Monmouth County Nursing Home Coronavirus Cases, Deaths Released

TRENTON, NJ — Thirty nursing care facilities in Monmouth County have had at least one patient who died of complications from the new coronavirus, and 28 facilities have had more than 10 positive cases of the virus.

Those are some of the numbers revealed Monday when the state Department of Health released information on all nursing facilities in New Jersey that have reported at least one case of the coronavirus.

Overall, there have been 4,787 people in Monmouth County who have tested positive for the virus; 230 of those, or 4.8 percent, have died, according to the state. There are 913 nursing home cases in Monmouth, 19 percent of the people who have tested positive in the county. Of those, 135 people have died, or 58.7 percent of the county's 230 deaths.

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The state Department of Health reported 43 county facilities have reported at least one patient has tested positive for the coronavirus. The listing comes after weeks of requests for the information and repeated warnings from the state to the owners and managers of long-term care facilities about their need to report that information to patients, employees and patients' families, Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said Monday.

Long-term care facilities have been a point of concern since the earliest stages of the outbreak. There have been growing numbers of age-restricted communities throughout Monmouth County.

Overall, there have been 4,787 people in Monmouth County who have tested positive for the virus; 230 of those, or 4.8 percent, have died, according to the state. There are 913 nursing home cases in Monmouth, 19 percent of the people who have tested positive in the county. , and 58.7 percent of the deaths.

There were 88,806 people who have tested positive for the coronavirus across New Jersey as of Monday, and 4,377 of them have died, according to the state health department. Read more: NJ Coronavirus Updates: Here's What You Need To Know

Here are the facilities in Monmouth County that have patients positive for the coronavirus, along with deaths (in parentheses) that have happened at those facilities. The list of facilities was provided by the state Department of Health; there may be discrepancies due to a delay in communications between the facilites and the state.

On Friday, one of the facilities listed by the state contacted Patch to contest being included on the list.

"Encompass Health Toms River and Encompass Health Tinton Falls are licensed hospitals that provide physical medicine and rehabilitation services," said Hillary Carnel, associate director of media relations for the facilities. "Our hospitals provide a different level of care than a nursing home. We serve patients and don't have residents in our care."

Carnel said that on On April 6, Encompass Health Toms River opened a COVID-19 program with a dedicated, separate wing of 30 beds, and has admitted 34 COVID-19 patients from area hospitals and discharged 10 of those patients home, as of April 21.

"This unit was opened in response to the needs of the community and area hospitals and it has been received positively by the acute medical centers and patients that need our higher level of care," she said. "To clarify, there have been zero confirmed COVID-19 positive expirations (deaths) at Encompass Health Toms River."

"We are doing our part to support our community and local healthcare system and stand by our commitment to provide the high-quality care for which we are known, whether that be through our standard rehabilitation services or by temporarily serving patients recovering from COVID-19 during this challenging time."

• CareOne at Holmdel: 57 (16)
• Wedgewood Gardens, Freehold: 64 (12)
• Bayshore Healthcare Center — Holmdel: 94 (11)
• The Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center, Freehold: 79 (10)
• Pinebrook Care Center, Manalapan: 41 (10)
• Kings Manor, Neptune: 28 (8)
• Atrium Post Acute at Matawan: 59 (7)
• CareOne at Wall: 44 (7)
• Hackensack Meridian Health at Wall: 53 (5)
• Hackensack Meridian at Red Bank: 39 (4)
• Mattison Crossing, Freehold: 35 (4)
• The Solana Marlboro By Chelsea Senior Living, Morganville: 29 (4)
• Sunrise Assisted Living of Marlboro: 13 (4)
• Sunrise Assisted Living — Wall: 12 (4)
• Atrium at Navesink Harbor Assisted Living, Red Bank: 10 (4)
• The Jewish Home for Rehab and Nursing, Freehold: 21 (3)
• The Chelsea at Tinton Falls: 13 (3)
• Brandywine Living at Howell: 12 (3)
• Wardell Gardens Nursing and Rehab at Tinton Falls: 20 (2)
• Applewood Retirement Facility, Freehold: 14 (2)
• Arbor Terrace of Shrewbury, Tinton Falls: 12 (2)
• The Chelsea at Manalapan: 9 (2)
• Monmouth Care Center, Long Branch: 20 (1)
• Arnold Walter Nursing & Rehab, Hazlet: 17 (1)
• Millennium Memory Care of at Matawan: 16 (1)
• Atrium Senior Living of Matawan: 12 (1)
• Jersey Shore Center, Eatontown: 8 (1)
• Monmouth Crossing Assisted Living, Freehold: 5 (1)
• Anchor Care Nursing and Rehab, Hazlet: 3 (1)
• Bayside Manor Assisted Living, Keansburg: 1 (1)
• Allaire Rehab and Nursing, Freehold: 20 (0)
• The Chelsea at Shrewsbury: 15 (0)
• Hackensack Meridian Health Nursing & Rehab Manor by the Sea, Ocean Grove: 13 (0)
• Brandywine Living at Governor's Crossing, Englishtown: 6 (0)
• Prefered Care at Wall: 4 (0)
• Coral Harbor Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Neptune City: 3 (0)
• Hackensack Meridian Health at Shrewsbury: 2 (0)
• Gateway Care Center, Eatontown: 2 (0)
• Wellington Estate Assisted Living, Wall: 2 (0)
• Imperial Healthcare, Neptune: 2 (0)
• Laurel Bay Health and Rehab Center, Keansburg: 2 (0)
• Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Tinton Falls: 1 (0)
• Allegria at Ocean Grove: 1 (0)

Note: This article has been updated to include comment from Encompass Health Care.

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