NEW JERSEY – New Jersey reported zero new confirmed COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday for the first time in nearly a year and a half, another sign of progress as the state continues to push for vaccination and its recovery from the crisis brought on by the pandemic. .
NEW JERSEY #COVID19 UPDATE:
➡️145 new positive PCR tests
➡️894,007 total positive PCR tests
➡️54 new positive antigen tests
➡️130,458 total positive antigen tests
➡️0 new confirmed deaths
➡️23,774 total confirmed deaths
➡️2,703 probable deathshttps://t.co/JW1q8awGh7 pic.twitter.com/iIJxQEDjwn— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) July 6, 2021
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Before Tuesday, the Garden State has been reporting every day since March 17, 2020 at least one new virus-related death and up to hundreds a day at other times. That was the week after the state’s first COVID death was reported and two weeks after its first case was reported.
Total hospitalizations remain below 300, while the State now reports daily case counts below 200, and even less than this on a regular basis. Two weeks ago, Gov. Phil Murphy reported zero new hospital deaths for the first time since July 30, 2020, a fact he attributed entirely to the surge in people vaccinated and urged more residents to get the doses.
To date, more than five million New Jerseyans are fully vaccinated, state data shows. Almost 64% of people between the ages of 18 and 64 are immunized, while more than 85% of people 65 and older are as well.
On the other hand, New York has also seen core viral rates drop in the past two months as vaccination rates have risen, although the rate of dosing has dropped in the past six weeks.
New York is regularly experiencing pandemic record lows in core viral metrics, though recently it has seen some spikes in low-vaccination rate areas.
An average of 365 people tested positive each day during the seven-day period ending Thursday, according to state data. That’s 17% more than 312 a week ago.
It’s not clear exactly why, but the data shows the numbers are increasing even as fewer tests are done. The State took an average of 75,500 COVID-19 tests in the seven days through Thursday, up from nearly 87,000 the week before.
Experts believe that the highly communicable delta variant is causing new outbreaks in parts of the state and parts of the country where immunization rates are low.
That strain, which first devastated India before spreading globally, is now the second most dominant COVID variant in New York City, surpassing two others in the past week. US officials believe that it will soon become the dominant strain in the United States as well, although evidence shows that existing vaccines protect against it.
New York State has now fully vaccinated 66% of its adult population, while the five counties, the epicenter of the pandemic, have fully immunized about 63.2% of its adult population.
New York City will hold its first parade in nearly two years on Wednesday, an exciting ride through the “Canyon of Heroes” honoring first responders, healthcare personnel, grocery workers and others who helped guide the city through the worst public health crisis it – and the nation – experienced in more than a century.
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