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:  2,519; Probable Cases: 784

Total Cases: 2,447,904 (2,097,491 PCR cases, 350,413 probable cases)

New Confirmed Deaths: 16 (5 probable deaths, 33,912 total deaths)

Rate of Transmission: 0.86, down from 0.89 past four days

Percent Positivity: 14.6% as of June 11; by region, the rate was 14.9% in the North, 15.4% in the Central region and 12.3% in the South

By County:

Bergen County: 288 New Cases, 83 Probable Cases, 3,166 deaths, 335 probable deaths 

Essex County: 257 New Cases, 72 Probable Cases, 3,316 deaths, 315 probable deaths 

Hudson County: 240 New Cases, 56 Probable Cases, 2,519 total deaths, 221 probable deaths 

Morris County: 151 New Cases, 65 Probable Cases, 1,262 deaths, 306 probable deaths 

Passaic County: 132 New Cases, 42 Probable Cases, 2,147 deaths, 204 probable deaths 

Sussex County: 23 New Cases, 13 Probable Cases, 398 deaths, 93 probable deaths 

Warren County: 19 New Cases, 2 Probable Cases, 318 deaths, 27 probable deaths

Hospitals 

Hospitalizations: 789 (295 North, 262 Central and 232 South)  

Patients in intensive care units: 86

Patients on ventilators: 35

Patients discharged: 160

The state dashboard showed all 71 hospitals in the state reporting

Long-term Care Facilities

Facilities currently reporting one case: 363 (2,820 overall)

Current number of residents: 4,473 (51,366 overall)

Current number of staffers: 4,123 (41,110 overall)

Number of Deaths: 9,158 overall (8,636 reported by facilities, 139 staff deaths)

Vaccine 

Total number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in New Jersey: 14,548,560 (14,036,988 in-state, plus an additional 511,572 administered out-of-state)

Fully Vaccinated: 6,931,914 (6,724,668 in state and another 207,246 out of state). By county,  731,558 in Bergen County, 602,613 in Essex, 537,157 in Hudson, 391,171 in Morris, 364,537 in Passaic, 93,863 in Sussex, and 61,783 in Warren.

Booster Shots: 3,945,099 (2,172,307 Pfizer, 1,700,207 Moderna and 72,585 Johnson & Johnson)