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: 888; Probable Cases: 222

Total Cases: 2,180,216 (1,883,102 PCR cases, 297,114 probable cases)

New Confirmed Deaths: 24 (5 probable deaths, 33,087 total deaths)

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

Percent Positivity: 3.5% as of March 6; by region, the rate was 3.2% in the North, 3.6% in the Central region and 2.9% in the South.

By County:

Bergen County: 92 New Cases, 16 Probable Cases, 3,089 deaths, 321 probable deaths 

Essex County: 122 New Cases, 20 Probable Cases, 3,271 deaths, 311 probable deaths 

Hudson County: 82 New Cases, 9 Probable Cases, 2,487 total deaths, 221 probable deaths 

Morris County: 55 New Cases, 28 Probable Cases, 1,224 deaths, 297 probable deaths 

Passaic County: 45 New Cases, 18 Probable Cases, 2,122 deaths, 199 probable deaths 

Sussex County: 8 New Cases, 3 Probable Case, 378 deaths, 88 probable deaths 

Warren County: 6 New Cases, 2 Probable Cases, 311 deaths, 27 probable deaths

Hospitals 

Hospitalizations: 536 (184 North, 187 Central and 165 South)

Patients in intensive care units: 102

Patients on ventilators: 55

Patients discharged: 103

The state dashboard showed all 71 hospitals in the state reporting

Long-term Care Facilities

Facilities currently reporting one case: 296 (2,381 overall)

Current number of residents: 7,847 (47,219 overall)

Current number of staffers: 8,711 (38,185 overall)

Number of Deaths: 9,332 overall (8,512 reported by facilities, 149 staff deaths)

Vaccine 

Total number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in New Jersey: 14,340,084 (13,774,665 in-state, plus an additional 565,419 administered out-of-state)

Fully Vaccinated: 6,787,037 (6,561,377 in state and another 225,660 out of state) By county,  717,421 in Bergen County, 587,140 in Essex, 524,435 in Hudson, 384,260 in Morris, 356,899 in Passaic, 92,246 in Sussex, and 60,179 in Warren.

Booster Shots: 3,156,540  (1,740,026 Pfizer, 1,350,012 Moderna and 66,502 Johnson & Johnson)