NJTV News: June 11, 2020

Thursday marks 100 days since New Jersey’s first positive COVID-19 case. It caused a statewide shutdown and a pause on the world. Now, the state is emerging from months of lockdown. Since the peak of the outbreak, new hospitalizations are down more than 90%. Total hospitalizations decreased 80% and ventilator use is down by the same margin. Patients in the ICU have decreased by about three-quarters. And the rate of transmission has been slowing for weeks. Each new confirmed case is infecting fewer than one other person at a rate of 0.62. At the peak, one person was infecting five people. The state also announced more than 1 million coronavirus tests have been conducted. Officials on Thursday reported 539 new positive cases and 70 new deaths. Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE for daily videos: http://bit.ly/1ERsYqw For full episodes, check out http://www.njtvnews.org/ Facebook:   / njtvonline   Twitter:   / njtvnews   Instagram:   / njtvnewsroom   ----------------- While NJTV does not and cannot review every submission and is not responsible for the content of your comments, NJTV reserves the right to delete, remove, move, or edit comments that it, in its sole discretion, deems abusive, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise illegal or unacceptable for any reason.  ----------------- NJTV News is a nightly news program that airs weekdays on NJTV that covers local New Jersey news. Be sure to share with us your story ideas, feedback and tips about news in your neighborhood here: http://bit.ly/1GnSEtn NJTV News airs every weeknight at 6, 7:30 and 11 p.m. ET on NJTV.