New Jersey reports 4,805 new cases of COVID-19, and 25 more deaths as the country prepares for its first vaccinations.

The day before the state Group to manage First of them Corona Virus On Monday, New Jersey reported 4,805 more COVID-19 cases and 25 more deaths, while hospital admissions increased to the largest number of patients since mid-May.

governor. Phil Murphy She went on to warn that even with the start of vaccination, Garden State faces several challenging weeks as it continues to face “severe headwinds” from the second wave of the pandemic.

“Tomorrow is a great day, but we can’t claim any victory yet,” Murphy said during his most recent press conference on the Coronavirus in Trenton. “Tomorrow is just a bridgehead for us. The fighting will take many more months.”

The average daily positive tests for seven days in New Jersey rose to 4,985, up 1% from last week and 56% from last month as the state continues to deal with the second wave of the pandemic.

The average has been hovering around 5,000 in recent days, its highest during the nine-month outbreak – although tests during the first wave in the spring were rare and likely fewer than the number of infections.

The state’s coronavirus death toll in the first 14 days of December – 713 confirmed deaths – is already higher than the entire month of November (615) and the combined totals for October (231), September (178) and August (238).

There were 3,635 people with confirmed or suspected cases of coronavirus across 71 hospitals in New Jersey as of Sunday night – more than three times the number at the start of November and the largest since May 14, and that includes 704 patients in intensive care – the first time this has arrived. The number has surpassed 700 since May 28 – with 491 on ventilators.

The statewide transmission rate has decreased to 1.13, which is an indication that the current amount of daily new cases has stabilized. Any number greater than 1 indicates that the outbreak is expanding. The rate rose for six days in a row before recession on Sunday at 1.15.

The statewide positivity rate for tests on Thursday, the most recent day available, was 10.95%, based on 38,861 results received so far. The rate has been above 10% for everyone except for one day since November 25.

New Jersey has now reported 405,448 positive cases out of a total of 6.6 million tests taken since the outbreak began on March 4, although those overall numbers do not include rapid tests.

The state of 9 million reported 17,775 deaths due to complications related to the virus at the time – 15,907 confirmed and 1,868 probable deaths.

Monday’s update comes, as states start giving a Pfizer vaccine for the coronavirus after federal regulators gave emergency approval on Friday.

The first doses will be in New Jersey Administered Tuesday morning For frontline health care workers at the University Hospital in Newark. Murphy said other health systems and hospitals across the state will start vaccinating frontline health care workers as early as morning.

Officials said the state’s first 76,000 doses will be intended for healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities. A broader offering is expected in April or May.

Murphy said state officials are “confident of the safety and efficacy” of the Pfizer vaccine, and hopefully as more shipments arrive, the state’s vaccination program will “get stronger over the coming weeks.”

The governor also said the hope is that when one group receives its second dose of vaccines, another group will receive the first dose.

“It’s a very important day,” he said. “It is a day we have all been waiting for. It is a day of hope and optimism to reach the other side. But it is not the end.”

Murphy cautioned that “these numbers will not magically return to zero because we are about to introduce our first vaccines.”

He said the state needs at least 70% of its adult population – about 4.7 million residents – to be vaccinated to achieve “herd immunity”.

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New Jersey officials last week It revealed a couple of the middle and worst case scenarios for the second wave. The moderate projections indicate that New Jersey will have between 6,300 and 9,100 cases per day and between 5,700 and 7,100 hospitalized patients over the next two months.

As numbers have risen in recent weeks, Murphy said All options remain on the table To fight the second wave. But on Friday it said it is not planning to close New Jersey to indoor dining, which is currently limited to 25% of capacity and a requirement that indoor service ends at 10 p.m. every day. Murphy also gave counties and municipalities the ability to request bars and restaurants to close as early as 8 p.m. daily.

The governor also reiterated Monday that he hopes the state can avoid another lockdown and succeed in imposing “surgical” restrictions instead, even as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told city residents Prep for another possible closure out there.

