2,631 COVID-19 cases, raising the total to
955,966. The rate of positivity is at .
94, below the benchmark of one.
There were
27,323.
2,261 hospitalizations;
241 patients were on ventilators.
N.J.'s vaccine shipment drops
Officials warn there will be fewer vaccine doses shipped to the state, especially of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
“We received a large infusion of J&J at the end of March,” said state Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli. “But the sense we have from the federal government is that for the short term our allocation of J&J will be severely restricted for the next several weeks.”
Last week, New Jersey received 550,000 vaccine doses. This week, the state will get 466,000 representing a 15% drop in shipments. The number of J&J doses will also plummets from 131,000 doses to 15,600 doses, an 88% drop.