COVID Cases In Somerset County: This Week's Stats Amid Delta

SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ — There were more COVID-19 cases but fewer deaths over the past week in Somerset County, as the highly transmissible Delta variant of the virus continues to spread.

There were 373 positive COVID-19 cases countywide over the past seven days, up from the week before.

Here is a breakdown of all Somerset County positive COVID-19 cases from Sept. 11 to Sept. 19:

• Bedminster - 10
• Bernards - 21
• Bernardsville - 3
• Bound Brook - 25
• Branchburg - 12
• Bridgewater - 54
• Far Hills - 0
• Franklin - 65
• Green Brook - 10
• Hillsborough - 31
• Manville - 9
• Millstone - 0
• Montgomery - 24
• North Plainfield - 12
• Peapack-Gladstone - 3
• Raritan - 5
• Rocky Hill - 1
• Somerville - 5
• South Bound Brook - 9
• Warren - 22
• Watchung - 2

Nationally, the virus has claimed 14,000 more lives since a week ago.

Here is a breakdown of the cumulative Somerset County COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began in March 2020:

• Bedminster - 5
• Bernards - 48
• Bernardsville - 5
• Bound Brook - 24
• Branchburg - 12
• Bridgewater - 104
• Far Hills - 1
• Franklin - 218
• Green Brook - 36
• Hillsborough & Millstone - 99
• Manville - 25
• Montgomery - 23
• North Plainfield - 55
• Peapack-Gladstone - 4
• Raritan - 22
• Rocky Hill - 1
• Somerville - 20
• South Bound Brook - 5
• Warren - 22
• Watchung - 19

New Jersey has the ninth-lowest rate of COVID deaths per capita right now. See the list here.

The COVID vaccine is 95 percent effective against the virus, according to medical professionals, and while vaccinated people may have "breakthrough cases" — particularly among Delta — there is a lower chance of hospitalization or death for those vaccinated, they say.

Somerset County offers the COVID-19 vaccine every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 4 to 7:30 p.m. at the Somerset County Senior Wellness Center, 876 E Main Street, Bridgewater. The Pfizer vaccine is available for Somerset County residents 12 and older. And the Moderna vaccine for those over 18 years old. Third doses are also available for the immunocompromised only.

For more information or to find a vaccine location in Somerset County click here.

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