Middlesex Co. Remains One Of NJ's COVID Hotspots: See Town Totals

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Middlesex County remains a COVID hotspot in the state, along with Essex and Passaic counties, for high levels of COVID cases and transmission.

All three of those counties are recording between 318 – 442 new PCR-positive COVID tests a day, according to the state Dept. of Health's COVID dashboard. Middlesex County reported 395 new cases on Friday, March 19, about the same number of new cases as recorded the Friday before, on March 12.

For comparison, some counties, such as Hunterdon, Sussex and even Mercer, are reporting just 20-40 new cases a day in March.

Bergen County has confirmed the most COVID cases so far (about 75,000), follow by Middlesex County (about 73,000 cases) to date.

Since the pandemic began, there have been 75,228 total cases in Middlesex County and 1,886 total deaths.

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 March 13 says Middlesex County is in the orange zone, for moderate spread.

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.

As of Friday, March 19, here are the case numbers for every town in Middlesex County:

Carteret

• 2,996 Reported Total Cases

Cranbury

• 230 Reported Total Cases

Dunellen

• 715 Reported Total Cases

East Brunswick

• 3,133 Reported Total Cases

Edison

• 7,850 Reported Total Cases

Helmetta

• 176 Reported Total Cases

Highland Park

• 903 Reported Total Cases

Jamesburg

• 504 Reported Total Cases

Metuchen

• 932 Reported Total Cases

Middlesex

• 1,375 Reported Total Cases

Milltown

• 514 Reported Total Cases

Monroe

• 3,600 Reported Total Cases

New Brunswick

• 5,453 Reported Total Cases

North Brunswick

• 3,898 Reported Total Cases

Old Bridge

• 6,393 Reported Total Cases

Perth Amboy

• 8,052 Reported Total Cases

Piscataway

• 4,692 Reported Total Cases

Plainsboro

• 1,077 Reported Total Cases

Sayreville

• 4,153 Reported Total Cases

South Amboy

• 958 Reported Total Cases

South Brunswick

• 2,388 Reported Total Cases

South Plainfield

• 2,481 Reported Total Cases

South River

• 1,634 Reported Total Cases

Spotswood

• 668 Reported Total Cases

Woodbridge

• 10,819 Reported Total Cases