The state’s seven-day average for confirmed positive tests is 1,809, down 11% from a week ago and up 55% from a month ago.
There were 1,487 patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases reported across the state’s 70 hospitals Wednesday night. Of those hospitalized, 160 are in intensive care and 56 are on ventilators.
The CDC considers positivity rates above 10% to be “high.” New Jersey’s statewide positivity rate is substantially lower than its peak of 40.83% on Jan. 1 during the height of the omicron variant.New Jersey has reported more than 2.4 million total confirmed COVID-19 cases since it announced its first known case on March 4, 2020.
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