COVID, Delta Variant Spread Slows In Ocean County: See Numbers

Toms River NJ

23 October, 2021

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OCEAN COUNTY, NJ — Here's the weekly look at coronavirus cases in Ocean County, including town-by-town totals and a look at related data since the emergence of the delta variant earlier this year. The county averaged 139 new cases per day in the past week, while averaging 184 new daily cases the prior week, according to the Ocean County Health Department. The seven-day change is a significant decrease from last week and from much of September. The county health department has said about 80 percent of the new positive coronavirus cases are in people who have not been vaccinated against the virus. Among the 20 percent of people who are vaccinated and have breakthrough infections, the symptoms have been mild. There have been no deaths in Ocean County from the virus among breakthrough cases. Officials continue to monitor the delta variant, which accounted for 99.5 percent of coronavirus cases in New Jersey over a four-week period ending on Sept. 25, CDC numbers show. The CDC variant proportions are based on representative CDC sequencing data gathered during that four-week period. There were 2,957 New Jersey samples that underwent sequencing during that time. Ocean County and all of the Central Jersey East region has "high" COVID-19 activity, according to New Jersey's latest weekly report. The determination is based on metrics such as case rate, positivity rate and prevalence of COVID-like illnesses including fever and cough and shortness of breath. The region has the third-highest case rate in the state at 15.21 cases per 100,000, a rate of 6.23 percent for COVID-like illnesses and a 4.67 percent positivity rate. Hospitalizations in Ocean County have decreased as well, with 17 additional hospitalizations over the 16 days from Oct. 5-20. For the 15 days from Sept. 20 to Oct. 4, there had been 24. The county has hospitalization numbers broken down by age group, but it's unclear how often it's updated or what time frame the updates cover. The county does not have a breakdown by day of how many COVID patients have been released from hospitals. There have been 12 deaths from Oct. 15 to Oct. 22, bringing the county's cumulative total to 2,163, according to Ocean County Health Department statistics. The Ocean County Health Department data includes the seven-day town-by-town case totals. It also includes a breakdown by age of how many cases have been diagnosed in each age group. The age breakdown is as follows for new cases reported as of Oct. 21: 0-18, 290; 19-44, 337; 45-64, 208; 65-74, 71; 75-84, 36; 85+, 23; total 965 The seven-day totals for Ocean County as of Oct. 15 are as follows: Barnegat Light: 0 new cases, 40 total cases, 0 percent increaseBarnegat Township: 35, 2,642 total cases, 1.34 percent increaseBay Head: 0 new cases, 94 total cases, 0 percent increaseBeach Haven: 0 new cases, 94 total cases, 0 percent increaseBeachwood: 12 new cases, 1,463 total cases, 0.82 percent increaseBerkeley Township: 44 new cases, 5,258 total cases, 0.84 percent increaseBrick Township: 148 new cases, 11,143 total cases, 1.35 percent increaseEagleswood Township: 2 new cases, 192 total cases, 1.05 percent increaseHarvey Cedars: 0 new cases, 23 total cases, 0 percent increaseIsland Heights: 5 new cases, 176 total cases, 2.92 percent increaseJackson Township: 98 new cases, 7,887 total cases, 1.26 percent increaseLacey Township: 23 new cases, 3,358 total cases, 0.68 percent increaseLakehurst: 3 new cases, 383 total cases, 0.79 percent increaseLakewood: 291 new cases, 16,460 total cases, 1.80 percent increaseLavallette: 3 new cases, 205 total cases, 1.49 percent increaseLittle Egg Harbor Township: 40 new cases, 2,233 total cases, 1.82 percent increaseLong Beach Township: 3 new cases, 244 total cases, 1.24 percent increaseManchester: 46 new cases, 5,093 total cases, 0.91 percent increaseMantoloking: 0 new cases, 32 total cases, 0 percent increaseOcean Gate: 2 new cases, 218 total cases, 0.93 percent increaseOcean Twp. (Waretown): 16 new cases, 826 total cases, 1.98 percent increasePine Beach: 3 new cases, 230 total cases, 1.32 percent increasePlumsted Township: 10 new cases, 849 total cases, 1.19 percent increasePoint Pleasant Beach: 2 new cases, 587 total cases, 0.34 percent increasePoint Pleasant: 22 new cases, 2,883 total cases, 0.77 percent increaseSeaside Heights: 4 new cases, 337 total cases, 1.20 percent increaseSeaside Park: 2 new cases, 133 total cases, 1.53 percent increaseShip Bottom: 1 new case, 123 total cases, 0.82 percent increaseSouth Toms River: 4 new cases, 493 total cases, 0.82 percent increaseStafford Township: 38 new cases, 3,099 total cases, 1.24 percent increaseSurf City: 1 new case, 81 total cases, 1.25 percent increaseToms River: 106 new cases, 13,122 total cases, 0.81 percent increaseTuckerton: 2 new cases, 331 total cases, 0.61 percent increase Click here to get Patch email notifications, or download our app to have breaking news alerts sent right to your phone. Have a news tip? Email [email protected]