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In New Jersey, there have been 15 COVID deaths and 3,242 cases

Discover the latest COVID-19 update in New Jersey: 15 deaths and 3,242 cases recorded, with hospitals experiencing a three-month high. Learn about the transmission rates and vaccination efforts in the state. Stay informed about the impact of COVID-19 on schools and nursing homes, and gain insights into global statistics.

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On Thursday, hospitals in New Jersey recorded 3,242 COVID-19 positive checks and 15 deaths, a three-month high.

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The state's weekly confirmed case average was 3,043 on Thursday, down 21% from the previous week but up 40% from a 30 day period earlier.

The transmission rate on Wednesday was 1. Cases have stabilised when the transmission rate is one.

As of Wednesday night, 71 hospitals in New Jersey had recorded 928 coronavirus infections, the most since Feb. 22 as the winter omicron variant wave retreated.

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There were 117 hospitalised patients in ICU and 46 on ventilators. 180 people were freed in the previous 24 hours, according to government figures.

The favourable rating on Saturday was 16.12 percent.

According to the CDC, the transmission rates in 

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Sussex, Salem, Ocean, Morris, Monmouth, Mercer, Gloucester, Cape May, Camden, Burlington, and Atlantic counties are "high."

The CDC advises that people in high-risk districts use masks indoors and on public movement and stay vaccinated.

Medium-risk counties include Warren, Somerset, Union, Passaic, Middlesex, Hunterdon, Hudson, Essex, Cumberland, and Bergen. Masks need not be worn at medium or low places.

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Since its first case on March 4, 2020, New Jersey has accounted 2,061,154 definite COVID-19 cases in addition to 17.8 million polymerase chain reaction (PCR ) tests.

In addition, Garden State have filed 341,738 potential rapid testing. Numerous occurrences, including at-home positive tests, have very certainly gone uncounted.

The 9.2 million-person state reported 33,742 COVID-19 fatalities, 30,673 confirmed and 3,069 probable.

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Coronavirus deaths per capita in New Jersey rank ninth in the United States, below Mississippi, Arizona, Oklahoma, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, and West Virginia. Last summer, the state had the highest per capita fatality rate.

According to a new study, even a small incidence of COVID-19 may impair the brain. Long COVID affects 10 to 30% of those who get the condition, whether it is mild or severe. 600,000 of the more than 2 million persons in New Jersey who have tested positive for COVID since the pandemic have or have had long-term COVID.

More than 6.93 million of New Jersey's 8.46 million eligible people have received the first round of immunizations, and more than 7.8 million have received a first dose since December 15, 2020.

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Boosters are available for more than 3.79 million eligible Texans. On Tuesday, the FDA approved booster shots for healthy children aged 5 to 11. As diseases resurface, US regulators have authorised a booster immunisation for children.

57.8 percent of schools reported 10,948 COVID-19 instances among professionals (3,066) and students (3,948) for the week ending May 22. (7,882).

Since the start of the school year, New Jersey has had 135,409 students and 40,649 school professionals contract COVID-19, but no more than two-thirds of school districts have provided information in any given week.

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Total student and staff cases are reported separately from in-school transmission cases, which are linked by contact tracing.

In New Jersey, there were 924 in-school outbreaks, with 6,631 student and staff infections. Since May 31, there have been 48 new outbreaks. There were 69 school breakouts the previous week.

According to state records, there were at least 9,122 COVID-19 deaths among nursing home patients and personnel.

There were active outbreaks in 363 facilities, resulting in 4,031 resident infections and 3,702 staff cases.

According to Johns Hopkins University, there were 531 million COVID-19 cases and 6.29 million fatalities globally as of Thursday.

The United States has the highest number of cases (84.4 million) and deaths (1,007,735)

11.38 billion Vaccine doses have been administered globally.

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