Health & Fitness

COVID, Delta Variant Spread Slows In Ocean County: See Numbers

The variant accounted for more than 99 percent of NJ cases over a four-week period. Here's the town-by-town case growth in Ocean County.

The delta variant accounted for more than 99 percent of the new NJ cases over a four-week period. Here's the town-by-town case growth rate in Ocean County.
The delta variant accounted for more than 99 percent of the new NJ cases over a four-week period. Here's the town-by-town case growth rate in Ocean County. (Rachel Nunes/Patch)

OCEAN COUNTY, NJ — Here's the weekly look at coronavirus cases in Ocean County, including town-by-town totals and a look at related data since the emergence of the delta variant earlier this year.

The county averaged 139 new cases per day in the past week, while averaging 184 new daily cases the prior week, according to the Ocean County Health Department.

The seven-day change is a significant decrease from last week and from much of September.

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The county health department has said about 80 percent of the new positive coronavirus cases are in people who have not been vaccinated against the virus. Among the 20 percent of people who are vaccinated and have breakthrough infections, the symptoms have been mild. There have been no deaths in Ocean County from the virus among breakthrough cases.

Officials continue to monitor the delta variant, which accounted for 99.5 percent of coronavirus cases in New Jersey over a four-week period ending on Sept. 25, CDC numbers show. The CDC variant proportions are based on representative CDC sequencing data gathered during that four-week period. There were 2,957 New Jersey samples that underwent sequencing during that time.

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Ocean County and all of the Central Jersey East region has "high" COVID-19 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 including fever and cough and shortness of breath. The region has the third-highest case rate in the state at 15.21 cases per 100,000, a rate of 6.23 percent for COVID-like illnesses and a 4.67 percent positivity rate.

Hospitalizations in Ocean County have decreased as well, with 17 additional hospitalizations over the 16 days from Oct. 5-20. For the 15 days from Sept. 20 to Oct. 4, there had been 24. The county has hospitalization numbers broken down by age group, but it's unclear how often it's updated or what time frame the updates cover.

The county does not have a breakdown by day of how many COVID patients have been released from hospitals.

There have been 12 deaths from Oct. 15 to Oct. 22, bringing the county's cumulative total to 2,163, according to Ocean County Health Department statistics.

The Ocean County Health Department data includes the seven-day town-by-town case totals. It also includes a breakdown by age of how many cases have been diagnosed in each age group.

The age breakdown is as follows for new cases reported as of Oct. 21: 0-18, 290; 19-44, 337; 45-64, 208; 65-74, 71; 75-84, 36; 85+, 23; total 965

The seven-day totals for Ocean County as of Oct. 15 are as follows:

  • Barnegat Light: 0 new cases, 40 total cases, 0 percent increase
  • Barnegat Township: 35, 2,642 total cases, 1.34 percent increase
  • Bay Head: 0 new cases, 94 total cases, 0 percent increase
  • Beach Haven: 0 new cases, 94 total cases, 0 percent increase
  • Beachwood: 12 new cases, 1,463 total cases, 0.82 percent increase
  • Berkeley Township: 44 new cases, 5,258 total cases, 0.84 percent increase
  • Brick Township: 148 new cases, 11,143 total cases, 1.35 percent increase
  • Eagleswood Township: 2 new cases, 192 total cases, 1.05 percent increase
  • Harvey Cedars: 0 new cases, 23 total cases, 0 percent increase
  • Island Heights: 5 new cases, 176 total cases, 2.92 percent increase
  • Jackson Township: 98 new cases, 7,887 total cases, 1.26 percent increase
  • Lacey Township: 23 new cases, 3,358 total cases, 0.68 percent increase
  • Lakehurst: 3 new cases, 383 total cases, 0.79 percent increase
  • Lakewood: 291 new cases, 16,460 total cases, 1.80 percent increase
  • Lavallette: 3 new cases, 205 total cases, 1.49 percent increase
  • Little Egg Harbor Township: 40 new cases, 2,233 total cases, 1.82 percent increase
  • Long Beach Township: 3 new cases, 244 total cases, 1.24 percent increase
  • Manchester: 46 new cases, 5,093 total cases, 0.91 percent increase
  • Mantoloking: 0 new cases, 32 total cases, 0 percent increase
  • Ocean Gate: 2 new cases, 218 total cases, 0.93 percent increase
  • Ocean Twp. (Waretown): 16 new cases, 826 total cases, 1.98 percent increase
  • Pine Beach: 3 new cases, 230 total cases, 1.32 percent increase
  • Plumsted Township: 10 new cases, 849 total cases, 1.19 percent increase
  • Point Pleasant Beach: 2 new cases, 587 total cases, 0.34 percent increase
  • Point Pleasant: 22 new cases, 2,883 total cases, 0.77 percent increase
  • Seaside Heights: 4 new cases, 337 total cases, 1.20 percent increase
  • Seaside Park: 2 new cases, 133 total cases, 1.53 percent increase
  • Ship Bottom: 1 new case, 123 total cases, 0.82 percent increase
  • South Toms River: 4 new cases, 493 total cases, 0.82 percent increase
  • Stafford Township: 38 new cases, 3,099 total cases, 1.24 percent increase
  • Surf City: 1 new case, 81 total cases, 1.25 percent increase
  • Toms River: 106 new cases, 13,122 total cases, 0.81 percent increase
  • Tuckerton: 2 new cases, 331 total cases, 0.61 percent increase

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