By Matt Arco | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Deaths from the coronavirus New Jersey climbed to 4,202 on Sunday, while total cases rose to 85,301, as state officials confirmed 132 new fatalities and 3,915 new positive tests.
“Sadly, we’ve lost another 132 New Jerseyans,” Gov. Phil Murphy said in an afternoon tweet. “We’ve now lost a total of 4,202 souls to #COVID19.”
Murphy did not host a daily briefing on Sunday, as has been the practice in recent weeks. The numbers on the outbreak were released on the state Department of Health coronavirus page.
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The number of deaths associated with New Jersey’s long-term care facilities continued to increase Sunday, with 1,730 fatalities. There are 420 facilities with at least one coronavirus case.
it was the fourth consecutive day the number of patients in the hospital for coronavirus declined. M
The state had 7,495 patients hospitalized for coronavirus or suspected of having the virus as of 10 p.m. Saturday, down from a high of 8,293 on Tuesday. Of those hospitalized, 1,940 are in critical or intensive care and 1,628 are on ventilators.
State officials reported 85,387 negative tests to date. There’s at least 13 towns in New Jersey with more than 1,000 coronavirus cases.
The county-by-county breakdown of cases includes:
- Bergen County: 12,639 with 767 deaths
- Hudson County: 10,486 with 452 deaths
- Essex County: 10,304 with 740 deaths
- Union County: 9,609 with 372 deaths
- Passaic County: 8,288 with 250 deaths
- Middlesex County: 8,017 with 329 deaths
- Monmouth County: 4,669 with 226 deaths
- Ocean County: 4,648 with 217 deaths
- Morris County: 4,136 with 257 deaths
- Mercer County: 2,395 with 113 deaths
- Somerset County: 2,384 with 158 deaths
- Camden County: 2,131 with 74 deaths
- Burlington County: 1,587 with 58 deaths
- Gloucester County: 737 with 24 deaths
- Sussex County: 659 with 62 deaths
- Warren County: 592 with 44 deaths
- Hunterdon County: 407 with 18 deaths
- Atlantic County: 398 with 19 deaths
- Cumberland County: 308 with 4 deaths
- Cape May County: 206 with 14 deaths
- Salem County: 116 with 4 deaths
Another 585 positive tests are under investigation to determine where the person resides.
Coronavirus cases as of Sunday, April 19
| LOCATION | CASES | DEATHS |
|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 85,301 | 4,202 |
| New York State | 242,786 | 14,832 |
| New York City | 127,000 | 13,157 |
| Pennsylvania | 32,284 | 1,112 |
| Philadelphia | 9,214 | 365 |
| United States | 742,442 | 39,291 |
| Worldwide | 2,374,141 | 163,372 |
Note: Data includes positive cases of COVID-19 reported by the CDC, state health officials and other health agencies since Jan. 21. New York State totals include New York City. Pennsylvania totals include Philadelphia. Updated: April 19 at 2:10 p.m.Table: Len Melisurgo | NJ Advance Media Source: Johns Hopkins Univ., nymag.com, Philadelphia Health Dept., State Health Departments in NJ, NY, PAGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper
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It’s difficult to get a complete picture of exactly how many people in New Jersey currently have COVID-19 because officials say testing has been backed up for up to 14 days. The state also is not reporting significant increases in daily testing, so it is unclear exactly how quickly the virus is spreading.
The state also provided a county-by-county breakdown of cases and deaths at long-term care facilities:
- Atlantic County: 8 facilities with 58 total cases and 7 deaths
- Bergen County: 55 facilities with 2,165 total cases and 415 deaths
- Burlington County: 17 facilities with 376 total cases and 33 deaths
- Camden County: 16 facilities with 322 total cases and 51 deaths
- Cape May County: 4 facilities with 59 total cases and 9 deaths
- Cumberland County: 2 facilities with 3 total cases and no 0 deaths
- Essex County: 39 facilities 1,103 total cases and 224 deaths
- Gloucester County: 7 facilities with 56 total cases and 10 deaths
- Hudson County: 12 facilities with 396 total cases and 69 deaths
- Hunterdon County: 4 facilities with 170 total cases and 23 deaths
- Mercer County: 20 facilities with 431 total cases and 45 deaths
- Middlesex County: 38 facilities with 936 total cases and 163 deaths
- Monmouth County: 43 facilities with 879 total cases and 130 deaths
- Morris County: 36 facilities with 865 total cases and 156 deaths
- Ocean County: 34 facilities with 622 total cases and 50 deaths
- Passaic County: 19 facilities with 523 total cases and 91 deaths
- Salem County: 2 facilities with 20 total cases and 1 death
- Somerset County: 27 facilities with 597 total cases and 73 deaths
- Sussex County: 5 facilities with 178 total cases and 48 deaths
- Union County: 26 facilities with 550 total cases and 105 deaths
- Warren County: 6 facilities with 191 total cases and 27 deaths
The new numbers came a day after Murphy said the state is making progress, with data showing the curve of deaths and hospitalizations is “flattening.”
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