How Much Is COVID Spreading In Ocean County With Delta Emerging?

OCEAN COUNTY, NJ — Ocean 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 140 new cases per day in the past week, while averaging 136 new daily cases the prior week, according to the Ocean County Health Department.

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 93.4 percent of coronavirus cases in New Jersey over a four-week period ending on July 31, CDC numbers show.

Read more: Delta Variant Continues Spread Despite NJ Vaccination Compliance

Ocean County and all of the Central Jersey East region has "high" COVID-19 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. The region has the second-highest case rate in the state at 18.65 cases per 100,000 and a 6.02 percent positivity rate.

There have been 69 new hospitalizations in Ocean County from Aug. 1 through Aug. 23, according to the Ocean County Health Department. It does not provide a breakdown on hospitalizations by age.

The county's data, as of noon Friday, reflects the seven-day totals for the towns. Here's how much case totals have climbed in each town in that time:

• Barnegat Light: 0 new cases, 39 total cases, 0 percent increase
• Barnegat Township: 30, 2,277 total cases, 1.34 percent increase
• Bay Head: 1 new case, 83 total cases, 1.22 percent increase
• Beach Haven: 2 new cases, 83 total cases, 2.47 percent increase
• Beachwood: 17 new cases, 1,225 total cases, 1.41 percent increase
• Berkeley Township: 68 new cases, 4,616 total cases, 1.50 percent increase
• Brick Township: 148 new cases, 9,571 total cases, 1.55 percent increase
• Eagleswood Township: 0 new cases, 166 total cases, 0 percent increase
• Harvey Cedars: 0 new cases, 19 total cases, 0 percent increase
• Island Heights: 0 new cases, 146 total cases, 0 percent increase
• Jackson Township: 116 new cases, 6,884 total cases, 1.71 percent increase
• Lacey Township: 39 new cases, 2,970 total cases, 1.33 percent increase
• Lakehurst: 3 new cases, 330 total cases, 0.92 percent increase
• Lakewood: 228 new cases, 14,213 total cases, 1.63 percent increase
• Lavallette: 4 new cases, 192 total cases, 2.13 percent increase
• Little Egg Harbor Township: 35 new cases, 1,904 total cases, 1.87 percent increase
• Long Beach Township: 0 new cases, 220 total cases, 0 percent increase
• Manchester: 76 new cases, 4,577 total cases, 1.69 percent increase
• Mantoloking: 2 new cases, 27 total cases, 8.00 percent increase
• Ocean Gate: 8 new cases, 199 total cases, 4.19 percent increase
• Ocean Twp. (Waretown): 14 new cases, 723 total cases, 1.97 percent increase
• Pine Beach: 5 new cases, 191 total cases, 2.69 percent increase
• Plumsted Township: 9 new cases, 743 total cases, 1.23 percent increase
• Point Pleasant Beach: 9 new cases, 538 total cases, 1.67 percent increase
• Point Pleasant: 26 new cases, 2,559 total cases, 1.03 percent increase
• Seaside Heights: 4 new cases, 296 total cases, 1.37 percent increase
• Seaside Park: 0 new cases, 121 total cases, 0 percent increase
• Ship Bottom: 4 new cases, 120 total cases, 3.45 percent increase
• South Toms River: 17 new cases, 424 total cases, 4.18 percent increase
• Stafford Township: 49 new cases, 2,734 total cases, 1.79 percent increase
• Surf City: 1 new case, 72 total cases, 1.41 percent increase
• Toms River: 381 new cases, 11,698 total cases, 3.37 percent increase
• Tuckerton: 8 new cases, 300 total cases, 2.74 percent increase

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