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: 975; Probable Cases: 261
Total Cases: 2,193,470 (1,893,703 PCR cases, 299,767 probable cases)
New Confirmed Deaths: 8 (9 probable deaths, 33,203 total deaths)
Rate of Transmission: 0.96, up from 0.95 the day before
Percent Positivity: 4.0% as of March 20; by region, the rate was 4.2% in the North, 4.8% in the Central region and 2.5% in the South
By County:
Bergen County: 160 New Cases, 25 Probable Cases, 3,099 deaths, 322 probable deaths
Essex County: 94 New Cases, 23 Probable Cases, 3,283 deaths, 311 probable deaths
Hudson County: 121 New Cases, 23 Probable Cases, 2,493 total deaths, 221 probable deaths
Morris County: 53 New Cases, 23 Probable Cases, 1,227 deaths, 298 probable deaths
Passaic County: 52 New Cases, 28 Probable Cases, 2,125 deaths, 200 probable deaths
Sussex County: 7 New Cases, 3 Probable Case, 382 deaths, 88 probable deaths
Warren County: 6 New Cases, 1 Probable Case, 313 deaths, 27 probable deaths
Hospitals
Hospitalizations: 343 (120 North, 111 Central and 112 South)
Patients in intensive care units: 48
Patients on ventilators: 32
Patients discharged: 69
The state dashboard showed 69 of 71 hospitals in the state reporting
Long-term Care Facilities
Facilities currently reporting one case: 172 (2,399 overall)
Current number of residents: 4,410 (47,334 overall)
Current number of staffers: 5,023 (38,290 overall)
Number of Deaths: 9,377 overall (8,531 reported by facilities, 149 staff deaths)
Vaccine
Total number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in New Jersey: 14,380,042 (13,812,181 in-state, plus an additional 567,861 administered out-of-state)
Fully Vaccinated: 6,811,830 (6,585,235 in state and another 226,595 out of state) By county, 719,243 in Bergen County, 590,110 in Essex, 526,945 in Hudson, 385,130 in Morris, 358,471 in Passaic, 92,457 in Sussex, and 60,356 in Warren.
Booster Shots: 3,210,459 (1,772,202 Pfizer, 1,370,694 Moderna and 67,563 Johnson & Johnson)
