Coronavirus Updates: Spread Slows In Brick; Vaccine Information

BRICK, NJ — The snow that fell Sunday will make it slow going Monday morning in Brick, as freezing temperatures were making roads icy throughout the township.

The storm wasn’t nearly as extensive as the nor’easter that lingered for three days last week, but it may have created a sense of Groundhog Day with the effects prompting the Brick Township School District to start the week with remote instruction.

While the schools may be disrupted on Monday, the township said its garbage and recycling collections will take place as usual.

The effects of the nor’easter and the plowing of the snow it dropped likely will be a source of public comment at Tuesday’s Township Council meeting, following complaints last week.

The council also is scheduled to introduce an ordinance to make Salmon Street, just off Chambers Bridge Road, a through street. The meeting will be held via Zoom; instructions to join it are included in the agenda for the meeting, set for 7 p.m.

In addition, the township Planning Board is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday. That meeting will be held via Zoom as well.

The township’s meetings continue to be held remotely because of the limits on indoor gatherings in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Board of Education is set to meet Feb. 18.

Here’s a look at the most recent coronavirus numbers in Brick:

Ocean County remains in the orange "high risk" category due to the rates of transmission of the coronavirus. As of Sunday, Ocean County had 46,556 cases, up 2,377 from the 44,179 on Jan. 30. Brick has 250 new cases in that time, with 5,949, up from 5,699 on Jan. 30, according to the Ocean County Health Department.

Ocean County has had 1,608 deaths from complications of COVID-19, up from 1,290 as of Jan. 1. Brick has 219, up from 190 in that time, according to the county health department.

There have been more than 645,000 people who have tested positive for the coronavirus via PCR test in New Jersey since March 2020, including 3,938 new PCR positives reported Sunday, according to the state Department of Health. As of Saturday, 2,837 people were hospitalized due to the coronavirus, with 571 in intensive care and 373 patients on ventilators, according to the state COVID-19 website. All three of those numbers have decreased over the last week.

If you’re among those who are trying to get an appointment to get vaccinated, Patch readers offered up advice on how they were able to get their shots. Read more: Ocean Co. Readers Share How To Get A COVID-19 Vaccine Appointment

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