NJ Spotlight News: February 8, 2021

It’s a 1 million dose milestone. Roughly seven weeks after the first coronavirus vaccine arrived in New Jersey, state health leaders say they've put 1,037,657 shots in arms. 813,216 residents have gotten at least one dose, and 224,237 people are fully immunized. The state is still a long way from the goal of inoculating more than 4.5 million eligible residents by the end of June. It didn’t take long for a strain first detected in the UK to spread across New Jersey. Another confirmed case was reported this weekend in the North Ward of Trenton. In total, there are 31 total cases of the variant found in 11 different counties. According to the Health Department, just three of the people had travel history, meaning everyone else caught it through community spread. The downward curve of new positive cases is encouraging. Monday, the state reported another 25 deaths and 2,218 new positive cases. If that number sounds low, it's because there was an electronic lab-reporting issue over the weekend that caused a backlog. Murphy says Tuesday's numbers should reflect the difference. Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE for daily videos: http://bit.ly/1ERsYqw For full episodes, check out www.njspotlightnews.org Facebook:   / njspotlightnews   Twitter:   / njspotlightnews   Instagram:   / njtvnewsroom   ----------------- While NJTV does not and cannot review every submission and is not responsible for the content of your comments, NJ Spotlight News 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.  ----------------- NJ Spotlight News with Briana Vannozzi 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: https://bit.ly/32zwJDT NJ Spotlight News airs every weeknight at 6, 7:30 and 11 p.m. ET on NJTV.