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COVID METRICS KEEP FALLING IN NJ…NOW WHAT?

in Toms River News

Many of the key COVID indicators tracked by the CDC and New Jersey Department of Health are falling to levels not seen since the beginning of August. The 7 day weekly average of new positive COVID tests has dropped by more than 30%. Hospitalizations are just above 800. The rate of transmission has also fallen to .93. Anything below 1.0 indicates the outbreak is shrinking, not expanding.

7 New Jersey counties have now moved down one tier in the CDC’s daily COVID tracker. Just a few weeks ago, all counties were listed as having a ‘high’ risk of community transmission. Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Passaic and Somerset counties have been moved to having a ‘substantial’ risk of transmission.

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Toms River Schools’ COVID-19 Quarantine Numbers Down A Third

in Toms River News

TOMS RIVER, NJ — A week after nearly 900 Toms River Regional students were listed as in quarantine by the district due to possible coronavirus exposures, the quarantine number has fallen by more than a third.

As of 1 p.m. Wednesday, there were 561 students and 24 teachers in quarantine, according to the district’s dashboard, which is updated daily. That is 3.76 percent of the district’s 14,600 students and just over 1 percent of the more than 2,200 staff members.

Those numbers have declined about 34 percent from the 864 students and 26 staff members who were in quarantine a week ago, when eye-popping numbers in quarantine made headlines.

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