North-JerseyNews.com is changing 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: 5,309; Probable Cases: 1,504
Total Cases: 2,313,062 (1,989,343 PCR cases, 323,719 probable cases)
New Confirmed Deaths: 8 (6 probable death, 33,537 total deaths)
Rate of Transmission: 1.22, the same as the day before
Percent Positivity: 16.5% as of May 8; by region, the rate was 17.5% in the North, 18.5% in the Central region and 14.6% in the South.
By County:
Bergen County: 763 New Cases, 197 Probable Cases, 3,133 deaths, 325 probable deathsÂ
Essex County: 512 New Cases, 105 Probable Cases, 3,301 deaths, 313 probable deathsÂ
Hudson County: 455 New Cases, 73 Probable Cases, 2,500 total deaths, 221 probable deathsÂ
Morris County: 327 New Cases, 108 Probable Cases, 1,246 deaths, 304 probable deathsÂ
Passaic County: 303 New Cases, 53 Probable Cases, 2,133 deaths, 204 probable deathsÂ
Sussex County: 74 New Cases, 15 Probable Cases, 387 deaths, 89 probable deathsÂ
Warren County: 56 New Cases, 11 Probable Cases, 315 deaths, 27 probable deaths
HospitalsÂ
Hospitalizations: 727 (265 North, 253 Central and 209 South)Â Â
Patients in intensive care units: 94
Patients on ventilators: 41
Patients discharged: 135
The state dashboard showed all 71 hospitals in the state reporting
Long-term Care Facilities
Facilities currently reporting one case: 277 (2,658 overall)
Current number of residents: 3,062 (49,401 overall)
Current number of staffers: 2,816 (39,476 overall)
Number of Deaths: 9,049 overall (8,588 reported by facilities, 139 staff deaths)
VaccineÂ
Total number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in New Jersey: 14,471,009 (13,968,249 in-state, plus an additional 502,760 administered out-of-state)
Fully Vaccinated: 6,886,905 (6,684,781 in state and another 202,124 out of state). By county, 727,510 in Bergen County, 598,247 in Essex, 534,149 in Hudson, 389,206 in Morris, 362,597 in Passaic, 93,450 in Sussex, and 61,314 in Warren.
Booster Shots: 3,703,061 (2,038,045 Pfizer, 1,593,507 Moderna and 71,509 Johnson & Johnson)
What’s knucklehead Murphy and Nurse Judy doing? Deadly duo; A holes for sure; in it for themselves only; liars and incompetents.