New Jersey still the second worst state in terms of new infections per 100,000, but infections are dropping each day

The national average for new Covid infections per 100,000 (averaged over the last 7 days) is now 140.7, with New Jersey still the second worst state in the nation at 285.6, trailing only Michigan at 485.2. Getting appointmens for vaccinations is difficult, but not impossible.

Included below are CDC data for infections, both normalized per 100,000 of people and absolute. To interconvert, one divides ((the number infections) by (state population)) and multiplies by 100,000. Thus, roughly, for New Jersey 25,363/8,970,000 X 100,000 is 282.