How Much Is COVID Spreading In Hudson County With Delta Emerging?

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 but one county 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.

So this would mean even the vaccinated should wear masks in indoor public spaces everywhere in New Jersey. Gov. Phil Murphy already announced that all New Jersey schoolchildren will start off the school year wearing masks every day.

Read more: NJ K-12 Students Must Wear Masks This Fall, Gov. Murphy Says

In Hudson County, there were 684 new cases of COVID-19, as of Aug 26 - Sep 1, according to CDC data. New hospital admission in Hudson County are down by 46.8 percent, with 25 new admissions between Aug 26 - Sep 1 according to data from the CDC.

The news that Hudson County is now a region with "high" transmission comes as hospitals and local health departments begin third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for the immunocompromised.