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: 1,923; Probable Cases: 669

Total Cases: 2,269,649 (1,955,222 PCR cases, 314,427 probable cases)

New Confirmed Deaths: 11 (8 probable deaths, 33,455 total deaths)

Rate of Transmission: 1.18, up from 1.16 a day before

Percent Positivity: 7.6% as of April 28; by region, the rate was 8.1% in the North, 7.9% in the Central region and 5.8% in the South.

By County:

Bergen County: 288 New Cases, 127 Probable Cases, 3,124 deaths, 325 probable deaths 

Essex County: 165 New Cases, 37 Probable Cases, 3,294 deaths, 313 probable deaths 

Hudson County: 113 New Cases, 46 Probable Cases, 2,498 total deaths, 222 probable deaths 

Morris County: 128 New Cases, 55 Probable Cases, 1,239 deaths, 303 probable deaths 

Passaic County: 98 New Cases, 34 Probable Cases, 2,132 deaths, 204 probable deaths 

Sussex County: 27 New Cases, 7 Probable Cases, 386 deaths, 89 probable deaths 

Warren County: 22 New Cases, 5 Probable Cases, 315 deaths, 27 probable deaths

Hospitals 

Hospitalizations: 544 (203 North, 186 Central and 155 South)

Patients in intensive care units: 68

Patients on ventilators: 32

Patients discharged: 47

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

Long-term Care Facilities

Facilities currently reporting one case: 201 (2,567 overall)

Current number of residents: 2,303 (48,546 overall)

Current number of staffers: 2,442 (38,958 overall)

Number of Deaths: 9,026 overall (8,567 reported by facilities, 139 staff deaths)

Vaccine 

Total number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in New Jersey: 14,457,976 (13,944,957 in-state, plus an additional 513,019 administered out-of-state)

Fully Vaccinated: 6,875,799 (6,669,776 in state and another 206,023 out of state). By county,  726,058 in Bergen County, 596,996 in Essex, 532,920 in Hudson, 388,583 in Morris, 361,906 in Passaic, 93,292 in Sussex, and 61,141 in Warren.

Booster Shots: 3,616,741 (1,991,502 Pfizer, 1,554,330 Moderna and 70,909 Johnson & Johnson)