How Much Is COVID Spreading In Somerset Co. With Delta Emerging?

SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ — Somerset County and New Jersey have seen an uptick in coronavirus cases. But what does that mean for each town? (See town-by-town totals below.)

The county averaged 33 new cases per day in the past week, while averaging 24 new daily cases the prior week, according to the New Jersey Department of Health.

Despite the recent growth in new cases, that may mean only a few new infections a week in certain towns — or none in smaller municipalities.

But officials continue to monitor the delta variant, which accounted for 80 percent of coronavirus cases in New Jersey over a four-week period ending on Aug. 3, CDC numbers show.

"It's twice as infectious," Andy Slavitt, a former member of President Joe Biden's Covid Response Team, told CNN. "Fortunately, unlike 2020, we actually have a tool that stops the delta variant in its tracks: It's called vaccine."

Read more: Delta Variant Continues Spread Despite NJ Vaccination Compliance

Somerset County and all of North and Central Jersey have "moderate" COVID activity, according to New Jersey's latest weekly report. The determination is based on metrics such as case rate, positivity rate and prevalence of COVID-like illnesses.

Somerset County officials provided the following breakdown of cases by town on Friday (the numbers below are the cumulative cases since March 2020):

Bedminster Township

• Cases Reported: 445
• Fatalities Reported: 5

Bernards Township

• Cases Reported: 1,518
• Fatalities Reported: 47

Bernardsville Borough

• Cases Reported: 577
• Fatalities Reported: 5

Bound Brook Borough

• Cases Reported: 1,219
• Fatalities Reported: 25

Branchburg Township

• Cases Reported: 925
• Fatalities Reported: 12

Bridgewater Township

• Cases Reported: 2,734
• Fatalities Reported: 106

Far Hills Borough

• Cases Reported: 59
• Fatalities Reported: 1

Franklin Township

• Cases Reported: 6,111
• Fatalities Reported: 214

Green Brook Township

• Cases Reported: 574
• Fatalities Reported: 35

Hillsborough Twp & Millstone Boro

• Cases Reported: 2,437
• Fatalities Reported: 97

Manville Borough

• Cases Reported: 1,060
• Fatalities Reported: 23

Montgomery Township

• Cases Reported: 1,097
• Fatalities Reported: 23

North Plainfield Borough

• Cases Reported: 1,905
• Fatalities Reported: 55

Peapack-Gladstone Borough

• Cases Reported: 242
• Fatalities Reported: 4

Raritan Borough

• Cases Reported: 616
• Fatalities Reported: 22

Rocky Hill Borough

• Cases Reported: 29
• Fatalities Reported: 1

Somerville Borough

• Cases Reported: 1,120
• Fatalities Reported: 19

South Bound Brook Borough

• Cases Reported: 464
• Fatalities Reported: 4

Warren Township

• Cases Reported: 990
• Fatalities Reported: 22

Watchung Borough

• Cases Reported: 428
• Fatalities Reported: 17

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