COVID-19 numbers from around the world available online – New Jersey Hills

To date, New Jersey has experienced about the same number of COVID-19 fatalities as Germany.

Morris County, with 351 reported deaths as of Sunday, April 26, had about the same number of fatalities as Japan, which had lost 360 residents to the virus on that date.

Somerset County, with 220 reported fatalities as of Sunday, had experienced slightly fewer deaths than South Korea (242) but more than several other nations, including Finland (190) and Cuba (154.)

Essex County, among the hardest hit counties in New Jersey, reportedly had 1,023 fatalities as of Sunday. That number was comparable to the number of deaths in Ireland (1,087) but fewer than Mexico (1,305).

In the bigger picture, the United States – which is rapidly approaching the million mark for confirmed COVID-19 cases – had more overall cases as of Sunday, 963,168, than the next five highest nations combined.

Spain, at 226,629, was second on the list, followed by: Italy (197,675), France (161,665) Germany (157,495) and the United Kingdom (154,032.) The combined total of those five nations: 897,496.

Statistics from around the world are updated continually and presented on a “COVID-19 Dashboard’’ website created by the Center for Systems, Science and Engineering (CSSE) of Johns Hopkins University.

The site is accessible through the Somerset County Department of Health website at https://somerset-county-nj-coronavirus-response-somerset.hub.arcgis.com/.

As of Sunday, New Jersey was listed as having 5,938 fatalities. Germany had 5,944 deaths.

The total COVID-19 death count worldwide Sunday was 206,055. The United States had 54,619 fatalities at that time, about 26 percent of the world’s total.

Among other data, the Johns Hopkins site also lists hospitalization counts from around the world and numbers on those who have recovered from the virus.

In the United States, the number of citizens who had reportedly recovered as of Sunday was listed at 106,515.

Somerset County

The Somerset County health site provides a list of COVID-19 confirmed cases and fatalities for the entire state, the county and each individual county municipality.

It’s updated daily, usually in the late afternoon.

The number of confirmed cases in Somerset was 2,848 on Sunday, April 26, with 220 fatalities. Exactly one week earlier, on Sunday, April 19, the number of cases was listed at 2,144 with 149 deaths, according to unofficial records kept by this newspaper.

In the Somerset Hills area, Benards Township had 189 cases and 21 fatalities on April 26. According to a separate website maintained by the state of New Jersey at https://covid19.nj.gov/, 15 of the township’s deaths, or 71 percent, are were at long-term care facilities, including 10 at the Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center in Lyons.

Bernardsville had 56 cases on April 26, up from 41 a week earlier, and one fatality.

Bedminster had 39 cases on April 26, up from 27 a week earlier, and four total fatalities.

In Peapack-Gladstone, the number of cases was listed as 28 on April 26, compared to 26 a week earlier. The borough has had one fatality.

Far Hills was listed as having two cases, the same number as a week earlier.

In other nearby towns, Warren Township on Sunday was listed as having 97 cases and nine fatalities; Watchung had 70 cases and 10 deaths.

The hardest-hit towns in Somerset County as of Sunday remained Franklin Township, which had 870 cases and 69 fatalities; and Bridgewater Township, with 358 cases and 39 fatalities.

Gender, Age Groups

The county website also provides a breakdown of the gender and age of those affected by the virus.

The county’s total number of COVID-19 fatalities is fairly evenly split between men (52.5 percent) and women (47.4 percent.)

The total number of cases is similar, with 1,115 males (51.4 percent) and 1,039 females (47.8 percent.) There were also 17 cases listed as “unknown’’ under gender.

The elderly population in the county is the hardest hit as far as fatalities.

Only one death was reported countywide as of Sunday in the 18-29 age group.

There were eight deaths, or 3.6 percent of the county total, among the 30-49 age group; 23 deaths, 10 percent, among 50-64 year olds; 74 deaths, 33.6 percent, in the 65-79 age group; and 114 deaths, or 56.6 percent, in the 80-100 age group.

Combining the two mostly elderly age groups (65 to 100 years old), there were 188 total deaths, about 84 percent of the county’s total 220 fatalities.

Most of the county deaths are occurring at long-term care centers.

The state website as of Sunday listed 131 of the county’s deaths – or 60 percent – at long-term care facilities, including nursing homes and other congregate care facilities such as the VA Center in Lyons. The total number of county fatalities was listed at 217 by the state at that time, not the 220 listed by the county.

While the elderly comprise a majority of fatalities in the county, the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases is spread more evenly across the various age categories.

The website shows that 30 percent of the county’s confirmed COVID-19 cases are in the 30-49 age category; 30 percent are in the 50-64 age group; 16.5 percent in the 65-79 group; and 12 percent among 80-plus year old group.

There are far fewer confirmed cases among children and younger adults in the county.

In the 0-4 age range, the percentage with CVOID-19 was listed at .28; in the 5 to 17 age group, the percentage was 1.06 percent; and for 18-29 age group, it was 9.72 percent.

The exact number of cases by age is not provided, just the percentages.

Somerset and Hunterdon counties opened a joint COVID-19 testing facilities at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg on April 16.

According to the Somerset County website, a total of 477 individuals have been tested there so far during five testing dates through April 24.