The latest numbers were posted on the state's COVID dashboard on March 12, 2022.
The state’s seven-day average for confirmed cases was 888 on Friday, down 6% from a week ago and 57% from a month ago as the recent massive wave driven by the omicron variant has largely receded. Prior to last week, the state’s daily average had not been below 1,000 since early August.
There were 508 patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases across New Jersey’s 71 hospitals as of Friday night. Hospital levels have plummeted in recent weeks after peaking at 6,089 on Jan. 10 during the omicron wave.. Of those hospitalized, 95 were in intensive care and 57 were on ventilators .
from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Seven counties, all in South Jersey — Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem — were downgraded from “medium” to “low” this week.A new strain of COVID-19 — known as— has started to spread in small numbers in New Jersey. Officials have said it’s too soon to know how the variant will affect both the state and nation.
The state of 9.2 million residents has reported 33,102 COVID-19 deaths in that time — 30,124 confirmed fatalities and 2,978 probable fatalities.in the U.S. — behind Mississippi, Arizona, Alabama and Oklahoma — as of the latest data reported Monday.More than 6.78 million of the 8.46 million eligible people who live, work, or study in New Jersey have received the initial course of vaccinations and more than 7.72 million have received a first dose since vaccines began here on Dec. 15, 2020.
For the four-week span from Jan. 23 to Feb. 19, New Jersey reported 63,339 total COVID-19 cases, leading to 2,136 hospitalizations, and 277 deaths. Among the 3.02 million people who received booster shots on top of their initial vaccine course, there were 11,479 breakthrough cases that led to 391 hospitalizations and 64 deaths.For the week ending Feb. 27, with around 63% of schools reporting data, another 1,423 COVID-19 cases were reported among staff and students across New Jersey’s schools.
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