New Jersey reported 3,998 new coronavirus cases and 15 additional deaths Sunday, while hospitalizations rose for the 23rd consecutive day as the pandemic continues to engulf the state just days before Thanksgiving gatherings.

The update comes as COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations continue to surge in the United States, and lines at testing sites have increased dramatically.

New Jersey has now announced 306,007 total positive tests out of more than 5.6 million administered since the start of the outbreak in March.

The state of 9 million residents has reported 16,761 coronavirus deaths, including 14,949 confirmed fatalities and 1,812 considered probable.

There were 2,568 patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases in New Jersey’s 71 hospitals as of Saturday night.

Thirteen of 21 counties reported at least 100 new cases Sunday, led by Bergen (403), Hudson (360) and Essex (340) counties.

The state did not announce when the 15 newly reported deaths occurred.

There were 2,568 patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases across New Jersey’s 71 hospitals as of Saturday night.

New Jersey’s latest transmission rate of 1.35 is down from the 1.38 reported Saturday.

Although hundreds of school districts have announced coronavirus cases and dozens of New Jersey schools have temporarily shut down since the start of the school year, state health officials have said 56 schools have had confirmed COVID-19 outbreaks.

The state’s dashboard shows 239 cases in those 56 schools, but those numbers only include confirmed in-school transmissions.

Broken down by age, those 30 to 49 years old make up the largest percentage of New Jersey residents who have caught the virus (31.6%), followed by those 50-64 (24.6%), 18-29 (18.5%), 65-79 (11.7%), 80 and older (7.0%), 5-17 (5.4%), and 0-4 (1.1%).

Nearly half the state’s COVID-19 deaths have been among residents 80 and older (47.1%), followed by those 65-79 (32.2%), 50-64 (16%), 30-49 (4.3%), 18-29 (0.4%), 5-17 (0%) and 0-4 (0.02%).

At least 7,274 of the state’s COVID-19 deaths have been among residents and staff members at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.

As of Sunday morning, there have been more than 58.3 million positive COVID-19 tests across the globe, according to a running tally by Johns Hopkins University.

The United States has the most positive tests in the world, with 12.1 million, and the most deaths, at more than 255,000.