Hudson County COVID Numbers And Trends This Week

HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — Deaths from coronavirus in Hudson County have slowed but have not stopped, according to the weekly numbers from the state. Meanwhile, there was good news Friday: Gov. Phil Murphy announced that 3 million people have been fully vaccinated in New Jersey. This news came on the one-year anniversary of the state's largest one-day death toll from the virus: 460 New Jerseyans from April 29 to April 30, 2020.

As of this Friday, 2,005 Hudson County residents have passed away from the virus since the pandemic reached the United States. This was 14 new fatalities since a week ago, when the toll was 1,991.

The previous week, Hudson County had lost 18 residents to coronavirus. And the week before that, 25 residents passed away due to the virus.

As of Friday, total hospitalizations in Hudson County due to the virus since the start of the pandemic were 6,417, and total cases were 77,599, a number the state adjusted this week to remove any duplicate cases. This is a downward adjustment from last Friday's count of 78,104 cases. It's higher than the total of 76,100 the week before that.

The disease’s impact is reflected in the state Department of Health's most recent "COVID-19 Activity Level Report," issued weekly. The report influences whether schools go remote or change their schedules, as well as other factors.

Find out up-to-date information on the types of vaccines and where to get vaccinated in Hudson County here.

It's not over

While the vaccination rollout continues, the virus is still taking lives.

• In New Jersey on Thursday, there were 20 new deaths reported from coronavirus since the day before. The state has seen a total of 22,904 fatalities from the virus.
• 1,768 people were hospitalized with the virus in New Jersey as of Wednesday, 375 of those in critical care. This is down from 2,261 people a week ago Monday.
• The state's daily death toll has not declined to the level of Sept. 8, when only 2 deaths were reported in one day.
• New Jersey's peak daily death toll on April 30, 2020 was 460 fatalities reported in one day. The numbers then steadily dropped during the shutdowns in the summer, until September, when they began rising again.
• As of Friday, across the country, approximately 575,270 Americans have died of the virus, 5,000 more than a week earlier.
• You can see which states had the highest death toll in the past week on this CDC map, and see how each county is doing with this CDC link.

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Here are statewide coronavirus resources:

• NJ COVID-19 Information Hub: https://covid19.nj.gov/
• General COVID-19 questions: 2-1-1
• NJ COVID-19 hotline: (800) 222-1222

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