Latest Mendham, Chester Coronavirus Cases, Spikes

NEW JERSEY – More and more New Jersey towns now rank high on New Jersey's coronavirus case and fatality list. And even with declining case rates, a number of communities that were not in the crisis's epicenter in March – or even in June, before the summer ramped up – have experienced spikes since the virus has spread to more rural, suburban and beach communities.

Over the past two months, the per-capita rates in bucolic, middle-to upper-income towns such as Deal and Paramus have become among the highest in New Jersey. The disease is virtually everywhere — 559 of New Jersey's 565 communities have it.

From July 4 though Aug. 23 Mendham Township saw an 18.42 percent case increase. Mendham Borough clocked in at 13.89 percent.

In Chester Township they saw a 23.91 percent case increase and Chester Borough an 11.11 percent one.

Over the same time period, Mendham Township showed 45 cases and Mendham Borough 82. In Chester Township there were 57 cases and 10 cases in Chester Borough.

For context, Patch put together lists showing all the towns and their latest reported number of coronavirus cases and fatalities now that the outbreak is in its sixth month, ranking them based on population. You can see the complete ranking in our previous coverage.

This post contains reporting by Tom Davis.

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