Latest COVID-19 Update for North Jersey: Hospitalizations Hit 3 Month High

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: 3,242; Probable Cases: 1,700

Total Cases: 2,402,892 (2,061,154 PCR cases, 341,738 probable cases)

New Confirmed Deaths: 15 (6 probable deaths, 33,742 total deaths)

Rate of Transmission: 0.96, down from 1.00 the day before

Percent Positivity: 16.1% as of May 28; by region, the rate was 15.9% in the North, 17.4% in the Central region and 14.7% in the South

By County:

Bergen County: 425 New Cases, 276 Probable Cases, 3,146 deaths, 327 probable deaths 

Essex County: 250 New Cases, 173 Probable Cases, 3,311 deaths, 314 probable deaths 

Hudson County: 394 New Cases, 184 Probable Cases, 2,510 total deaths, 221 probable deaths 

Morris County: 179 New Cases, 119 Probable Cases, 1,257 deaths, 305 probable deaths 

Passaic County: 208 New Cases, 107 Probable Cases, 2,142 deaths, 204 probable deaths 

Sussex County: 21 New Cases, 15 Probable Cases, 391 deaths, 93 probable deaths 

Warren County: 22 New Cases, 9 Probable Cases, 317 deaths, 27 probable deaths

Hospitals 

Hospitalizations: 928 (331 North, 323 Central and 274 South)  

Patients in intensive care units: 117

Patients on ventilators: 46

Patients discharged: 180

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

Long-term Care Facilities

Facilities currently reporting one case: 363 (2,775 overall)

Current number of residents: 4,031 (50,619 overall)

Current number of staffers: 3,702 (40,559 overall)

Number of Deaths: 9,122 overall (8,615 reported by facilities, 139 staff deaths)

Vaccine 

Total number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in New Jersey: 14,520,608 (14,012,548 in-state, plus an additional 508,060 administered out-of-state)

Fully Vaccinated: 6,915,308 (6,709,928 in state and another 2045,380 out of state). By county,  729,964 in Bergen County, 601,000 in Essex, 536,009 in Hudson, 390,390 in Morris, 363,784 in Passaic, 93,723 in Sussex, and 61,618 in Warren.

Booster Shots: 3,866,280 (2,126,921 Pfizer, 1,667,123 Moderna and 72,236 Johnson & Johnson)