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: 2,321; Probable Cases: 646

Total Cases: 2,240,701 (1,932,039 PCR cases, 308,662 probable cases)

New Confirmed Deaths: 8 (6 probable deaths, 33,371 total deaths)

Rate of Transmission: 1.16, declining from 1.24 earlier this week

Percent Positivity: 9.6% as of April 17; by region, the rate was 10.5% in the North, 10.4% in the Central region and 6.1% in the South.

By County:

Bergen County: 363 New Cases, 111 Probable Cases, 3,115 deaths, 323 probable deaths 

Essex County: 219 New Cases, 45 Probable Cases, 3,290 deaths, 311 probable deaths 

Hudson County: 189 New Cases, 46 Probable Cases, 2,450 total deaths, 223 probable deaths 

Morris County: 148 New Cases, 46 Probable Cases, 1,235 deaths, 299 probable deaths 

Passaic County: 85 New Cases, 26 Probable Cases, 2,133 deaths, 203 probable deaths 

Sussex County: 31 New Cases, 16 Probable Cases, 385 deaths, 88 probable deaths 

Warren County: 10 New Cases, 5 Probable Cases, 314 deaths, 27 probable deaths

Hospitals 

Hospitalizations: 444 (171 North, 156 Central and 117 South)

Patients in intensive care units: 52

Patients on ventilators: 21

Patients discharged: 85

The state dashboard showed all 71 hospitals in the state reporting

Long-term Care Facilities

Facilities currently reporting one case: 157 (2,495 overall)

Current number of residents: 2,197 (47,995 overall)

Current number of staffers: 2,569 (38,636 overall)

Number of Deaths: 9,483 overall (8,557 reported by facilities, 149 staff deaths)

Vaccine 

Total number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in New Jersey: 14,430,203 (13,920,535 in-state, plus an additional 509,668 administered out-of-state)

Fully Vaccinated: 6,856,047 (6,654,116 in state and another 201,931 out of state). By county,  724,616 in Bergen County, 595,339 in Essex, 531,637 in Hudson, 387,869 in Morris, 361,122 in Passaic, 93,142 in Sussex, and 60,962 in Warren.

Booster Shots: 3,509,943 (1,933,943 Pfizer, 1,505,327 Moderna and 70,149 Johnson & Johnson)