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: 1,741; Probable Cases: 737

Total Cases: 2,248,959 (1,938,518 PCR cases, 310,441 probable cases)

New Confirmed Deaths: 15 (4 probable deaths, 33,407 total deaths)

Rate of Transmission: 1.09, declining from 1.14 a day before

Percent Positivity: 7.4% as of April 21; by region, the rate was 7.8% in the North, 7.7% in the Central region and 5.5% in the South.

By County:

Bergen County: 260 New Cases, 105 Probable Cases, 3,119 deaths, 323 probable deaths 

Essex County: 159 New Cases, 52 Probable Cases, 3,290 deaths, 313 probable deaths 

Hudson County: 167 New Cases, 44 Probable Cases, 2,498 total deaths, 223 probable deaths 

Morris County: 130 New Cases, 61 Probable Cases, 1,235 deaths, 302 probable deaths 

Passaic County: 67 New Cases, 36 Probable Cases, 2,132 deaths, 203 probable deaths 

Sussex County: 22 New Cases, 11 Probable Cases, 387 deaths, 89 probable deaths 

Warren County: 25 New Cases, 11 Probable Cases, 314 deaths, 27 probable deaths

Hospitals 

Hospitalizations: 494 (184 North, 193 Central and 117 South)

Patients in intensive care units: 56

Patients on ventilators: 20

Patients discharged: 50

The state dashboard showed all 71 hospitals in the state reporting

Long-term Care Facilities

Facilities currently reporting one case: 167 (2,514 overall)

Current number of residents: 2,125 (48,120 overall)

Current number of staffers: 2,441 (38,733 overall)

Number of Deaths: 9,494 overall (8,559 reported by facilities, 149 staff deaths)

Vaccine 

Total number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in New Jersey: 14,430,203 (13,926,031 in-state, plus an additional 510,594 administered out-of-state)

Fully Vaccinated: 6,862,642 (6,657,952 in state and another 204,690 out of state). By county,  724,978 in Bergen County, 595,722 in Essex, 531,943 in Hudson, 388,063 in Morris, 361,327 in Passaic, 93,173 in Sussex, and 60,997 in Warren.

Booster Shots: 3,536,587 (1,948,657 Pfizer, 1,517,596 Moderna and 70,334 Johnson & Johnson)