Sussex County COVID-19 Vaccine Goal Update: The Latest Numbers

SUSSEX COUNTY, NJ - The rate of COVID-19 vaccinations continues to increase in the Garden State as the much-maligned roll out continues. Officials also unveiled a vaccine tracker to keep current on how many full vaccinated residents are in New Jersey and next week the eligibility will open up further.

The New Jersey Department of Health has logged 6,310,065 vaccine doses administered as of 5 p.m. Thursday, including 3,923,202 who have received both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine and 2,631,691 fully vaccinated people.

In Sussex County the breakdown is 97,321 doses administered which is segmented into 60,469 first doses and 40,043 second doses.

Governor Phil Murphy noted that even with the pause in usage with the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, the overall goal of vaccinating 4.7 million adult New Jerseyans by the end of June remains in place and entirely achievable.

"As of today, doses of Johnson & Johnson have accounted for only 4 percent of the more than 5.6 million total vaccine doses administered in New Jersey," Murphy said last week.

As of Monday, all Garden State residents over 16-years-old are eligible to receive the vaccine.

Some Ways To Find Appointments

Patch has gathered tips that may help for securing vaccine appointments and websites with additional information:

• Join the New Jersey Covid Vaccine Info Facebook group. The group gives New Jerseyans the opportunity to share up-to-date information on vaccine availability.
• Follow VaxxUpdates on Twitter. The page helps Garden State residents secure vaccine appointments with instant updates on availability.
• CVS and Rite Aid began scheduling COVID-19 appointments at locations that will receive vaccines. But appointments fill up quickly. CVS, Rite Aid and Walmart have expanded their number of sites. Read more: CVS Adding 30 COVID-19 Vaccine Sites In New Jersey
• CentraState Healthcare System in Freehold periodically opens registration. They will email a link when you're eligible for an appointment.
• Check out the COVID-19 Vaccine Registration FAQ from RWJBarnabas Health.
You can sign up at their website to be alerted when the vaccine becomes available in your area.
• ShopRite sometimes has a wait time to access its vaccine scheduler, but it allows the public to make appointments.
• New Jersey opened up its own COVID-19 Vaccine Appointment Finder. The beta version is available now, but officials say it will improve and become more useful as supply creeps up to meet demand.

For more vaccine information, visit our New Jersey COVID-19 Vaccination Hub.

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