Hudson County Is Still 'High' For Community Transmission, But What Does That Mean?

HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — The county is still marked at a "high" rate of community COVID-19 transmission, according to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.

But the county isn't alone, as all counties in the state are now deemed as places with "high" transmission.

Transmission levels are determined either by new cases per 100,000 residents in the last seven days or the percentage of coronavirus tests that come back positive; the higher category determines the transmission level.

The CDC says fully vaccinated people should wear masks indoors in public if they live in an area with "substantial" or "high" transmission of the virus.

In Hudson County, there was a seven-day average of 799 new cases of COVID-19, as of Sept. 16- Sept. 24, according to CDC data. New hospital admission in Hudson County are down by 26.8 percent, with 30 new admissions between Sept. 16- Sept. 24 according to data from the CDC.

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