Health care officials are more optimistic than they have been in recent weeks

Increase in hospitalizations is being attributed to the still-rampant delta variant

The highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus now comprises 20% of new American cases, 7.3% of cases in NJ

As of April 23, state reported out of more than 2 million fully vaccinated people, 1,300, or 0.06%, tested positive for COVID-19

The fundraiser in Bedminster on Oct. 1 is now under investigation by New Jersey’s attorney general

Gov. Phil Murphy announced late Tuesday that the state will test an additional 10 to 12 people for coronavirus.