Most Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in New Jersey Admitted for Non-COVID Reasons: Officials

Paramedics prepare an ambulance at Hudson Regional Hospital in Secaucus, N.J., on Dec. 11, 2020. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images

The majority of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in New Jersey were actually admitted for reasons other than COVID-19, officials said on Jan. 10.

Of the 6,075 people with COVID-19 and hospitalized in the state, just 2,963 were admitted for COVID-19, New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said during a briefing.