As of April 21, there were 92,387 reported cases in the state, including 3,643 additional cases disclosed Tuesday.
New Jersey has completed a total of 167,323 tests with 44.8% of the tests coming back positive as of Tuesday.
Long-term care facilities continue to be a concern across the state. There are 10,744 reported COVID-19 cases at 425 long-term care facilities across the state.
There have been 4,753 deaths related to coronavirus in New Jersey with 43% of deaths, or 2,048, reported from long-term care facilities. Officials reported 379 new deaths Tuesday.
Of the statewide deaths, 57% were male and 43% were female. Less than 1% were under 30 years of age, while 45.5% were over the age of 80.
In New Jersey, 7,594 individuals with confirmed or potential cases of COVID-19 were hospitalized as of 10 p.m. Monday.
Of those hospitalized patients, 928 patients are in intensive care, 1,002 are in critical care and 5,064 are in medical surgical beds.
The state is using 48.22% of its statewide ventilator capacity, with 1,501 patients on ventilators.
There are 11,527 reported COVID-19 cases at 432 long-term care facilities across the state.
NJ coronavirus cases rise to 92,387 on Tuesday with 4,753 deaths reported statewide
New Jersey reported its largest single-day death toll from the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday as the state's top health official said intensive care units in the central part of the state were approaching capacity.
“We’ve seen that increase come from the north and it is now hitting the central,” Persichilli said at the state's daily coronavirus briefing. “Most of the critical care beds in the central region right now are full.”
She said a total of nine hospitals went to a divert status Monday, meaning they temporarily no longer accepted new patients, most often because their critical care units were at capacity. Five of those hospitals were in Central Jersey, she said.
NJ coronavirus: Intensive care units mostly full in Central Jersey, health commissioner says
Dennis and James Traverso grew up poor in Asbury Park, and as the brothers got older they never left each other’s side, settling just few blocks apart in Neptune.
Earlier this month, they died within six days of each other, both due to the coronavirus.
Their relatives believe James, who was younger by six years, contracted the virus because he insisted on being by Dennis’ side in the latter’s final days.
“They did everything together. Everything,” said Denise Traverso, one of Dennis’ daughters. “It’s devastating. We’re trying to make some sense of this.”
The brothers' bond was forged through their hardscrabble upbringing.
James owned a dog named Che-Che who, suddenly rendered homeless, ended up at the Monmouth County SPCA
amid widespread publicity that has helped the shelter raise nearly
$100,000 for its Compassion Counts Matching Gift Campaign. Denise said the SPCA currently is interviewing families interested in adopting the poodle.
Coronavirus NJ: Neptune brothers die six days apart; 'They did everything together'