COVID In Hudson County: Numbers, Tests, And Trends This Week
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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — While COVID hospitalizations statewide declined from last week, New Jersey patients are on ventilators at close to the same rate.
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As of Friday, Jan. 21, the state's 71 hospitals reported that they were treating 4,826 COVID positive patients, down from the 5,835 and 5,621 reported the last two Fridays. Of the patients currently in hospitals, 511 are getting breathing help from a ventilator. Previous week's numbers were 524 and 419.
For comparison, back in September, 124 people were on ventilators in New Jersey hospitals.
In Hudson County on Friday, Jan. 21, the COVID death toll was 2,327, up 42 from the previous week. On Friday, Jan. 14, the total Hudson County death toll had been 2,285, up by 59 residents since the previous week. Thus, the death rate per week is declining.
Also, a cumulative 145,589 cases were reported countywide on Friday, up from 138,397 cases and 123,150 cases over the last two weeks. Cumulative hospitalizations in Hudson County since the start of the pandemic are now 8,276, up from 8,166 a week ago. Thus, 110 people were hospitalized in Hudson County with COVID over the past week.
In New Jersey on Friday, three hospital emergency rooms were on "divert status" due either to patient volume or staff being out sick, down from four at the end of last week.
Pharmacies, government clinics, doctor's offices, and the state have offered places to get a free test or a vaccine.
There are also new ways to get or find a test. The state has opened a new statewide testing center in East Orange. Find out about local sites below.
In Hoboken, Jersey City, Secaucus, and Hudson County
In Hoboken, appointments to be vaccinated or get a test via the city can be booked online at www.hobokennj.gov/vaccine or at www.hobokennj.gov/testing.
In Jersey City, the city has posted an updated list of local free testing sites. See that list here.
Find out about Jersey City testing with Bespoke here.
The township of North Bergen recently added testing sites. Find out more here.
Find out about Secaucus sites here.
The county of Hudson recently announced that it is adding vaccination sites at county parks in North Bergen and Bayonne.
Hudson County also has a vaccination center here.
New State Website
New Jersey health officials have launched a website where people can search for COVID-19 testing facilities near them or across the state. Users are advised to double check the accuracy of the hours, and eligibility, by calling the site before heading over. Go to the site here.
Tests are available to anyone in New Jersey; insurance isn’t needed.
In addition, the New Jersey Department of Health and Vault Medical Services have partnered to offer a an at-home COVID-19 saliva test kit that is available to every New Jerseyan who thinks they need a test. However, tests have run out some days because of demand. Learn more here. To order the kit, click here.
According to the state website:
“The kit will be shipped through UPS with next-day delivery. Once received, you will connect over Zoom with a Vault healthcare professional who will walk you through the test and answer your questions. When complete, the test can be sent back in a prepaid package via UPS next-day shipping. You will receive your test results 24 to 48 hours after your sample arrives at the lab. You will not be charged for the test, and you will not be asked for your credit card information.”
The state says: You can find a list of free public testing locations in New Jersey by county at https://t.co/bQkjIBA6hu, with additional sites to be added.
— NJDOH (@NJDeptofHealth) December 21, 2021
U.S. Death Toll: 863,000
Medical professionals say that breakthrough COVID-19 cases caused by the new omicron variant — infections among the vaccinated — are less common among people who have received their third vaccination shot, and that for vaccinated people who do get the virus, symptoms are often less severe. But public health officials are concerned that hospitalizations are increasing nationwide, and staff are out sick, as well.
In America, more than, 863,000 people have died of COVID since the start of the pandemic. The daily death rate is highest right now in these states.
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