Morris County's COVID Cases: See Town-By-Town Weekly Update

Long Valley NJ

19 March, 2021

12:00 PM

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MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — New data has been released that shows the coronavirus continues to have an impact on Morris County (see town-by-town totals below). 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 Morris 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 an "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. Morris County officials provided the following breakdown of cases by town: Boonton, 693Boonton Township, 436 Butler, 603 Chatham Borough, 332 Chatham Township, 457Chester Borough, 101Chester Township, 450Denville, 1,025 Dover, 2,575 East Hanover, 736Florham Park, 612Hanover, 847Harding, 211Jefferson, 1,522Kinnelon, 818Lincoln Park, 1,036Long Hill, 368 Madison, 731Mendham Borough, 307 Mendham Township, 270 Mine Hill, 370 Montville, 1,753Morris Plains, 494Morris Township, 1,317Morristown, 1,918Mount Arlington, 383Mount Olive, 1,865Mountain Lakes, 248Netcong, 223Parsippany, 3,653Pequannock, 1,193Randolph, 1,670 Riverdale, 332Rockaway Borough, 517Rockaway Township, 1,931Roxbury, 1,628Victory Gardens, 222Washington Township, 868Wharton, 890Total, 35,605 Fluctuations in numbers from previous dates may be due to cases being transferred out of jurisdiction and/or further investigation revealing that the case was incorrectly reported to the NJDOH/local health department as confirmed. The figures reflect COVID-19 positive cases as of the date and time indicated, some cases may be pending, or have yet to be entered into the system. Thanks for reading! Learn more about posting announcements or events to your local Patch site. Have a news tip you'd like to share? Or maybe you have a press release you would like to submit or a correction you'd like to request? Send an email to [email protected] Subscribe to your local Patch newsletter. You can also have them delivered to your phone screen by downloading, or by visiting the Google Play store.