Latest COVID-19 numbers in New Jersey

North-JerseyNews.com has changed 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: 523; Probable Cases: 53

Total Cases: 2,188,780 (1,890,091 PCR cases, 298,689 probable cases)

New Confirmed Deaths: 4 (8 probable deaths, 33,178 total deaths)

Rate of Transmission: 0.86, fup from 0.85 the day before

Percent Positivity: 2.4% as of March 16; by region, the rate was 2.4% in the North, 2.6% in the Central region and 1.7% in the South.

By County:

Bergen County: 79 New Cases, 3 Probable Cases, 3,096 deaths, 322 probable deaths 

Essex County: 60 New Cases, 0 Probable Cases, 3,280 deaths, 311 probable deaths 

Hudson County: 80 New Cases, 4 Probable Cases, 2,491 total deaths, 221 probable deaths 

Morris County: 21 New Cases, 5 Probable Cases, 1,225 deaths, 298 probable deaths 

Passaic County: 20 New Cases, 3 Probable Cases, 2,125 deaths, 200 probable deaths 

Sussex County: 3 New Cases, 1 Probable Case, 382 deaths, 88 probable deaths 

Warren County: 4 New Cases, 0 Probable Cases, 313 deaths, 27 probable deaths

Hospitals 

Hospitalizations: 406 (142 North, 137 Central and 127 South)

Patients in intensive care units: 82

Patients on ventilators: 46

Patients discharged: 56

The state dashboard showed 70 of  71 hospitals in the state reporting

Long-term Care Facilities

Facilities currently reporting one case: 209 (2,390 overall)

Current number of residents: 5,757 (47,273 overall)

Current number of staffers: 6,295 (38,234 overall)

Number of Deaths: 9,364 overall (8,525 reported by facilities, 149 staff deaths)

Vaccine 

Total number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in New Jersey: 14,372,409 (13,805,179 in-state, plus an additional 567,230 administered out-of-state)

Fully Vaccinated: 6,805,207 (6,578,859 in state and another 226,348 out of state) By county,  718,775 in Bergen County, 589,280 in Essex, 526,214 in Hudson, 384,899 in Morris, 358,068 in Passaic, 92,402 in Sussex, and 60,308 in Warren.

Booster Shots: 3,192,593  (1,761,684 Pfizer, 1,363,767 Moderna and 67,142 Johnson & Johnson)