Ocean County's COVID-19 Cases: See Town-By-Town Totals

OCEAN COUNTY, NJ — Ocean County's coronavirus activity level has continued to decline, sitting in the "moderate" zone for the third week, as the rate of the number of new cases continues to fall (see town-by-town totals below).

Ocean County has recorded 65,032 cases of the coronavirus through Saturday, according to the Ocean County Health Department. That is an increase of 209 cases, or 0.32 percent, from May 8, when 64,823 cases were reported.

The New Jersey Department of Health's most recent COVID-19 Activity Level Report, issued Thursday for the week ending May 8, shows all of the state in the yellow "moderate risk" zone. Three of the regions remain in the high-risk zone, with a rate of just over 10 cases per 100,000 people.

Ocean County is in New Jersey's Central East region, and its case rate dropped into the moderate zone, with 9.42 cases per 100,000 people. That number is down from 13.67 from the previous week, and down by more than three quarters from the 40.06 recorded in early April.

The other metrics reported in the COVID-19 Activity Level Index have decreased as well for Central East. The percentage of COVID-like illnesses is at 3.19, down from 3.67 reported last week and from 7.48 for the week ending April 10. The percent positivity is at 3.66, down from 5.29 last week and from 10.61 reported three weeks ago.

The state CALI report classifies the state as yellow. The federal report has Ocean County in the orange, which signifies substantial community transmission. Currently the transmission rate is below 1.0 — the level that means anyone with the coronavirus is likely spreading it to more than one person — in New Jersey as of Saturday, at 0.74, according to the state health department.

The cumulative town-by-town totals as of May 15 are below. The number in parentheses shows the number of cases from the week before.

Ocean County has had 1,971 residents who have died of complications from the coronavirus, an increase of 9 deaths from a week earlier. There have been no deaths in those 18 and under; there were 37 people age 19 to 44; 257 age 45 to 64; 362 age 65 to 74; 610 age 75 to 84, and 705 people who were 85 or older have died, according to the county health department. The youngest person from Ocean County who has died was 20 years old, and the oldest was 103.

The health department's data does not include a breakdown of how many people who died had underlying conditions other than to say that heart disease was a significant contributing factor. Here are the town-by-town numbers. If the town shows a decrease this week, it reflects a correction based on the person's actual address as opposed to the mailing address.

• Barnegat Light 38 (38)
• Barnegat Township 2,037 (2,030)
• Bay Head 81 (81)
• Beach Haven 70 (70)
• Beachwood 1,117 (1,114)
• Berkeley Township 4,229 (4,220)
• Brick Township 8,873 (8,834)
• Eagleswood Township 153 (149)
• Harvey Cedars 17 (17)
• Island Heights 135 (133)
• Jackson Township 6,212 (6,190)
• Lacey Township 2,755 (2,746)
• Lakehurst 309 (310)
• Lakewood Township 13,645 (13,632)
• Lavallette 168 (168)
• Little Egg Harbor Township 1,719 (1,715)
• Long Beach Township 188 (188)
• Manchester Township 4,163 (4,159)
• Mantoloking 21 (21)
• Ocean Gate 164 (165)
• Ocean Township (Waretown) 653 (653)
• Pine Beach 179 (178)
• Plumsted Township 671 (665)
• Point Pleasant Beach 465 (466)
• Point Pleasant 2,357 (2,349)
• Seaside Heights 274 (273)
• Seaside Park 112 (110)
• Ship Bottom 105 (104)
• South Toms River 385 (382)
• Stafford Township 2,504 (2,492)
• Surf City 62 (61)
• Toms River 10,759 (10,717)
• Tuckerton 264 (263)

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