TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Nearly 1,900 people likely died of COVID-19 in New Jersey but were not initially counted in the state’s death, though they now will be, Democratic Gov.
Phil Murphy said Thursday.Murphy said state health officials recently completed a review of thousands of death certificates of people who died with coronavirus symptoms despite not having been tested.
Those people likely died from COVID-19, Murphy said.The total amounted to 1,854 people, or about 14% of the overall death toll.