NJ officials report more coronavirus deaths; toll now 2,183

State officials are reporting another 251 deaths associated with the coronavirus in New Jersey, whee the death toll now stands at 2,183.Gov. Phil Murphy on Saturday said another 3,599 people had tested positive for the virus, making the statewide total 58,151.

Murphy called the number of deaths and hospitalizations “daunting,” but said he wanted to remind people that hundreds each day leave hospitals having “beaten to some degree” the virus.

For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, or death.

PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS:

A total of 218 coronavirus cases and five fatalities have been reported at the four state-run psychiatric hospitals in New Jersey, according to data provided by the state health department Friday, NJ. com reported .

Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli on Tuesday had reported 80 cases associated with the four psychiatric hospitals, with 46 employees and 34 patients having tested positive.

At Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, 104 people — 81 employees and 23 patients — had tested positive. Sixteen patients remained in an acute-care hospital and one had died, health department spokeswoman Dawn Thomas said.

At Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital in Parsippany, which had 339 patients, a total of 44 employees and 30 patients were sick and four people have died, Thomas said.

Sixteen staff members and nine patients were diagnosed with COVID-19 at Ancora Psychiatric Hospital in Camden County, which had 398 patients. Six workers and nine of the 179 patients at the Ann Klein Forensic Center had tested positive.

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