Latest COVID-19 Update for North Jersey

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: 3,432; Probable Cases: 1,538

Total Cases: 2,370,508 (2,035,314 PCR cases, 335,194 probable cases)

New Confirmed Deaths: 15 (10 probable death, 33,651 total deaths)

Rate of Transmission: 1.12, down from 1.16 the day before

Percent Positivity: 13.9% as of May 20; by region, the rate was 13.9% in the North, 14.6% in the Central region and 12.6% in the South

By County:

Bergen County: 441 New Cases, 186 Probable Cases, 3,142 deaths, 325 probable deaths 

Essex County: 283 New Cases, 109 Probable Cases, 3,305 deaths, 314 probable deaths 

Hudson County: 314 New Cases, 101 Probable Cases, 2,506 total deaths, 221 probable deaths 

Morris County: 175 New Cases, 87 Probable Cases, 1,249 deaths, 305 probable deaths 

Passaic County: 203 New Cases, 62 Probable Cases, 2,137 deaths, 204 probable deaths 

Sussex County: 42 New Cases, 25 Probable Cases, 388 deaths, 93 probable deaths 

Warren County: 29 New Cases, 11 Probable Cases, 316 deaths, 27 probable deaths

Hospitals 

Hospitalizations: 891 (351 North, 303 Central and 237 South)  

Patients in intensive care units: 109

Patients on ventilators: 49

Patients discharged: 168

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

Long-term Care Facilities

Facilities currently reporting one case: 331 (2,731 overall)

Current number of residents: 3,705 (50,199 overall)

Current number of staffers: 3,349 (40,144 overall)

Number of Deaths: 9,108 overall (8,609 reported by facilities, 139 staff deaths)

Vaccine 

Total number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in New Jersey: 14,501,058 (13,995,014 in-state, plus an additional 506,044 administered out-of-state)

Fully Vaccinated: 6,917,796 (6,700,361 in state and another 204,283 out of state). By county,  728,972 in Bergen County, 599,922 in Essex, 535,332 in Hudson, 389,948 in Morris, 363,288 in Passaic, 93,610 in Sussex, and 61,490 in Warren.

Booster Shots: 3,808,022 (2,094,610 Pfizer, 1,641,433 Moderna and 71,979 Johnson & Johnson)