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May 19, 2021: Gov. Phil Murphy, center, at Island Beach State Park, where he announced the state will give free season-long admission to this and other state parks to any New Jersey resident who has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine by July 4. Other incentives include a free glass of wine at participating wineries.
Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday that it will be a challenge for New Jersey to reach the COVID-19 immunization goal he set early this year and announced several new incentive programs designed to encourage more residents to get vaccinated.
The state has launched other such reward programs, like an arrangement with breweries that enables newly vaccinated individuals to get a free beer, and it has partnered with churches and other community organizations to encourage people to be immunized against COVID-19. But the pace of daily COVID-19 shots has slackened significantly in recent weeks and Murphy appeared concerned that New Jers
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The worst-case scenario, according to new predictive modeling from the state Department of Health
New Jersey is now in its third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, according to state officials, with new COVID-19 cases likely to continue climbing for another two to six weeks possibly even surpassing some records before a long, slow decline that could last well into the summer.
New predictive modeling from the state Department of Health shows that, under the worst-case scenario, both COVID-19 infection levels and related hospitalizations could keep rising through mid-May before peaking at more than 8,000 new cases and 3,600 hospitalizations daily. It also predicts these metrics could hover near this level for close to a month before gradually falling to 6,000 diagnoses and 2,700 hospitalizations a day by Aug. 1.
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