Hudson County's COVID Cases: This Week's Updates

Hoboken NJ

27 February, 2021

5:29 PM

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — New data has been released that shows the coronavirus continues to have a major impact on Hudson County. On Friday, the county reported 63,044 confirmed cases and 1,820 confirmed deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. That's a 2.7 percent increase in cases since a week ago, and an 1.8 percent in deaths since a week ago. Last Friday, the county reported 61,386 cases and a death toll of 1,788. Thus, while the rate of new cases is slowing since the new year, the pandemic continues to be a factor. The disease's impact is reflected in the state Department of Health's most recent "COVID-19 Activity Level Report," which is issued weekly. If the county is in the "orange" zone, it means it has a rate of 10 to 25 cases per 100,000 people. "Yellow" means the county has a rate 1 to 10 cases per 100,000 people. If the overall activity is at an "orange" level, state officials say, school districts in those counties would have to take more serious steps — such as quarantining or even shutting down schools — if a child shows the symptoms of COVID-19. "When it is high risk, there are some recommendations that we make together with local school boards," said Edward Lifshitz, medical director for the state Department of Health. Indeed, a number of school districts still provide remote instruction even as the rate of new daily cases has dropped in recent weeks. State and national deaths and hospitalizations On Wednesday, the state of New Jersey reported 57 new confirmed deaths from the virus in 24 hours, and 2,070 people battling the virus in hospitals. New Jersey has confirmed 55 cases in New Jersey of the U.K. variant of the virus.While the daily death toll in New Jersey is not as high as it was in the early months of the pandemic, it's also higher than in fall. Back on Sept. 7, there were two deaths reported statewide in 24 hours.As of this week, more than 500,000 Americans had died of the virus. (You can see which states had the highest death toll in the past week on this CDC map.)Local coronavirus news This week, sources confirmed that one man died in a coronavirus outbreak at a Hoboken men's housing facility. Twenty out of 44 men who agreed to be tested there were positive for the virus. Read more here.Here are updated links to places to get vaccinated in Hudson County and Hoboken: Hudson County vaccination sites. Here are statewide coronavirus resources: NJ COVID-19 Information Hub: https://covid19.nj.gov/General COVID-19 questions: 2-1-1NJ COVID-19 hotline: (800) 222-1222 Got news? Email [email protected]. Got photos? Please include express written permission from the photographer for us to use them. To be the first to get free news alerts with breaking stories in your town, or to get a free local newsletter each morning, sign up for Patch breaking news alerts or daily newsletters.