How Much Is COVID Spreading In Morris County?

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — Morris County continued to see a slight increase in the rate of new coronavirus cases, averaging 75.7 per day in the past week — compared to 70.3 new cases per day the prior week.

But what does that mean for the spread of the virus in each town? See town-by-town statistics below.

In terms of hospitalizations, New Jersey remains just above the 1,000 mark at 1,054 as of Friday afternoon. Last week, the Garden State surpassed 1,000 active COVID hospitalizations for the first time since mid-May — more than triple July 1's total of 306. The New Jersey Department of Health only reported an increase of 32 hospitalizations in the past week.

Statewide, 47.67 percent of ICU beds are in use. Here's where Morris County's hospitals stand, according to the Department of Health and Human Services: 31.87 percent of ICU beds are available at Morristown Medical Center, 69.23 percent are empty at Saint Clare's Hospital's Denville Campus, and 65.12 percent are unoccupied at the Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains.

Here's how much cases have increased in each Morris County town, according to county data (statistics show new infections from Aug. 25 to Friday; totals reflect the number of cases reported since the pandemic began):

• Boonton: 11 new cases, 850 total, 1.31 percent increase
• Boonton Township: 10 new cases, 528 total, 1.93 percent increase
• Butler: 21 new cases, 782 total, 2.76 percent increase
• Chatham Borough: 12 new cases, 446 total, 2.76 percent increase
• Chatham Township: 15 new cases, 629 total, 2.44 percent increase
• Chester Borough: no new cases, 126 total
• Chester Township: 15 new cases, 592 total, 2.6 percent increase
• Denville: 24 new cases, 1,399 total, 1.75 percent increase
• Dover: 16 new cases, 2,889 total, 0.56 percent increase
• East Hanover: 17 new cases, 935 total, 1.85 percent increase
• Florham Park: 21 new cases, 832 total, 2.59 percent increase
• Hanover: 20 new cases, 1,079 total, 1.89 percent increase
• Harding: two new cases, 263 total, 0.77 percent increase
• Jefferson: 36 new cases, 2,045 total, 1.79 percent increase
• Kinnelon: 17 new cases, 1,028 total, 1.68 percent increase
• Lincoln Park: 19 new cases, 1,244 total, 1.55 percent increase
• Long Hill: three new cases, 475 total, 0.63 percent increase
• Madison: 17 new cases, 929 total, 1.86 percent increase
• Mendham Borough: 10 new cases, 391 total, 2.62 percent increase
• Mendham Township: five new cases, 358 total, 1.42 percent increase
• Mine Hill: three new cases, 473 total, 0.64 percent increase
• Montville: 25 new cases, 1,860 total, 1.36 percent increase
• Morris Plains: five new cases, 601 total, 0.84 percent increase
• Morris Township: 28 new cases, 1,675 total, 1.7 percent increase
• Morristown: 16 new cases, 2,302 total, 0.7 percent increase
• Mount Arlington: five new cases, 532 total, 0.95 percent increase
• Mount Olive: 29 new cases, 2,478 total, 1.18 percent increase
• Mountain Lakes: two new cases, 300 total, 0.67 percent increase
• Netcong: four new cases, 299 total, 1.36 percent increase
• Parsippany: 67 new cases, 4,528 total, 1.5 percent increase
• Pequannock: 18 new cases, 1,534 total, 1.19 percent increase
• Randolph: 23 new cases, 2,225 total, 1.04 percent increase
• Riverdale: nine new cases, 404 total, 2.28 percent increase
• Rockaway Borough: five new cases, 634 total, 0.79 percent increase
• Rockaway Township: 39 new cases, 2,398 total, 1.65 percent increase
• Roxbury: 25 new cases, 2,187 total, 1.16 percent increase
• Victory Gardens: no new cases, 218 total
• Washington Township: 46 new cases, 1,233 total, 3.88 percent increase
• Wharton: six new cases, 1,047 total, 0.58 percent increase