Ocean County's COVID Cases: See Town-By-Town Updates

Toms River NJ

13 March, 2021

9:39 PM

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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." 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. "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 29BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP 1640BAY HEAD BOROUGH 58BEACH HAVEN BOROUGH 54BEACHWOOD BOROUGH 895BERKELEY TOWNSHIP 3518BRICK TOWNSHIP 7063EAGLESWOOD TOWNSHIP 128HARVEY CEDARS 14ISLAND HEIGHTS BOROUGH 102JACKSON TOWNSHIP 4954LACEY TOWNSHIP 2153LAKEHURST BOROUGH 245LAKEWOOD TOWNSHIP 12955LAVALLETTE BOROUGH 141LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP 1343LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP 147MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP 3526MANTOLOKING BOROUGH 13OCEAN GATE BOROUGH 136OCEAN TOWNSHIP 496PINE BEACH BOROUGH 137PLUMSTED TOWNSHIP 497POINT PLEASANT BEACH BOROUGH 327POINT PLEASANT BOROUGH 1932SEASIDE HEIGHTS BOROUGH 225SEASIDE PARK BOROUGH 90SHIP BOTTOM BOROUGH 106SOUTH TOMS RIVER BOROUGH 296STAFFORD TOWNSHIP 2052SURF CITY BOROUGH 52TOMS RIVER TOWNSHIP 8906TUCKERTON BOROUGH 190