Health & Fitness
Ocean County’s COVID Cases: See Town-By-Town Updates
The coronavirus continues to have an impact on Ocean County, according to updated state data. See how your town is doing below.
OCEAN COUNTY — New data has been released that shows the coronavirus continues to have an impact on Ocean County (see town-by-town totals below).
Ocean County recorded 55,060 cases of the coronavirus through Saturday, according to state officials. That is an increase of 2,400 cases, or 4 percent, from March 5th, when 52,660 were reported.
The disease’s impact is reflected in the state Department of Health's most recent "COVID-19 Activity Level Report," which is issued weekly. The most recent report, released Thursday, says Ocean County is in the “orange zone."
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If the county is in the "orange" zone, it means it has a rate of 10 to 25 cases per 100,000 people. “Yellow” means the county has a rate 1 to 10 cases per 100,000 people.
If the overall activity is at a "orange" level, state officials say, school districts in those counties would have to take more serious steps — such as quarantining or even shutting down schools — if a child shows the symptoms of COVID-19.
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"When it is high risk, there are some recommendations that we make together with local school boards," said Edward Lifshitz, medical director for the state Department of Health.
Indeed, a number of school districts still provide remote instruction even as the number of new daily cases has dropped in recent weeks.
Ocean County officials provided the following breakdown of cases by town:
- BARNEGAT LIGHT BOROUGH 29
- BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP 1640
- BAY HEAD BOROUGH 58
- BEACH HAVEN BOROUGH 54
- BEACHWOOD BOROUGH 895
- BERKELEY TOWNSHIP 3518
- BRICK TOWNSHIP 7063
- EAGLESWOOD TOWNSHIP 128
- HARVEY CEDARS 14
- ISLAND HEIGHTS BOROUGH 102
- JACKSON TOWNSHIP 4954
- LACEY TOWNSHIP 2153
- LAKEHURST BOROUGH 245
- LAKEWOOD TOWNSHIP 12955
- LAVALLETTE BOROUGH 141
- LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP 1343
- LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP 147
- MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP 3526
- MANTOLOKING BOROUGH 13
- OCEAN GATE BOROUGH 136
- OCEAN TOWNSHIP 496
- PINE BEACH BOROUGH 137
- PLUMSTED TOWNSHIP 497
- POINT PLEASANT BEACH BOROUGH 327
- POINT PLEASANT BOROUGH 1932
- SEASIDE HEIGHTS BOROUGH 225
- SEASIDE PARK BOROUGH 90
- SHIP BOTTOM BOROUGH 106
- SOUTH TOMS RIVER BOROUGH 296
- STAFFORD TOWNSHIP 2052
- SURF CITY BOROUGH 52
- TOMS RIVER TOWNSHIP 8906
- TUCKERTON BOROUGH 190
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