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

OCEAN COUNTY, NJ — The increase in Ocean County's coronavirus case rate slowed again, after a few weeks of a spike in cases (see town-by-town totals below).

Ocean County recorded 62,753 cases of the coronavirus through Friday, according to the Ocean County Health Department. That is an increase of 1,181 cases, or 1.92 percent, from April 9, when 61,572 cases were reported.

Variants of the virus that spread more quickly have played some part in the increase in cases; Gov. Phil Murphy has said they could contribute to delays in further reopenings.

The New Jersey Department of Health's most recent COVID-19 Activity Level Report, issued Thursday for the week ending April 10, shows the entire state is back in the orange "high risk" zone, with a rate of 10 to 25 cases per 100,000 people.

Ocean County is in New Jersey's Central East region, which had the highest case rate in the state at 33.70. That number is down from the 40.06 of the previous week.

The other metrics reported in the COVID-19 Activity Level Index decreased for that week, which was Spring Break for schools across Ocean County. The percentage of COVID-like illnesses is at 6.30, down from 7.48 for the week ending April 10, and the percent positivity is at 9.14, down from 10.61 the previous week.

The state CALI report classifies the state as orange. The federal report has had Ocean County (and all of New Jersey) in the red, which signifies substantial community transmission. The transmission rate is below 1.0 — the level that means anyone with the coronavirus is likely spreading it to more than one person — as of Saturday, at 0.91, according to the state health department.

The cumulative town-by-town totals as of April 16 are below. The number in parentheses shows the number of cases from the week before.

Ocean County has had 1,908 residents who have died of complications from the coronavirus. There have been no deaths in those 18 and under; there were 36 people age 19 to 44; 246 age 45 to 64; 345 age 65 to 74; 592 age 75 to 84, and 689 people who were 85 or older have died, according to the county health department. The youngest person from Ocean County who 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 36 (34)
• Barnegat Township 1,933 (1,878)
• Bay Head 79 (78)
• Beach Haven 67 (66)
• Beachwood 1,068 (1,048)
• Berkeley Township 4,041 (3,952)
• Brick Township 8,515 (8,346)
• Eagleswood Township 146 (144)
• Harvey Cedars 17 (16)
• Island Heights 129 (121)
• Jackson Township 5,875 (5,707)
• Lacey Township 2,635 (2,580)
• Lakehurst 296 (293)
• Lakewood Township 13,504 (13,438)
• Lavallette 161 (160)
• Little Egg Harbor Township 1,651 (1,604)
• Long Beach Township 185 (175)
• Manchester Township 4,044 (3,975)
• Mantoloking 21 (18)
• Ocean Gate 163 (161)
• Ocean Township (Waretown) 614 (589)
• Pine Beach 171 (168)
• Plumsted Township 627 (608)
• Point Pleasant Beach 448 (420)
• Point Pleasant 2,276 (2,246)
• Seaside Heights 261 (260)
• Seaside Park 105 (102)
• Ship Bottom 103 (112)
• South Toms River 363 (334)
• Stafford Township 2,397 (2,334)
• Surf City 60 (56)
• Toms River 10,354 (10,156)
• Tuckerton 252 (237)

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