How Much Is COVID Spreading In Ocean County With Delta Variant

Toms River NJ

14 November, 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 spread of the coronavirus ticked up slightly over the last week, with an average of 128 new cases per day, up from 121 new cases per day for the week ending Nov. 6, according to the Ocean County Health Department. Hospitalizations in Ocean County ticked up as well, with just eight new hospitalizations from Nov. 1-8, according to the county health department's dashboard. There had been 30 hospitalizations in the month of October, with the number waning late in the month. The county does not have a breakdown by day of how many COVID patients have been released from hospitals. Daniel Regenye, the public health coordinator, has said that under 15 percent of new COVID-19 cases in Ocean County in recent weeks are breakthrough infections in people who have been vaccinated. However, people who have had breakthrough cases in Ocean County are faring much better, he said. "The vast majority of those admitted to the hospital are unvaccinated," he said, and people who are in critical care units and intensive care units with COVID-19 "are almost entirely unvaccinated." "Those that are vaccinated are experiencing much less severe symptoms," Regenye said. He said he understands the frustration that people have with wanting more data overall about the impacts of COVID-19. "We are trying to figure out who are these people who are dying, so we know where we need to do more work" in providing information to the public. Officials continue to monitor the delta variant, which accounted for 98.63 percent of coronavirus cases in New Jersey over a four-week period ending on Oct. 16, CDC numbers show. That is a slight decrease from the previous week, where 98.99 percent of samples were of the delta variant. The CDC variant proportions are based on representative CDC sequencing data gathered during that four-week period. There were 3,026 New Jersey samples that underwent sequencing during that time. Ocean County and all of the Central Jersey East region continue to have "high" COVID-19 activity, according to New Jersey's latest weekly report, through Nov. 6. 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 second-highest case rate in the state at 13.39 cases per 100,000, a rate of 5.99 percent for COVID-like illnesses and a 4.34 percent positivity rate. There were 14 new deaths from Oct. 30 to Nov. 6, bringing the county's cumulative total to 2,204, 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 Nov. 4: 0-18, 223; 19-44, 331; 45-64, 200; 65-74, 84; 75-84, 35; 85+, 22; total 895 The seven-day totals for Ocean County as of Nov. 12 are as follows: Barnegat Light: 1 new case, 42 total cases, 2.44 percent increaseBarnegat Township: 42, 2,730 total cases, 1.561 percent increaseBay Head: 0 new cases, 94 total cases, 0 percent increaseBeach Haven: 0 new cases, 97 total cases, 0 percent increaseBeachwood: 11 new cases, 1,512 total cases, 0.74 percent increaseBerkeley Township: 68 new cases, 5,463 total cases, 1.26 percent increaseBrick Township: 116 new cases, 11,446 total cases, 1.02 percent increaseEagleswood Township: 1 new case, 196 total cases, 0.52 percent increaseHarvey Cedars: 0 new cases, 23 total cases, 0 percent increaseIsland Heights: 3 new cases, 181 total cases, 1.69 percent increaseJackson Township: 61 new cases, 8,102 total cases, 0.76 percent increaseLacey Township: 40 new cases, 3,500 total cases, 1.16 percent increaseLakehurst: 0 new cases, 388 total cases, 0 percent increaseLakewood: 165 new cases, 17,058 total cases, 0.98 percent increaseLavallette: 1 new case, 207 total cases, 0.49 percent increaseLittle Egg Harbor Township: 39 new cases, 2,353 total cases, 1.69 percent increaseLong Beach Township: 2 new cases, 252 total cases, 0.80 percent increaseManchester: 64 new cases, 5,302 total cases, 1.22 percent increaseMantoloking: 0 new cases, 32 total cases, 0 percent increaseOcean Gate: 5 new cases, 231 total cases, 2.21 percent increaseOcean Twp. (Waretown): 17 new cases, 883 total cases, 1.96 percent increasePine Beach: 2 new cases, 241 total cases, 0.84 percent increasePlumsted Township: 10 new cases, 887 total cases, 1.14 percent increasePoint Pleasant Beach: 1 new case, 593 total cases, 0.17 percent increasePoint Pleasant: 25 new cases, 2,950 total cases, 0.85 percent increaseSeaside Heights: 4 new cases, 346 total cases, 1.17 percent increaseSeaside Park: 2 new cases, 140 total cases, 1.45 percent increaseShip Bottom: 2 new cases, 126 total cases, 1.61 percent increaseSouth Toms River: 10 new cases, 523 total cases, 1.95 percent increaseStafford Township: 37 new cases, 3,197 total cases, 1.17 percent increaseSurf City: 0 new cases, 84 total cases, 0 percent increaseToms River: 157 new cases, 13,538 total cases, 1.17 percent increaseTuckerton: 8 new cases, 352 total cases, 2.33 percent increase Click here to get Patch email notifications, or download our app to have breaking news alerts sent right to your phone. 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