 66,392 Johnson & Johnson)