New Jersey has released two new maps that will show you how many people in your town have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot, Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday as his latest coronavirus briefing.
By going to the maps, you can click on a municipality and a white box will appear, showing the vaccination data for total residents, residents over 18 and residents over 65. (In some cases, you may need to click on the words “At Least One Dose” or “Vaccine Courses Complete” within the white box before the data appears.) One map shows the percentage of population that received at least one dose, and the second shows how many residents have received two doses.
“Remember this mapping tool is not meant to create competitions among any communities, nor is it meant to shame any communities,” Murphy said. “But, through this data we hope that you will not only have access to the same data that we do, but that you can see why we will be deploying resources, for instance, to certain communities as opposed to others.”
State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said her department will continue to examine the data to see how the state is meeting its goals.
Persichilli said the state will have to give 280,000 first doses each week during May and 220,000 second doses each week through June to meet its goal of vaccinating 70% of the state’s adult population.
More than 3.46 million people have been fully vaccinated in New Jersey as of Monday. The state’s goal is to have 70% of the state’s eligible population — about 4.7 million people — fully vaccinated by the end of June. More than 4.46 million residents have received at least one dose. There have been 7.65 million doses administered overall in the state.
“We have a lot of work ahead of us,” Persichilli said.
“Reaching our 70 percent goal by June 30 is a key benchmark for us, and we know there are hard-to-reach neighborhoods where we will have to push a little more or maybe a lot more and to bring the resources in,” Murphy added.
Murphy said progress has also been made among the 16 municipalities he noted last week that had lower than 40 percent of their adult populations vaccinated.
“New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, and Trenton each increased their vaccinated totals by six points,” Murphy said. “And, seven municipalities, Bridgeton, Fairview, Garfield, Newark, Orange, Passaic, and Plainfield have each now crested 40 percent.”
“Over the past week we have seen marked increases across the board, and while this is a very good thing, no one should rest on any laurels as there is still much work to be done,” he said.
NJ Advance Media staff writer Brent Johnson contributed to this report.
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