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

OCEAN COUNTY, NJ — Ocean County's coronavirus case rate has crept up again over the last week, as it has for the last few weeks (see town-by-town totals below).

Ocean County recorded 57,904 cases of the coronavirus through Friday, according to the Ocean County Health Department. That is an increase of 1,868 cases, or 3.3 percent, from March 19, when 56,036 were reported.

The disease's impact is reflected in the state Department of Health's most recent "COVID-19 Activity Level Report," which is issued weekly. The most recent report, released Thursday, says Ocean County remains in the orange zone.

If the county is in the orange zone, it means it has a rate of 10 to 25 cases per 100,000 people. Yellow means the county has a rate 1 to 10 cases per 100,000 people.

Ocean County is in New Jersey's Central East region. Its case rate rose for the week ending March 20, to 38.93 cases per 100,000 people. That rate is up from 36.63 reported for March 13 and falls into the "very high" zone.

The percentage of COVID-like illnesses ticked down slightly, to 6.27, from 6.46 for March 13. The percent positivity rose significantly, to 9.69 from 8.50. The state's CALI report lags the current case counts by a week.

The cumulative town-by-town totals as of March 26 are below. The number in parentheses shows the number of cases from the week before.

Ocean County has had 1,829 residents who have died of complications from the coronavirus. There have been no deaths in those 18 and under; there were 33 people age 19 to 44; 233 age 45 to 64; 334 age 65 to 74; 568 age 75 to 84, and 661 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 32 (32)
• Barnegat Township 1,770 (1,689)
• Bay Head 69 (62)
• Beach Haven 55 (54)
• Beachwood 955 (915)
• Berkeley Township 3,724 (3,600)
• Brick Township 7,688 (7,321)
• Eagleswood Township 135 (128)
• Harvey Cedars 15 (15)
• Island Heights 117 (110)
• Jackson Township 5,260 (5,100)
• Lacey Township 2,363 (2,240)
• Lakehurst 269 (260)
• Lakewood Township 13,236 (13,126)
• Lavallette 148 (143)
• Little Egg Harbor Township 1,461 (1,383)
• Long Beach Township 172 (166)
• Manchester Township 3,726 (3,618)
• Mantoloking 16 (14)
• Ocean Gate 148 (144)
• Ocean Township (Waretown) 544 (515)
• Pine Beach 154 (147)
• Plumsted Township 533 (518)
• Point Pleasant Beach 392 (370)
• Point Pleasant 2,054 (1,944)
• Seaside Heights 229 (222)
• Seaside Park 97 (91)
• Ship Bottom 91 (88)
• South Toms River 323 (316)
• Stafford Township 2,178 (2,104)
• Surf City 58 (57)
• Toms River 9,512 (9,175)
• Tuckerton 216 (200)

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