New Jersey's seven-day average for confirmed cases was 813 on Saturday, up 25% from a week ago, but still down 22% from a month ago.
deaths and 917 positive tests. Hospitalization rates rose again as the stealth omicron subvariant continues to spread in New Jersey.
The statewide transmission rate was 0.96 on Saturday. Any rate below 1 indicates the outbreak is on the decline with each new case leading to fewer than one additional case. When the rate is 1, that means the outbreak has leveled off at its current numbers. The Garden State has also recorded 299,767 positive antigen or rapid tests, which are considered probable cases. And there are numerous cases that have likely never been counted, including at-home positive tests that are not included in the state’s numbers.
Since the start of the academic year, there have been 101,496 students and 28,417 school staff members who have contracted COVID-19 in New Jersey, though the state has never had more than two-thirds of the school districts reporting data in any week.
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