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New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli says New Jersey is in the midst of
"yet another COVID surge."
Persichilli joined North
Brunswick's virtual COVID-19 briefing this morning, saying the state's COVID-19
test positivity rate is at 12%, the highest it's been since the Omicron surge
in January.
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"Although we're seeing high cases
and high positivity, our hospitalizations – and this is the good news –
although they're increasing, they are not increasing at a rate that we saw in
January and certainly not what we saw in March and April of 2020,"
says Persichilli.
The Department of Health
says COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death in New Jersey, after
heart disease and cancer.
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