Coronavirus Pandemic

The pace of vaccination has picked up, but a third of doses are delivered at the Convention Center FEMA site — which is slated to close at the end of April.

The Garden State ranks third in the nation for hospitalizations per capita and seventh nationwide for COVID-19 deaths per capita, officials said Wednesday.

The three walk-up clinics are open on Wednesdays for those over age 65, and can serve up to 50 people with the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Pennsylvania has sent Montgomery County its largest delivery of vaccine to date.

New York, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey together reported 44% of the nation’s new COVID-19 infections.

Early in March, Gov. John Carney was considering easing coronavirus restrictions, but they’ve held off on that as cases rebounded in recent weeks.

The visit came on the heels of Superintendent William Hite’s announcement Monday that schools would open for third to fifth graders who elect to return starting on April 26.

As a result, a significant number of remaining, in-person school days could be dedicated to testing — which is required by the federal government.

If you are an eligible New Jersey resident and can make yourself available Wednesday, Camden County could have a COVID-19 vaccine dose for you.

Vaccination rates are rising, but so are COVID-19 community transmission rates. Officials are ramping up testing accordingly.

Biden was set to make the announcement at the White House later Tuesday following a visit to a vaccination site in Virginia, a White House official said.

Thousands of Delaware renters will be able to get help paying rent thanks to $200 million in federal funding that will restart the state’s assistance program.

Gov. Phil Murphy has announced residents 16 and older can get an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine two weeks sooner than planned.

Essential workers in Montgomery County can pre-register for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Looser restrictions are complicated by a rise in cases fueled in part by more infectious variants.