New Jersey's seven-day average for confirmed cases was 2,051 on Friday, down 9% from a week ago, and down 48% from a month ago.
that revealed even a mild case of COVID-19 can significantly affect the brain. Long COVID — the term commonly used to describe symptoms stemming from the virus long after a person no longer tests positive — has been found to affect between 10% and 30% of those who contract the infection, regardless of whether they have a mild or serious case.
In New Jersey, that would mean that roughly 600,000 of the more than 2 million who have tested positive for COVID since the onset of the pandemic either have or have had long COVID.More than 6.93 million people who live, work or study in New Jersey have received the initial course of vaccinations and more than 7.8 million have received a first dose since vaccinations began here on Dec. 15, 2020.
More than 3.97 million people in the state eligible for boosters have received one. That number may rise after the . U.S. regulators authorized the booster for kids hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection as infections continue to spread.At least 9,195 of the state’s COVID-19 deaths have been among residents and staff members at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, according toThere were active outbreaks at 353 facilities, resulting in 4,492 current cases among residents and 4,244 cases among staff, as of the latest data.
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