Basking Ridge COVID Updates: Wegmans Vaccines, County Testing

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

Cases and Vaccinations

Somerset County officials reported 22 new cases and no new deaths in Bernards Township from Feb. 25 to Wednesday. The county health department has logged 1,163 cases and 47 deaths in the township since the pandemic began.

Health officials have reported 18,374 cases and 685 deaths to date in Somerset County.

The Bernards Township School District updates its COVID-19 dashboard daily.

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State officials have tallied 91,997 vaccine doses administered in Somerset County — an increase of about 22,000 since Basking Ridge Patch's last update Feb. 25.

Recent Updates

• Somerset County is hosting a free COVID-19 mobile test site on Friday in North Plainfield. Testing will be done between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the North Plainfield
  Fire Department, at 8 Lincoln Place for Somerset County residents. MORE.
• Wegmans has partnered with state and local government officials to offer the COVID-19 vaccine. All New Jersey locations will participate, including the Bridgewater location. MORE.

Here's what else you should know:

• It's been a year since the first reported coronavirus case in New Jersey. Take a look back at what's happened since. MORE.
• Older residents who live on their own and are trying — and failing — to get COVID-19 vaccination appointments in New Jersey. And over and over they say they feel abandoned by the state. MORE.
• New Jersey has increased its pace on vaccinations but still has to make up ground to get on track for its six-month goal. See the latest data.
• More aid for cash-strapped and pandemic-weary Garden State residents could be on the way soon as the U.S. Senate this week prepares to debate its own version of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package passed by the House of Representatives over the weekend. MORE.

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