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

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

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 Warren County is 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.

If the overall activity is at a "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.

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

• ANDOVER BOROUGH: 55
• ANDOVER TOWNSHIP: 756
• BRANCHVILLE BOROUGH: 69
• BYRAM TOWNSHIP: 784
• FRANKFORD TOWNSHIP: 563
• FRANKLIN BOROUGH: 508
• FREDON TOWNSHIP: 283
• GREEN TOWNSHIP: 342
• HAMBURG BOROUGH: 358
• HAMPTON TOWNSHIP: 474
• HARDYSTON TOWNSHIP: 845
• HOPATCONG BOROUGH: 1,570
• LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP: 179
• MONTAGUE TOWNSHIP: 291
• NEWTON TOWN: 813
• OGDENSBURG BOROUGH: 279
• SANDYSTON TOWNSHIP: 163
• SPARTA TOWNSHIP: 1,825
• STANHOPE BOROUGH: 367
• STILLWATER TOWNSHIP: 337
• SUSSEX BOROUGH: 145
• VERNON TOWNSHIP: 2,051
• WANTAGE TOWNSHIP: 946
• TOTAL CASES: 14,003

Fluctuations in numbers from previous dates may be due to cases being transferred out of jurisdiction and/or further investigation revealing that the case was incorrectly reported to the NJDOH/local health department as confirmed.

The figures reflect COVID-19 positive cases as of the date and time indicated, some cases may be pending, or have yet to be entered into the system.

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