Health & Fitness
Community COVID Transmission 'High' In Bergen County: CDC
The CDC reported 1,242 new cases of the coronavirus in the last week.
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Community COVID transmission remains high in Bergen County, the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows.
Seven-day metrics from the CDC show that the county recorded 1,242 new cases this week, an uptick of less than 1 percent.
CDC metrics show that 75 percent of the eligible population in the county is vaccinated.
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Hospitalization saw an uptick in the county, however, as the 95 new admissions in the last week are a 20 percent increase.
The delta variant remains the prevailing strain of the virus in the state, accounting for nearly 97 percent of all variants sequenced in the last four weeks.
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County Executive Jim Tedesco released a COVID-19 update this week with updated community case totals.
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