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N.J. reports 1,130 COVID cases, 16 deaths. Multiple indicators suggest transmission is slowing. - NJ.com
Oct 17, 2021 1 min, 26 secs
New Jersey on Sunday reported another 1,130 COVID-19 cases and five confirmed deaths as the state’s seven-day average for new positive tests continues to drop, along with the statewide rates of positivity and transmission.

There were 814 people hospitalized with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases across 65 of New Jersey’s 71 hospitals as of Saturday night, according to state data, down from 897 the night before.

More than 5.97 million people who live, work or study in New Jersey — a state of about 9.2 million residents — have now been fully vaccinated.

Phil Murphy said this week more than 75% of those eligible in the state have been fully vaccinated.

Officials also said this week there have now been 33,963 breakthrough COVID-19 cases among those fully vaccinated in the state.

20-26, no coronavirus deaths in the state occurred among fully vaccinated people.

Through the first several weeks of the school year, districts in New Jersey have reported at least 96 in-school outbreaks, for a total of 521 cases as of Wednesday.

New Jersey, an early epicenter of the pandemic, has now reported 27,725 total COVID-19 deaths in slightly more than 19 months — 24,922 confirmed and 2,803 considered probable, according to the state dashboard.

The state has reported 1,026,591 total confirmed cases out of the more than 15.74 million PCR tests conducted since it announced its first case March 4, 2020.

As of Friday, at least 8,582 of the state’s COVID-19 deaths have been among residents and staff members at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, according to state data.

As of Sunday, there have been more than 240.5 million positive COVID-19 cases reported across the globe, according to Johns Hopkins University, with more than 4.89 million people having died due to the virus.

has reported the most cases (more than 44.91 million) and deaths (approximately 724,166) than any other nation.

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