Deaths from the coronavirus New Jersey climbed to 4,202 on Sunday, while total cases rose to 85,301, as state officials confirmed 132 new fatalities and 3,915 new positive tests.

“Sadly, we’ve lost another 132 New Jerseyans,” Gov. Phil Murphy said in an afternoon tweet. “We’ve now lost a total of 4,202 souls to #COVID19.”

Murphy did not host a daily briefing on Sunday, as has been the practice in recent weeks. The numbers on the outbreak were released on the state Department of Health coronavirus page.

The number of deaths associated with New Jersey’s long-term care facilities continued to increase Sunday, with 1,730 fatalities. There are 420 facilities with at least one coronavirus case.

It was the fourth consecutive day the number of patients in the hospital for coronavirus declined.

The state had 7,495 patients hospitalized for coronavirus or suspected of having the virus as of 10 p.m. Saturday, down from a high of 8,293 on Tuesday. Of those hospitalized, 1,940 are in critical or intensive care and 1,628 are on ventilators.

State officials reported 85,387 negative tests to date. There’s at least 13 towns in New Jersey with more than 1,000 coronavirus cases.

The county-by-county breakdown of cases includes:

Bergen County: 12,639 with 767 deaths

Hudson County: 10,486 with 452 deaths

Essex County: 10,304 with 740 deaths

Union County: 9,609 with 372 deaths

Passaic County: 8,288 with 250 deaths

Middlesex County: 8,017 with 329 deaths

Monmouth County: 4,669 with 226 deaths

Ocean County: 4,648 with 217 deaths

Morris County: 4,136 with 257 deaths

Mercer County: 2,395 with 113 deaths

Somerset County: 2,384 with 158 deaths

Camden County: 2,131 with 74 deaths

Burlington County: 1,587 with 58 deaths

Gloucester County: 737 with 24 deaths

Sussex County: 659 with 62 deaths

Warren County: 592 with 44 deaths

Hunterdon County: 407 with 18 deaths

Atlantic County: 398 with 19 deaths

Cumberland County: 308 with 4 deaths

Cape May County: 206 with 14 deaths

Salem County: 116 with 4 deaths

Another 585 positive tests are under investigation to determine where the person resides.

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It’s difficult to get a complete picture of exactly how many people in New Jersey currently have COVID-19 because officials say testing has been backed up for up to 14 days. The state also is not reporting significant increases in daily testing, so it is unclear exactly how quickly the virus is spreading.

The state also provided a county-by-county breakdown of cases and deaths at long-term care facilities:

Atlantic County: 8 facilities with 58 total cases and 7 deaths

Bergen County: 55 facilities with 2,165 total cases and 415 deaths

Burlington County: 17 facilities with 376 total cases and 33 deaths

Camden County: 16 facilities with 322 total cases and 51 deaths

Cape May County: 4 facilities with 59 total cases and 9 deaths

Cumberland County: 2 facilities with 3 total cases and no 0 deaths

Essex County: 39 facilities 1,103 total cases and 224 deaths

Gloucester County: 7 facilities with 56 total cases and 10 deaths

Hudson County: 12 facilities with 396 total cases and 69 deaths

Hunterdon County: 4 facilities with 170 total cases and 23 deaths

Mercer County: 20 facilities with 431 total cases and 45 deaths

Middlesex County: 38 facilities with 936 total cases and 163 deaths

Monmouth County: 43 facilities with 879 total cases and 130 deaths

Morris County: 36 facilities with 865 total cases and 156 deaths

Ocean County: 34 facilities with 622 total cases and 50 deaths

Passaic County: 19 facilities with 523 total cases and 91 deaths

Salem County: 2 facilities with 20 total cases and 1 death

Somerset County: 27 facilities with 597 total cases and 73 deaths

Sussex County: 5 facilities with 178 total cases and 48 deaths

Union County: 26 facilities with 550 total cases and 105 deaths

Warren County: 6 facilities with 191 total cases and 27 deaths

The new numbers came a day after Murphy said the state is making progress, with data showing the curve of deaths and hospitalizations is “flattening.”

But he also warned Saturday that “there will be blood on our hands” if restrictions are lifted too early.

Murphy was responding to an Atlantic County official who called for New Jersey to reopen immediately.

“That is irresponsible,” Murphy said at the end of his daily coronavirus press briefing in Trenton. “We quote-unquote untie the system right now, there will be blood on our hands. And I want to make sure folks understand that. This is literally life and death.”

Murphy also said Saturday the option of dispatching the state’s National Guard to help the beleaguered centers remains “on the table.”

In all, about 12% of the state’s 81,420 total COVID-19 cases and about 41% of the state’s 4,070 total deaths have been at longterm care facilities — even though nursing-home residents make up a tiny percentage of New Jersey’s 9 million-resident population.

As of Sunday morning, more than 2.3 million people across the globe tested positive for the virus, according to a running tally by Johns Hopkins University. Of those, more than 161,400 have died and more than 604,300 have recovered.

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