N.J. reports 346 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths as several school districts alter reopening plans due to positi – NJ.com

Fresh Jersey reported 346 contemporary coronavirus sure tests and 3 further deaths on Monday as a complete lot of faculty districts were compelled to alter in-individual reopening plans attributable to conditions interesting college students and team.

The train’s price of transmission held well-liked Monday at 1.06 after falling for four consecutive days and stays above the serious designate of 1 that shows the train’s outbreak is expanding. The transmission price has been above 1 for bigger than per week.

Fresh Jersey has now reported 196,968 entire conditions out of larger than 3.2 million tests in the larger than six months since the train announced its first case March 4. That’s the eighth-most conditions of any U.S. train and the Garden Mutter has the 2nd-very best want of of us who died throughout the pandemic trailing simplest Fresh York train. Fresh Jersey has the nation’s very best COVID-19 death price per 100,000 residents.

The train’s death toll stands at 16,034, which contains 14,245 lab-confirmed deaths and 1,789 which would possibly per chance per chance well be regarded as probable. Of the three contemporary deaths reported Monday, one individual died on Thursday and the 2 others were Wednesday, Gov. Phil Murphy talked about Monday throughout his favorite COVID-19 briefing in Trenton.

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Fresh Jersey’s COVID-19 hospitalizations have dropped dramatically since the train’s peak in mid-April, when there were bigger than 8,000 sufferers.

There have been 420 sufferers spread all the draw in which thru the train’s 71 hospitals as of Sunday evening along with 216 with confirmed conditions and 206 waiting for test outcomes, in accordance to train officials. Amongst them, 91 of us were in serious or intensive care, along with 41 of us on ventilators.

COUNTY-BY-COUNTY NUMBERS:

• Atlantic County: 3,895 sure test outcomes (8 contemporary), 242 confirmed deaths (11 probable)
• Bergen County: 21,995 sure test outcomes (33 contemporary), 1,799 confirmed deaths (243 probable)
• Burlington County: 6,747 sure test outcomes (27 contemporary), 450 confirmed deaths (39 probable)
• Camden County: 9,506 sure test outcomes (31 contemporary), 545 confirmed deaths (53 probable)
• Cape Would possibly per chance per chance also honest County: 968 sure test outcomes (8 contemporary), 87 confirmed deaths (7 probable)
• Cumberland County: 3,698 sure test outcomes (8 contemporary), 149 confirmed deaths (8 probable)
• Essex County: 20,669 sure test outcomes (15 contemporary), 1,894 confirmed deaths (229 probable)
• Gloucester County: 4,082 sure test outcomes (25 contemporary), 217 confirmed deaths (7 probable)
• Hudson County: 20,385 sure test outcomes (12 contemporary), 1,352 confirmed deaths (160 probable)
• Hunterdon County: 1,264 sure test outcomes (9 contemporary), 71 confirmed deaths (54 probable)
• Mercer County: 8,498 sure test outcomes (7 contemporary), 598 confirmed deaths (36 probable)
• Middlesex County: 18,870 sure test outcomes (28 contemporary), 1,220 confirmed deaths (202 probable)
• Monmouth County: 11,217 sure test outcomes (24 contemporary), 771 confirmed deaths (92 probable)
• Morris County: 7,647 sure test outcomes (20 contemporary), 686 confirmed deaths (145 probable)
• Ocean County: 11,774 sure test outcomes (34 contemporary), 973 confirmed deaths (64 probable)
• Passaic County: 18,673 sure test outcomes (11 contemporary), 1,106 confirmed deaths (143 probable)
• Salem County: 1,016 sure test outcomes (1 contemporary), 83 confirmed deaths (6 probable)
• Somerset County: 5,575 sure test outcomes (20 contemporary), 494 confirmed deaths (74 probable)
• Sussex County: 1,428 sure test outcomes (3 contemporary), 161 confirmed deaths (37 probable)
• Union County: 17,324 sure test outcomes (11 contemporary), 1,189 confirmed deaths (166 probable)
• Warren County: 1,424 sure test outcomes (5 contemporary), 158 confirmed deaths (13 probable)

Murphy talked about slack final week the train is conserving a terminate see on key numbers as Fresh Jersey schools reopen to a combination of in-individual, far flung and hybrid discovering out plans. At least six public faculty districts have been compelled to change plans for in-individual classes attributable to faculty students or team have tested sure for COVID-19.

Fresh Jersey’s youthful inhabitants, meanwhile, accounts for the very best skill age team testing sure for the virus.

The p.c positivity amongst the 19 to 24 age team is now 6%, train Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli talked about Friday. Which implies 6% of residents in that team which have been tested for COVID-19 have tested sure.

The p.c positivity amongst all other age groups is “declining or final flat,” the commissioner talked about final week.

Fresh Jersey has started reopening one of the crucial corporations listed in Stage 3 of its recovery conception with gyms, movie theaters, indoor performing arts venues, and indoor eating at bars and eating locations licensed to reopen earlier this month with means limits and restrictions.

Murphy has talked about he would possibly per chance per chance well also tighten pointers if there are sustained will enhance or if corporations and patrons don’t follow the foundations.

As of Monday morning, there have been bigger than 29 million sure COVID-19 tests all the draw in which thru the globe, in accordance to a working tally by Johns Hopkins University. More than 924,800 of us have died, whereas when it comes to 20 million of us have recovered.

The United States has basically the most sure tests on this planet, at bigger than 6.5 million, and basically the most deaths, at bigger than 194,100.

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