New Jersey: Health officials reports 1,200 COVID cases, ten confirmed deaths

United States: New Jersey health officials reported the other 1,249 COVID-19 cases as well as ten confirmed deaths on Wednesday as people were admitted to hospital and positive test rates remained steady. 

The statewide rate of transmission was 0.89 on Wednesday, state health officials recorded. 

Along with this, a transmission rate of one means cases has levelled off at the current numbers. Anything above one indicates the outbreak is expanding. 

The state’s seven-day average for confirmed COVID-positive cases is 1,330, and there is a 5 percent decrease from a week ago well as a 7 percent decrease from a month ago. 

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not currently deem any of the state’s 21 nations to be in the “high” risk category for coronavirus transmission.

About sixteen nations are considered to have a “medium” risk of transmission, including Camden, Cape May, Hunterdon, Gloucester, Atlantic, Essex, Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth, Warren, Ocean, Salem, Somerset, Union, Sussex, and Morris.

In addition, the remaining five other nations, Bergen, Cumberland, Hudson, Mercer, as well as Passaic — are designated “low” risk.

There were about 1,142 patients with confirmed or suspected COVID cases reported all over the state’s 71 hospitals as of Tuesday night. Of those people admitted to the hospital, at least 123 are in intensive care as well as 47 are on ventilators.

The statewide positivity rate for tests conducted on Thursday, the most recent day for which data is available, was 8.96 percent. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers positivity rates above 10 percent to be “high.” The state of the United States-New Jersey statewide positivity rate is substantially lower than its peak of 40.83 percent on January 1 at the time of the height of the omicron variant.

The state has reported 2.3 million total confirmed COVID-19 cases from the time it announced its first known case on March 4, 2020. 

The Garden State has also reported about 425,180 positive antigen or rapid tests, which are considered probable cases, as of Wednesday. There are also numerous cases that were likely never counted, including at-home positive tests that are not included in the state’s numbers.