From NJ Spotlight
- New Jersey officials reported an additional 1,171 confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, for a statewide cumulative total of 158,844.
- By counties, the most new positive results were reported in Middlesex (101), Essex (98), Passaic (95), Monmouth (86) and Mercer (85).
- At the other end of the spectrum, a total of 37 new cases were reported in Cape May, Salem, Hunterdon, Warren and Sussex counties combined.
- Total COVID-19 deaths among New Jersey residents stand at 11,531, with an additional 131 confirmed fatalities reported today.The order of the counties with the most deaths remained the same: Essex (1,647), Bergen (1,567), Hudson (1,168), Union (1,060) and Middlesex (972).
- Globally, more than 360,000 have died, led by the United States, with more than 102,000 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center.
- According to data reported by all 71 hospitals in the state, 2,707 patients were being treated for confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 as of last night, a decrease.720 of the current patients were in critical or intensive care, a second day where that number fell below 750.
- 544, or roughly 76% of those in critical care units, required ventilators.
- Regionally, 1,324 patients were in hospitals in the north, 776 in central Jersey and 607 in the south.
- Of those, 183 were new patients as of yesterday, roughly half the number reported the day before, and the first decline in three days.
- 231 COVID-19 patients were discharged, either to their homes or other care facilities.
- In comparison with other states, New Jersey is the highest in hospitalizations per capita, fourth in deaths per capita, and eighth in new daily cases per capita, according to the Murphy administration. (Above chart.)
- The daily, or spot, positivity rate of COVID-19 tests on May 26 stood unchanged at 6% statewide.Results of more than 716,411 tests have now been reported to state officials, including negatives, reflecting a significant boost in testing capacity in New Jersey.
- Some 26,000 tests were conducted on Wednesday alone.
- NJ Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli reported that the numbers of children with a rare and serious pediatric inflammatory ailment often referred to as Kawasaki disease had held steady, at 26, with no deaths.She also said preliminary data indicates the syndrome hits children of differently races at rates disproportionate to the ethnic composition of the state as a whole, with black children making up roughly 27% of cases and Hispanic children, nearly 30%.
- A total of 4,858 deaths among residents at 537 nursing homes and other long-term care centers in New Jersey have been laboratory confirmed as cases of COVID-19.LTCs in the state are reporting a cumulative total of 21,650 positive cases among residents, and 10,447 among staffers.
- They are also reporting the deaths of 105 staffers.
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