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:  2,111; Probable Cases: 862

Total Cases: 2,441,637 (2,092,487 PCR cases, 349,150 probable cases)

New Confirmed Deaths: 20 (3 probable deaths, 33,879 total deaths)

Rate of Transmission: 0.89 for a third day in a row

Percent Positivity: 11.3% as of June 10; by region, the rate was 10.8% in the North, 12.0% in the Central region and 11.6% in the South

By County:

Bergen County: 248 New Cases, 123 Probable Cases, 3,164 deaths, 335 probable deaths 

Essex County: 232 New Cases, 67 Probable Cases, 3,316 deaths, 315 probable deaths 

Hudson County: 262 New Cases, 70 Probable Cases, 2,517 total deaths, 221 probable deaths 

Morris County: 90 New Cases, 59 Probable Cases, 1,260 deaths, 306 probable deaths 

Passaic County: 139 New Cases, 40 Probable Cases, 2,145 deaths, 204 probable deaths 

Sussex County: 33 New Cases, 11 Probable Cases, 396 deaths, 93 probable deaths 

Warren County: 14 New Cases, 10 Probable Cases, 318 deaths, 27 probable deaths

Hospitals 

Hospitalizations: 790 (300 North, 266 Central and 224 South)  

Patients in intensive care units: 87

Patients on ventilators: 25

Patients discharged: 93

The state dashboard showed all 71 hospitals in the state reporting

Long-term Care Facilities

Facilities currently reporting one case: 367 (2,815 overall)

Current number of residents: 4,357 (51,231 overall)

Current number of staffers: 4,034 (40,994 overall)

Number of Deaths: 9,153 overall (8,633 reported by facilities, 139 staff deaths)

Vaccine 

Total number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in New Jersey: 14,546,488 (14,035,017 in-state, plus an additional 511,471 administered out-of-state)

Fully Vaccinated: 6,930,531 (6,723,326 in state and another 207,205 out of state). By county,  731,332 in Bergen County, 602,501 in Essex, 537,057 in Hudson, 391,090 in Morris, 364,486 in Passaic, 93,855 in Sussex, and 61,772 in Warren.

Booster Shots: 3,939,656 (2,169,210 Pfizer, 1,697,877 Moderna and 72,569 Johnson & Johnson)