N.J. reviews 7 COVID deaths, 774 instances as U.S. lifts journey restrictions for vacationers

New Jersey reported an additional 774 on Monday COVID-19 Cases and seven deaths as that US lifted travel restrictions from a long list of countries including Mexico, Canada and most of Europe.

The Garden State’s seven-day average for confirmed positive tests is 1,071, 5% less than a week ago and 26% from a month.

The nationwide transmission rate was 1.0 at 1.1 after two days. Any transmission rate above 1 means that every infected person will pass the virus on to at least one other person.

As of Sunday evening, New Jersey hospitals had hospitalized 627 patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases with COVID-19, even though two of the state’s 71 hospitals did not report patient information.

In the 24 hours leading up to Sunday evening, at least 67 patients were discharged. Of those hospitalized at the facilities reporting data, 144 were in intensive care, 70 of whom were on ventilators.

The nationwide positivity rate for tests performed on Wednesday, the last available day, was 3.08%.

New Jersey’s numbers have steadily improved over the past few weeks. But the weather is getting colder and the holiday season is approaching, prompting officials to warn that more people could congregate indoors and the numbers could rise again.

New Jersey, an early epicenter of the pandemic, has now reported a total of 28,092 COVID-19 deaths – 25,274 confirmed and 2,818 considered likely – in the more than 20 months since the outbreak began. The probable deaths, which are revised weekly, increased by two deaths on Monday.

The state has third most common coronavirus deaths per capita in the US behind Mississippi and Alabama.

New Jersey has reported a total of 1,050,219 confirmed cases of more than 15.9 million PCR tests performed since the first case was announced on March 4, 2020. The state has also reported more than 158,102 positive antigen or rapid tests that are considered likely cases.

The delta variant of the virus, which is more contagious than previous variants, now represents 100% of all cases in circulation, said State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli.

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More than 6 million people who live, work or study in New Jersey – a state of approximately 9.2 million people – are now fully vaccinated. government Phil Murphy said that more than 75% of eligible people in the state were fully vaccinated before vaccines were available for children ages 5 to 12. This brought 760,000 children to the eligible population.

“As of this morning, 9,116 ages 5-11 have received their first dose,” Murphy said Monday. “So we strongly recommend that all parents have their child vaccinated against COVID.”

He said that increased vaccinations for younger students could ultimately make it safe to drop mask requirements in schools.

“When I look back on our announcement last summer that our schools would start the school year with a mask requirement … one of the reasons was that our youngest students were not eligible for vaccinations,” Murphy said. “Well, now they are. And with every child who is vaccinated and who enters a classroom with a vaccinated educator and sits down among his vaccinated peers, the closer we come to this requirement. “

More than 7.3 million people in the state have received at least one dose and approximately 750,000 people have received a third dose or booster dose.

As of Monday, there were a total of 44,955 cases in people who were fully vaccinated, resulting in 1,002 hospitalizations and 258 deaths, although that represents a small percentage of the total.

From October 17 through October 24, the state had 11,615 positive tests. Of these, 1,924 were from fully vaccinated individuals and these cases resulted in 29 hospitalizations (out of a total of 762) and no deaths (out of a total of 132).

Ten of New Jersey’s 21 counties are listed as such “High” transmission rates of the coronavirus, while 11 are listed according to the US Centers for the Control and Prevention of Disease Control and Prevention of “Significant” Transmission. The CDC recommends that all people in countries with high and significant transmission, regardless of vaccination status, wear indoor public masks.

State officials also reported 11 additional outbreaks at the school on Thursday related to 79 cases among staff and students. For the first two months of the school year, New Jersey counties reported a total of 148 outbreaks in the school for a total of 794 cases, although that number is cumulative and does not reflect active cases.

The state also reported 11 new outbreaks the week before. Every county except Burlington and Warren has reported at least one school outbreak. The total of 715 cases is cumulative and does not reflect any active cases.

School outbreaks are defined as three or more cases where contact tracing is found to have been transmitted between staff or students while attending school. They do not include the total number of cases among employees and students.

At least 8,657 of the state’s COVID-19 deaths were loud among residents and employees of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities Status data. Active outbreaks have occurred in 129 facilities, resulting in 656 current cases among residents and 553 among staff.

As of Monday, more than 250 million positive COVID-19 cases were reported worldwide Johns Hopkins University, with more than 5 million people dying from the virus. The US has reported the most cases (more than 46 million) and deaths (more than 754,000) of any nation.

More than 7.2 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide.

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Brent Johnson can be contacted at bjohnson@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter at @ johnsb01.