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

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — Morris County and New Jersey continue to see an increase in coronavirus cases, to the point where the Centers for Disease Control now recommend masking up in indoor, public spaces in most of the state. (See town-by-town data below.)

The more-contagious delta variant accounted for 80 percent of cases sequenced in New Jersey over a four-week period that ended Tuesday. The CDC sequenced 926 cases for variance to determine how much each strain has spread in New Jersey.

Morris County averaged 49.5 new cases per day over the past week after often reporting single-digit new daily cases at the beginning of July, according to the New Jersey Department of Health.

But hospitalizations remain manageable. Health experts have said that the share of a hospital's total beds devoted to coronavirus cases is key to understanding the strain on its resources. A share greater than 10 percent is said to be a cause of concern.

Each Morris County hospital remained at 3.05 percent or lower in terms of inpatient beds used by confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients for the week ending Monday.

This is how much cases increased in each Morris County town from July 27 to Thursday, according to county officials:

• Boonton: six new cases, 813 total (since the pandemic began), 0.74 percent increase
• Boonton Township: one new case, 509 total, 0.2 percent increase
• Butler: 13 new cases, 738 total, 1.79 percent increase
• Chatham Borough: seven new cases, 415 total, 1.72 percent increase
• Chatham Township: 20 new cases, 593 total, 3.5 percent increase
• Chester Borough: no new cases, 120 total, no increase
• Chester Township: four new cases, 552 total, 0.73 percent increase
• Denville: 14 new cases, 1,338 total, 1.06 percent increase
• Dover: four new cases, 2,846 total, 0.14 percent increase
• East Hanover: three new cases, 873 total, 0.34 percent increase
• Florham Park: eight new cases, 778 total, 1.04 percent increase
• Hanover: nine new cases, 1,016 total, 0.89 percent increase
• Harding: three new cases, 257 total, 1.18 percent increase
• Jefferson: 13 new cases, 1,955 total, 0.67 percent increase
• Kinnelon: 11 new cases, 985 total, 1.13 percent increase
• Lincoln Park: eight new cases, 1,195 total, 0.67 percent increase
• Long Hill: nine new cases, 453 total, 2.03 percent increase
• Madison: nine new cases, 898 total, 1.01 percent increase
• Mendham Borough: two new cases, 366 total, 0.55 percent increase
• Mendham Township: two new cases, 344 total, 0.58 percent increase
• Mine Hill: one new case, 455 total, 0.22 percent increase
• Montville: 22 new cases, 1,772 total, 1.26 percent increase
• Morris Plains: 11 new cases, 582 total, 1.93 percent increase
• Morris Township: 15 new cases, 1,597 total, 0.95 percent increase
• Morristown: 11 new cases, 2,243 total, 0.49 percent increase
• Mount Arlington: eight new cases, 511 total, 1.59 percent increase
• Mount Olive: 22 new cases, 2,388 total, 0.93 percent increase
• Mountain Lakes: zero new cases, 281 total, no increase
• Netcong: two new cases, 289 total, 0.7 percent increase
• Parsippany: 39 new cases, 4,354 total, 0.9 percent increase
• Pequannock: 17 new cases, 1,444 total, 1.19 percent increase
• Randolph: 33 new cases, 2,128 total, 1.58 percent increase
• Riverdale: five new cases, 386 total, 1.31 percent increase
• Rockaway Borough: seven new cases, 618 total, 1.15 percent increase
• Rockaway Township: 19 new cases, 2,317 total, 0.83 percent increase
• Roxbury: 23 new cases, 2,095 total, 1.11 percent increase
• Victory Gardens: no new cases, 216 total, no increase
• Washington Township: 13 new cases, 1,133 total, 1.16 percent increase
• Wharton: 13 new cases, 1,028 total, 1.28 percent increase