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

Long Valley NJ

26 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 Warren 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. Morris County officials provided the following breakdown of cases by town: Boonton, 716Boonton Township, 446Butler, 662Chatham Borough, 347Chatham Township, 487Chester Borough, 103Chester Township, 467Denville, 1,084Dover, 2,613East Hanover, 759Florham Park, 643Hanover, 864Harding, 219Jefferson, 1,599Kinnelon, 851Lincoln Park, 1,059Long Hill, 376Madison, 759Mendham Borough, 317Mendham Township, 288 Mine Hill, 382Montville, 1,800Morris Plains, 504Morris Township, 1,378Morristown, 1,971Mount Arlington, 401Mount Olive, 1,947Mountain Lakes, 258Netcong, 229Parsippany, 3,763Pequannock, 1,242Randolph, 1,753Riverdale, 339Rockaway Borough, 529Rockaway Township, 2,065Roxbury, 1,690 Victory Gardens, 195Washington Township, 903Wharton, 909Total 36,917 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.