COVID Spread Increases In Parsippany With Holidays Approaching

PARSIPPANY, NJ — You're probably tired of thinking about the coronavirus before holiday gatherings. But COVID-19 cases continue to climb throughout New Jersey.

Luckily, Patch has gathered important COVID-19 information about Parsippany.

Morris County averaged 369.9 infections per day this past week, according to the New Jersey Department of Health. That's more than triple the amount of daily new cases this week a month ago, when the county averaged 95.7.

Parsippany had 237 new cases from Dec. 13 to Tuesday, bringing the township to 5,484 cases since the pandemic began, according to Morris County data. The new infections increased the township's case total by 4.2 percent in eight days.

Here are the local hospital ICU statistics as of the week of Dec. 9 — the most recently available data — according to the Department of Health and Human Services:

• Morristown Medical Center: 29.41 percent of ICU beds available
• Saint Clare's Denville Hospital: 64.1 percent of ICU beds available
• Kindred Hospital New Jersey - Morris County (Dover): ICU bed data unavailable
• Overlook Medical Center (Summit): 23.21 percent of ICU beds available
• Saint Barnabas Medical Center (Livingston): 47.37 percent of ICU beds available

Here's more coronavirus news:

• Booster shots, available at pharmacies and clinics around Parsippany, are the best defense against COVID-19 illnesses as the omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads across the country, according to health officials. Here's where you can get one around town.
• State officials have reported 127 COVID-19 cases among Morristown Medical Center staff in the past 30 days. The figure represents less than 2 percent of hospital staff, but New Jersey continues to report increases in hospital workers catching the virus. Read more.

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