Ocean County Up To 3.2K Coronavirus Cases

OCEAN COUNTY, NJ — The Ocean County Health Department reported 133 additional new-coronavirus cases Friday, bringing the county total to 3,238. State officials have announced 121 deaths in Ocean County as of Friday.

Drive-thru testing will continue Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Ocean County College. Patients must schedule appointments in advance between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

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Requirements for testing include the following:

• You must be an Ocean County resident and have identification.
• You must have a health-care practitioner script.
• You must make an appointment at www.ochd.org.
• You must be symptomatic.

“We are meeting the testing needs of our residents and will reduce the number of test days to three at the college,” said County Public Health Coordinator Daniel Regenye. “Should the need exist we will open up to five days again."

Here is the breakdown of total cases by municipality as of noon Friday:

• Barnegat: 97 (11 new cases since Thursday)
• Barnegat Light: 2
• Bay Head: 3
• Beach Haven: 5
• Beachwood: 49 (+1)
• Berkeley: 243 (+14)
• Brick: 395 (+13)
• Eagleswood: 0
• Harvey Cedars: 0
• Island Heights: 3
• Jackson: 288 (+16)
• Lacey: 90 (+7)
• Lakehurst: 9 (+2)
• Lakewood: 980*
• Lavallette: 8
• Little Egg Harbor: 39 (+8)
• Long Beach Township: 11 (+3)
• Manchester: 189 (+11)
• Mantoloking: 0
• Ocean Gate: 3
• Ocean Township: 17 (+3)
• Pine Beach: 3
• Plumsted: 19
• Point Pleasant Beach: 18 (+2)
• Point Pleasant Borough: 76 (+6)
• Seaside Heights: 17 (+2)
• Seaside Park: 5 (+2)
• Ship Bottom: 5
• South Toms River: 34 (+1)
• Surf City: 3
• Stafford: 84 (+6)
• Toms River: 541 (+33)
• Tuckerton: 4 (+1)

*The OCHD reported 987 cases as of Thursday in Lakewood.

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