The state’s seven-day average for confirmed coronavirus positive cases is 1,334 — a 7% decrease from a week ago and a 9% decrease from a month ago.
Sixteen counties are considered to have “medium” risk of transmission: Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Essex, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren.
There were 1,139 patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases reported across the state’s 71 hospitals as of Monday night. Of those hospitalized, 113 are in intensive care and 43 are on ventilators. The CDC considers positivity rates above 10% to be “high.” New Jersey’s statewide 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 it announced its first known case on March 4, 2020.
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