MARCH 2021 | Summary: New Jersey has lost more than 21,000 people to COVID-19 in this year of pandemic,
a tragedy without precedent in the recent history of our state. But New Jersey has also overcome. We have stood strong against an illness that didn’t exist in our collective consciousness at the beginning of 2020. None of the lost lives can be replaced, but we can and should also recognize the lives saved at the hands of New Jersey’s healthcare organizations and their heroes working on the frontlines.