Somerset County’s COVID Cases: See Town-By-Town Updates

SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ — New data has been released that shows the coronavirus continues to have an impact on Somerset County (see town-by-town totals below).

Somerset County reported 17,993 cases on Friday, an increase of 577 and 3.2 percent over the past two weeks.

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 Somerset County is in the yellow 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.

If the overall activity is at an "orange" level, state officials say, school districts in those counties would have to take more serious steps — such as quarantining or even shutting down schools — if a child shows the symptoms of COVID-19.

"When it is high risk, there are some recommendations that we make together with local school boards," said Edward Lifshitz, medical director for the state Department of Health.

Indeed, a number of school districts still provide remote instruction even as the number of new daily cases has dropped in recent weeks.

Somerset County officials provided the following breakdown of cases by town:

Bedminster Township

• Cases Reported: 306
• Fatalities Reported: 5

Bernards Township

• Cases Reported: 1,144
• Fatalities Reported: 47

Bernardsville Borough

• Cases Reported: 450
• Fatalities Reported: 4

Bound Brook Borough

• Cases Reported: 973
• Fatalities Reported: 21

Branchburg Township

• Cases Reported: 632
• Fatalities Reported: 9

Bridgewater Township

• Cases Reported: 1,997
• Fatalities Reported: 101

Far Hills Borough

• Cases Reported: 36
• Fatalities Reported: 1

Franklin Township

• Cases Reported: 4,518
• Fatalities Reported: 201

Green Brook Township

• Cases Reported: 390
• Fatalities Reported: 35

Hillsborough Twp & Millstone Boro

• Cases Reported: 1,760
• Fatalities Reported: 89

Manville Borough

• Cases Reported: 723
• Fatalities Reported: 18

Montgomery Township

• Cases Reported: 764
• Fatalities Reported: 19

North Plainfield Borough

• Cases Reported: 1,426
• Fatalities Reported: 50

Peapack-Gladstone Borough

• Cases Reported: 176
• Fatalities Reported: 4

Raritan Borough

• Cases Reported: 473
• Fatalities Reported: 22

Rocky Hill Borough

• Cases Reported: 21
• Fatalities Reported: 1

Somerville Borough

• Cases Reported: 800
• Fatalities Reported: 15

South Bound Brook Borough

• Cases Reported: 344
• Fatalities Reported: 4

Warren Township

• Cases Reported: 703
• Fatalities Reported: 19

Watchung Borough

• Cases Reported: 316
• Fatalities Reported: 15

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