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

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — Morris 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 36 new cases per day in the past week, while averaging 21 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 53.2 percent of coronavirus cases in New Jersey over a four-week period ending on July 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

Morris 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.

The county's data, as of noon Monday, ranges from July 14 to Friday. Here's how much case totals have climbed in each town in that time:

• Boonton: six new cases, 803 total cases, 0.75 percent increase
• Boonton Township: zero new cases, 508 total cases, 0 percent increase
• Butler: three new cases, 723 total cases, 0.42 percent increase
• Chatham Borough: three new cases, 406 total cases, 0.74 percent increase
• Chatham Township: one new case, 570 total cases, 0.18 percent increase
• Chester Borough: no new cases, 119 total cases, 0 percent increase
• Chester Township: nine new cases, 545 total cases, 1.68 percent increase
• Denville: seven new cases, 1,321 total cases, 0.53 percent increase
• Dover: five new cases, 2,840 total cases, 0.18 percent increase
• East Hanover: six new cases, 862 total cases, 0.7 percent increase
• Florham Park: four new cases, 769 total cases, 0.52 percent increase
• Hanover: seven new cases, 1,004 total cases, 0.7 percent increase
• Harding: one new case, 253 total cases, 0.4 percent increase
• Jefferson: 11 new cases, 1,939 total cases, 0.57 percent increase
• Kinnelon: seven new cases, 974 total cases, 0.72 percent increase
• Lincoln Park: two new cases, 1,182 total cases, 0.17 percent increase
• Long Hill: nine new cases, 442 total cases, 2.08 percent increase
• Madison: seven new cases, 886 total cases, 0.8 percent increase
• Mendham Borough: one new case, 362 total cases, 0.28 percent increase
• Mendham Township: one new case, 342 total cases, 0.29 percent increase
• Mine Hill: no new cases, 454 total cases, 0 percent increase
• Montville: 20 new cases, 1,742 total cases, 1.16 percent increase
• Morris Plains: two new cases, 571 total cases, 0.35 percent increase
• Morris Township: 13 new cases, 1,576 total cases, 0.83 percent increase
• Morristown: 19 new cases, 2,230 total cases, 0.86 percent increase
• Mount Arlington: four new cases, 501 total cases, 0.8 percent increase
• Mount Olive: 13 new cases, 2,365 total cases, 0.55 percent increase
• Mountain Lakes: five new cases, 280 total cases, 1.82 percent increase
• Netcong: no new cases, 287 total cases, 0 percent increase
• Parsippany: 27 new cases, 4,302 total cases, 0.63 percent increase
• Pequannock: nine new cases, 1,423 total cases, 0.64 percent increase
• Randolph: eight new cases, 2,091 total cases, 0.38 percent increase
• Riverdale: three new cases, 380 total cases, 0.8 percent increase
• Rockaway Borough: 11 new cases, 607 total cases, 1.85 percent increase
• Rockaway Township: 13 new cases, 2,295 total cases, 0.57 percent increase
• Roxbury: 22 new cases, 2,069 total cases, 1.07 percent increase
• Victory Gardens: no new cases, 216 total cases, 0 percent increase
• Washington Township: four new cases, 1,115 total cases, 0.36 percent increase
• Wharton: five new cases, 1,105 total cases, 0.5 percent increase

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