Health & Fitness
Woodbridge Just Logged Highest Case Count In History Of Pandemic
However, while the number of new cases is very high, the death toll is not:
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Ever since the pandemic first began nearly two years ago, this week Woodbridge logged its highest case count ever, announced Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac on Thursday.
Woodbridge recorded 619 new cases of coronavirus this week, the highest amount ever logged.
And it's only Thursday and Woodbridge usually releases its case count on Friday, pointed out McCormac.
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The previous high was 547 cases in one week and that was in mid-January 2021.
"Our highest single-day count was January 7 of this year with 107, but yesterday we had an unbelievable 173," said McCormac on Thursday, the day before Christmas Eve.
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However, while the number of new cases is very high, the death toll is not: Woodbridge has so far logged 13 COVID-related deaths in the past three months.
Compare that to mid-March to June of 2020, when Woodbridge had 149 deaths.
After vaccines were introduced in mass scale and doctors said they learned how to better treat COVID, the number of COVID-related deaths has plummeted nationwide, and similarly here in Woodbridge.
So far in 2021, Woodbridge had 55 COVID-related deaths in the first three months of the year, then 12 in April-May-June, then 8 in the summer and 13 deaths so far for the last three months of year.
However, Woodbridge did have one death of a 61-year-old woman this week, "so please keep her and her family in your thoughts and prayers," said the mayor.
The NJ Department of Health and Vault Medical Services are offering free at-home Covid 19 saliva test kits. To get one visit learn.vaulthealth.com/nj.
According to the CDC, for every 100,000 residents there are 451 cases of unvaccinated people, 134 for vaccinated with two doses and only 48 for those with two doses and a booster. There are 6.1 deaths per 100,000 for unvaccinated, .5 for vaccinated with two doses and .1 deaths for those with boosters.
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