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:  2,604; Probable Cases: 723

Total Cases: 2,467,432 (2,112,475 PCR cases, 354,957 probable cases)

New Confirmed Deaths: 14 (7 probable deaths, 33,980 total deaths)

Rate of Transmission: 0.82 for the third day in a row

Percent Positivity: 14.2% as of June 18; by region, the rate was 14.3% in the North, 15.1% in the Central region and 12.5% in the South

By County:

Bergen County: 322 New Cases, 110 Probable Cases, 3,172 deaths, 335 probable deaths 

Essex County: 293 New Cases, 65 Probable Cases, 3,317 deaths, 314 probable deaths 

Hudson County: 246 New Cases, 48 Probable Cases, 2,522 total deaths, 221 probable deaths 

Morris County: 145 New Cases, 41 Probable Cases, 1,270 deaths, 306 probable deaths 

Passaic County: 158 New Cases, 30 Probable Cases, 2,148 deaths, 204 probable deaths 

Sussex County: 21 New Cases, 12 Probable Cases, 402 deaths, 98 probable deaths 

Warren County: 22 New Cases, 7 Probable Cases, 319 deaths, 27 probable deaths

Hospitals 

Hospitalizations: 696 (277 North, 238 Central and 181 South)  

Patients in intensive care units: 80

Patients on ventilators: 34

Patients discharged: 138

The state dashboard showed all 71 hospitals in the state reporting

Long-term Care Facilities

Facilities currently reporting one case: 355 (2,836 overall)

Current number of residents: 4,489 (51,578 overall)

Current number of staffers: 4,230 (41,335 overall)

Number of Deaths: 9,195 overall (8,644 reported by facilities,139 staff deaths)

Vaccine 

Total number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in New Jersey: 14,561,003 (14,048,429 in-state, plus an additional 512,574 administered out-of-state)

Fully Vaccinated: 6,938,942 (6,731,191 in state and another 207,751 out of state). By county,  732,307 in Bergen County, 603,370 in Essex, 537,747 in Hudson, 391,461 in Morris, 364,889 in Passaic, 93,928 in Sussex, and 61,842 in Warren.

Booster Shots: 3,974,979 (2,188,666 Pfizer, 1,713,577 Moderna and 72,736 Johnson & Johnson)