The state’s seven-day average for confirmed coronavirus positive tests is 1,622, a 13% increase from a week ago and a 10% decrease from a month ago.
deems 11 counties in the state to have “medium” community levels of transmission: Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon, Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington, Atlantic, Camden, Gloucester, Salem and Cape May.
There were 887 patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases reported across the state’s 71 hospitals as of Wednesday. Of those hospitalized, 108 are in intensive care and 34 are on ventilators. The CDC considers positivity rates above 10% to be “high.” The positivity rate is substantially lower than its peak of 40.83% on Jan. 1 during the height of the omicron variant.New Jersey has reported 2.3 million total confirmed COVID-19 cases since the state reported its first known case March 4, 2020.
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