These N.J. hospitals saw the biggest increase in coronavirus patients last month
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
New Jersey’s spike in coronavirus hospitalizations didn’t hit the state equally last month.
Out of 72 hospitals, the 7-day average for total patients hospitalized with confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 rose at 49 of them between Nov. 20 and Nov. 27.
That’s according to data released by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
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The totals echo what the daily totals released by the state have shown since late September. State officials reported 349 patients with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 on Sept. 21. By this Monday, that figure had risen to 3,635 more than 10 times more.
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AS of Dec. 8, Hoboken University Medical Center was treating 28 people for COVID-19, seven of whom were Hoboken residents.
Hoboken officials are asking residents to postpone traveling and limit gatherings this holiday season because the Coronavirus continues to spread COVID 19 at a rate of transmission of 1.12 in New Jersey.
Indoor gatherings among non-household members remain one of the top ways COVID-19 is spreading among residents, according to contact tracing from the Health Department.
“I know it can be disappointing and upsetting to stay home,” said Mayor Ravi Bhalla. “But keeping our family and friends safe, especially those who are elderly and at-risk is the best thing we can do for them during the pandemic.”