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: 2,633; Probable Cases: 701

Total Cases: 2,258,440 (1,946,093 PCR cases, 312,347 probable cases)

New Confirmed Deaths: 6 (5 probable deaths, 33,425 total deaths)

Rate of Transmission: 1.12, up from 1.11 a day before

Percent Positivity: 11.7% as of April 24; by region, the rate was 12.6% in the North, 12.3% in the Central region and 8.5% in the South.

By County:

Bergen County: 398 New Cases, 109 Probable Cases, 3,122 deaths, 323 probable deaths 

Essex County: 272 New Cases, 65 Probable Cases, 3,291 deaths, 313 probable deaths 

Hudson County: 201 New Cases, 43 Probable Cases, 2,498 total deaths, 223 probable deaths 

Morris County: 165 New Cases, 54 Probable Cases, 1,237 deaths, 302 probable deaths 

Passaic County: 110 New Cases, 32 Probable Cases, 2,132 deaths, 203 probable deaths 

Sussex County: 26 New Cases, 14 Probable Cases, 387 deaths, 89 probable deaths 

Warren County: 25 New Cases, 6 Probable Cases, 314 deaths, 27 probable deaths

Hospitals 

Hospitalizations: 470 (191 North, 178 Central and 101 South)

Patients in intensive care units: 48

Patients on ventilators: 19

Patients discharged: 97

The state dashboard showed 69 of 71 hospitals in the state reporting

Long-term Care Facilities

Facilities currently reporting one case: 179 (2,537 overall)

Current number of residents: 2,191 (48,326 overall)

Current number of staffers: 2,442 (38,850 overall)

Number of Deaths: 8,990 overall (8,563 reported by facilities, 141 staff deaths)

Vaccine 

Total number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in New Jersey: 14,446,915 (13,935,905 in-state, plus an additional 511,010 administered out-of-state)

Fully Vaccinated: 6,869,227 (6,664,619 in state and another 204,608 out of state). By county,  725,623 in Bergen County, 596,470 in Essex, 532,516 in Hudson, 388,350 in Morris, 361,672 in Passaic, 93,240 in Sussex, and 61,071 in Warren.

Booster Shots: 3,580,502 (1,966,147 Pfizer, 1,533,317 Moderna and 70,583 Johnson & Johnson)