NEW: All employees in certain health-care facilities and other high-risk congregate settings are required to complete a full vaccination course or undergo regular testing at a minimum of once to twice each week.
 
Full compliance is required by September 7th. The vaccination mandate is applicable to the following employers:
☑️Ancora Psychiatric Hospital
☑️Ann Klein Forensic Center
☑️Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
☑️Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
☑️Paramus Veterans Memorial Home
☑️Menlo Park Veterans Memorial Home

Following yesterday’s announcement by @CDCgov regarding masking, @NJDeptofHealth Commissioner Persichilli and I strongly recommend that both vaccinated and unvaccinated residents wear masks in indoor settings when there is increased risk. Examples of increased risk situations where masks are recommended include:
☑️Crowded indoor settings
☑️Indoor settings involving activities with close contact with others who may not be fully vaccinated

A quick update on yesterday’s @CDCgov guidance: We will keep our indoor mask mandate in place in public settings as we continue to work toward our vaccination goals. To be clear, we’re making incredible progress, but we’re not there yet. Today, New Jersey is top ten in vaccinations and the top five in lowest case count. That’s because of the incredible work millions of New Jerseyans have done to mask up, social distance, and most of all, to make the decision to get vaccinated.

NEW JERSEY #COVID19 NUMBERS:
➡️925 new positive PCR tests
➡️881,635 total PCR tests
➡️242 new positive antigen tests
➡️127,458 total antigen tests The statewide rate of transmission is currently 1.

The positivity rate for the 16,596 PCR tests recorded on May 8th was 4.7%.

A lifetime in the Catholic Church has taught me about our duty to care for “the least of these,” our most vulnerable.

Today, as I visited our community-based vaccine site at St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Cathedral in Paterson, I saw this principle in action. To care for the “least of these” means to center, uplift, and love our most vulnerable.

With our community-based vaccination partnership, we’re bringing the vaccine directly into our underserved communities, ensuring that those hardest hit by this pandemic are not left behind.

NEW JERSEY #COVID19 NUMBERS:
➡️2,201 new positive PCR tests
➡️722,997 total PCR tests
➡️421 new positive antigen tests
➡️91,919 total antigen tests The positivity rate for all PCR tests recorded on March 4th was 7.13% – based on 43,025 PCR tests.

The statewide rate of transmission is 1.06.

2020 challenged us like never before – but as one New Jersey family, we rose to meet the fight against #COVID19 while building a stronger, fairer state for all.

Some highlights:
⚖️Reinstated the millionaires tax – ensuring tax fairness
✂️Announced a middle-class tax rebate 🛍️ Directed hundreds of millions of dollars to support small businesses
🌎Signed nation’s strongest environmental justice law
🍃Unveiled plans to develop #NJWindPort
🚙Established goals and incentives for increased use of plug-in electric vehicles and infrastructure

NEW: We’re reporting 4,664 new positive #COVID19 cases, bringing us to a total of 472,264. The percent positivity for all PCR tests recorded on 12/26 was 15.19 percent.

The statewide rate of transmission is .95.

As of last night:
➡️3,315 patients in our hospitals
➡️615 patients in our ICUs
➡️386 ventilators in use
➡️362 patients discharged yesterday
➡️385 COVID-positive residents admitted yesterday
➡️49 in-hospital deaths yesterday We’re reporting 5,673 new positive #COVID19 cases, meaning a nine-month total of 356,662.

The fewer new cases, the fewer new hospitalizations. We need everyone to keep up with the practices that allowed us to crush the curves.

NEW: We’re reporting 4,350 new positive #COVID19 cases, bringing our cumulative caseload to an unfathomable 346,206 cases.

This pandemic is not even close to being over yet. The positivity rate for all PCR tests recorded on November 28th was 13.68%.

The statewide rate of transmission is 1.08.

This virus continues to spread.

NEW: We’re reporting 2,075 new positive #COVID19 test results, bringing our cumulative total to 256,653.

Since last Thursday, we have recorded 9,524 additional cases – an average of 2,381 each of the past four days. The statewide positivity rate for all tests recorded on November 5th was 7.52%.

The statewide rate of transmission is currently 1.24

NEW: We’ve received 522 new positive #COVID19 test results, for a statewide cumulative total of 208,713.

Ocean and Monmouth counties account for 167 of today’s newly reported cases. We continue to keep our eyes on them. The daily positivity for tests from October 1st was 2.62%.

The statewide rate of transmission is currently 1.27.

The President & his staff acted recklessly in coming to New Jersey knowing that they had been exposed to someone with a confirmed positive test.

We hope that no confirmed cases come out of the event in Bedminster.

This is a matter of humanity, but also of leadership by example. Contact tracing efforts ARE underway following last week’s fundraising event with the President at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster. We are tracing:
☑️206 attendees at the two separate events
☑️19 staff members who were involved in both events

NEW: We’ve received 722 new positive #COVID19 test results, for a statewide cumulative total of 205,275.

The top three counties for new cases are Ocean with 188, Monmouth with 75, and Middlesex with 67. The daily positivity for tests from September 26th was 3%.

The statewide rate of transmission remains 1.15.

NEW: The @NJDeptofHealth dashboard will now report instances of in-school transmission as well as #COVID19 cases identified. The new dash balances:
☑️Transparency and public information
☑️Protecting the privacy of those in our schools

Learn more: covid19.nj.gov Our overarching aim remains ensuring that our schools do not become the epicenter of new outbreaks. We have in place the protocols and guidance to ensure that, when identified, a case is removed as quickly and carefully as possible from the building environment

NEW: We’ve received 561 new positive #COVID19 test results, for a statewide cumulative total of 204,107.

We continue to see the statewide number driven in large part by significant new cases coming out of Ocean County. The daily positivity for tests from September 24th was 2.48%.

The statewide rate of transmission is currently 1.12

NEW: We’ve received 612 new positive #COVID19 test results, pushing our statewide cumulative total since March 4th to 202,100. The daily positivity for tests from September 21st was 2.22%.

The statewide rate of transmission remains 1.15

NEW: We’ve received 430 new positive #COVID19 test results, pushing our statewide cumulative total since March 4th to 200,988. The daily positivity for tests from September 19th was 1.93%.

The statewide rate of transmission is 1.15

Tomorrow, the Senate and Assembly are scheduled to vote on the next state budget.

All-in-all, I am proud of the budget that we have agreed upon.

This budget lives up to our most-important objective: preparing our state for a stronger, fairer, more resilient future. Our agreed upon budget:
☑️Protects increased investments in our public education system, pre-K, tuition assistance, and job-training programs
☑️Invests in key infrastructure to provide cleaner air and water, and better transportation

NEW: We’ve received 396 new positive #COVID19 test results, pushing our statewide cumulative total since March 4th to 200,154. The daily positivity for tests from September 17th was 1.81%.

The statewide rate of transmission is 1.12

NEW: We’ve received 519 new positive #COVID19 test results, pushing our statewide cumulative total since March 4th to 198,848. The daily positivity for tests from September 14th was 2.19%.

The statewide rate of transmission is 1.08