Basking Ridge COVID Updates: Vaccine Sites, Local Testing

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Here are the latest coronavirus updates around Basking Ridge.

Cases, Vaccinations

The Somerset County Health Department has reported 63 new Bernards Township cases in the past five days, bringing the town to 834 cases since the pandemic began. Officials reported no new deaths in Bernards Township during that span. The local death toll is 46.

The state Health Department reported Wednesday that 10,808 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered so far in Somerset County. The county has an estimated population of 328,934, and both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines require two doses per person.

Recent Updates

• The Bernards Township Health Department will offer COVID-19 tests on Thursday. Click here for more details.
• Here are Somerset County's coronavirus vaccine sites so far:

Here's what else you should know:

• Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Wednesday that New Jersey will expand COVID-19 vaccine distribution to seniors over the age of 65 and others with medical conditions, and he's going to add more sites for immunization. MORE.
• Murphy has warned residents that they should assume a quicker-spreading strain of the coronavirus is in New Jersey, even if the state has yet to confirm its presence. MORE.

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