More than 1 in 3 people who sought a COVID test in New Jersey on Monday tested positive. State reports 4th straight day with more than 20K cases.
But he has said a statewide lockdown is unlikely. The governor has said the biggest focus is on preventing hospital capacity from being overwhelmed.New Jersey’s hospital COVID-19 count has been on the rise since early to mid-November, when the total number of virus patients statewide was between 600 and 700. Hospitalizations and severe illness are critical metrics to watch, said Dr.
New Jersey’s statewide transmission rate, which indicates whether the pandemic is growing or shrinking, increased to 1.92 on Saturday, up from 1.78 on Friday. If it reaches 2.0, it will indicate every infected person is passing the virus along to two people.on the rise againOfficials said last week while the majority of new cases in New Jersey are among unvaccinated residents, cases among fully vaccinated people are increasing, which shows protection from the first round of shots may be waning.
As of the first week of December, New Jersey has reported a total of 68,913 breakthrough cases among fully vaccinated people this year, leading to 1,513 hospitalizations and 350 deaths, though those represent a small percentage of total cases. Officials say vaccinated people are less likely to contract the virus and much less likely to develop life-threatening cases of COVID-19.
More than 6.42 million of the 8.6 million eligible people who live, work or study in New Jersey have been fully vaccinated and more than 7.28 million have received a first dose since vaccines began here on Dec. 15, 2020.
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