N.J. reports 1,227 COVID cases, 14 deaths. Daily positive tests down more than 30% since last month.

New Jersey health officials reported another 1,227 COVID-19 cases and 14 confirmed deaths on Wednesday as positive tests dropped more than 30% since last month.

The statewide rate of transmission was 0.95 on Wednesday, up from 0.92 on Sunday, state health officials reported. A transmission rate of 1 means the number of cases have leveled off, while anything above 1 indicates the outbreak is expanding.

The state’s seven-day average for confirmed coronavirus positive cases is 1,257 — a 5% decrease from a week ago and a 33% decrease from a month ago.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doesn’t currently deem any of the state’s 21 counties to be in the “high” risk category for coronavirus transmission.

Cumberland and Mercer counties are designated “low” risk, while the other 19 counties are considered “medium” risk.

There were 1,150 patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases reported across the state’s 71 hospitals as of Tuesday night. Of those hospitalized, 117 are in intensive care and 43 are on ventilators.

The statewide positivity rate for tests conducted Saturday, the most recent day for which data is available, was 11.59%.

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.

TOTAL NUMBERS

New Jersey has reported 2.3 million total confirmed COVID-19 cases since it announced its first known case on March 4, 2020.

The Garden State has also recorded 427,936 positive antigen or rapid tests, which are considered probable cases, as of Wednesday. There are also numerous cases that were likely never counted, including at-home positive tests that are not included in the state’s numbers.

The state of 9.2 million residents has reported 34,877 COVID-19 deaths — 31,761 confirmed fatalities and 3,116 probable ones as of Wednesday.

New Jersey has the ninth-most coronavirus deaths per capita in the U.S. — behind Mississippi, Arizona, Oklahoma, Alabama, West Virginia, Arkansas, New Mexico, Tennessee and — as of Monday. Last summer, the state had the most deaths per capita in the nation.

VACCINATION NUMBERS

More than 7.1 million people who work, live or study in New Jersey have reached fully vaccinated status. More than 7.96 million have received a first dose since vaccinations began in the state on Dec. 15, 2020.

More than 4.3 million people in the state eligible for boosters have received one.

GLOBAL NUMBERS

There have been more than 628 million COVID-19 cases reported across the globe as of Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins University’s coronavirus database. More than 6.5 million people have died because of the virus, the data shows.

The U.S. has reported the most cumulative cases (more than 97 million) and deaths (at least 1.06 million) of any nation.

There have been more than 12.8 billion vaccine doses administered globally.

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