COUNTY-BY-COUNTY NUMBERS (arranged by most new cases)

• Middlesex County: 37,291 positive tests (531 new), 1,340 confirmed deaths (207 probable)
• Monmouth County: 25,681 positive tests (394 new), 846 confirmed deaths (94 probable)
• Bergen County: 40,879 tests positive (385 new), 1,951 confirmed deaths (254 probable)
• Essex: 41,471 positive tests (380 new), 2,064 confirmed deaths (234 probable)
• Camden County: 24,003 positive tests (366 new), 678 confirmed deaths (58 probable)
• Pasik County: 35,737 positive tests (361 new), 1,230 confirmed deaths (144 probable)
• Ocean County: 26,505 positive tests (355 new), 1,143 confirmed deaths (70 probable)
• Hudson County: 37,521 positive tests (344 new), 1,474 confirmed deaths (159 possible)
• Burlington County: 17,179 tests positive (303 new), 522 confirmed deaths (45 probable)
• Union County: 32,669 positive tests (287 new), 1,309 confirmed deaths (171 potential)
• Morris County: 16,934 positive tests (242 new), 743 confirmed deaths (157 probable)
• Mercer County: 16,312 positive tests (181 new), 648 confirmed deaths (37 probable)
• Gloucester County: 11,597 positive tests (125 new), 314 confirmed deaths (8 probable)
• Somerset County: 10,798 positive tests (124 new), 546 confirmed deaths (82 probable)
• Atlantic County: 9,758 positive tests (109 new), 301 confirmed deaths (16 likely)
• Warren County: 3,146 positive tests (65 new), 163 confirmed deaths (13 probable)
• Cumberland County: 6,277 positive tests (61 new), 185 confirmed deaths (8 probable)
• Sussex: 3,403 positive tests (52 new), 164 confirmed deaths (39 probable)
• Hunterdon County: 3,077 positive tests (35 new), 79 confirmed deaths (54 probable)
• Cape May Province: 1,995 positive tests (24 new), 110 confirmed deaths (13 probable)
• Salem County: 2,187 positive tests (24 new), 97 confirmed deaths (5 probable)

Hospitals

The number of confirmed (3,425) patients (3,425) or suspected (210) COVID-19 cases at New Jersey 71 hospital as of Sunday reached 44 more cases than the previous night.

Of those admitted to hospital on Sunday, 704 were in intensive or critical care (13 more than the night before), including 491 on ventilators (43 more).

Another 350 people sought treatment in hospitals on Sunday, while 300 patients with coronavirus were discharged from hospitals on Sunday, he said Coronavirus dashboard in the state.

School cases

New Jersey officials have It reported 18 new outbreaks inside the school and 103 new positive cases Among students, teachers and school staff in one of the worst weeks since the state began tracking the number of people infected with COVID-19 in school.

State officials said the names of the schools were not disclosed to protect the privacy of children and school personnel who tested positive for the virus.

Although hundreds of school districts have reported cases of coronavirus and dozens of them New Jersey schools have temporarily switched to all distant classes Since the start of the school year, state health officials said only 88 schools have been confirmed COVID-19 outbreak.

There are now a total of 388 in-school transitions in those 88 schools since the start of the school year.

These figures do not include students or staff who are believed to have been infected outside the school, or cases that cannot be confirmed as an outbreak within the school.

Although the numbers continue to rise each week, Murphy said the school outbreak statistics were still lower than state officials had expected when schools reopened for in-person classes. He said the comprehensive school rules, which include classroom social distancing guidelines and stringent mask requirements, have made schools among the safest places in the state.

But for the second week in a row, every district in New Jersey is in Orange on the state map for COVID-19, Indicating “high” virus activity across the state.

The Color coding on the map They are closely monitored by many school districts because if any district turns red, indicating “very high” Coronavirus activity, all schools in that district will be required to close classrooms and Switch to distance learningAccording to government health guidelines.

Split the age

Disabled According to age, Those aged 30 to 49 make up the largest proportion of New Jersey residents who have contracted the virus (31.6%), followed by those aged 50-64 (24%), 18-29 (19%), 65-79 ( 11.3%), 80 and over (6.1%), 5-17 (6.5%), 0-4 (1.3%).

On average, the virus was more deadly in older residents, especially those with pre-existing cases. Almost half of the COVID-19 deaths in the state were among the population 80 years and over (47.69%), followed by 65-79 (31.78%), 50-64 (15.84%), 30-49 (4.31%), 18-29 (0.37%), 5-17 (0%) and 0-4 (0.02%).

There have been at least 7,389 deaths from COVID-19 in the state among residents and staff in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. This number has been rising again at a steeper rate in recent weeks.

Global numbers

As of early Monday afternoon, there were 72.4 million positive tests for COVID-19 worldwide, according to Running Statistics from Johns Hopkins University. More than 1.6 million people have died from complications related to the Coronavirus.

The United States reported the most cases, with 16.3 million, and the most deaths, with more than 299,200.

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