14 More Coronavirus Deaths In Monmouth County: NJ Officials

Karen Wall
·3 min read

MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ — Fourteen more people from Monmouth County have died as a result of the new coronavirus, state Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli announced Thursday.

The count was the highest single-day death total reported by the state for Monmouth County and brings the total deaths to 38 in the county. The jump comes on a day where the state reported its largest single-day total: 182 new deaths. There have been 537 deaths across the state, Persichilli said.

There have been 25,590 positive cases in New Jersey as of Thursday afternoon, she said. Of the 59,110 coronavirus tests administered in the state to people who are showing symptoms of a respiratory illness, 57 percent have come back negative for the virus, state health officials have said.

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Persichilli said of the 182 new deaths reported Thursday, 124 were overnight deaths from communicable disease reporting by facilities. The remaining 58 were identified from electronic death certificates that were filed.

Figures for how many people have been hospitalized due to the virus and how many have recovered in the county and in New Jersey are not yet available, but state officials are working to gather that information, Persichilli said Thursday.

There has not been a town-by-town breakdown on deaths provided by either state or county health officials. The first three Monmouth County deaths were members of the Fusco family, who lost four members to the virus.

Monmouth County releases town-by-town case counts each afternoon; its most recent counts, from Wednesday afternoon, showed 1,307 positive tests for COVID-19 in the county. Read more: NJ Coronavirus Updates: Here's What You Need To Know

That figure included:

  • Aberdeen: 38

  • Asbury Park: 20

  • Atlantic Highlands: 8

  • Avon-by-the-Sea: 3

  • Belmar: 2

  • Bradley Beach: 6

  • Brielle: 10

  • Colts Neck: 23

  • Deal: 7

  • Eatontown: 42

  • Englishtown: 12

  • Fair Haven: 13

  • Farmingdale: 6

  • Freehold Borough: 14

  • Freehold Township: 101

  • Hazlet: 50

  • Highlands: 6

  • Holmdel: 49

  • Howell: 102

  • Keansburg: 26

  • Keyport: 10

  • Lake Como: 4

  • Little Silver: 17

  • Long Branch: 48

  • Manalapan: 98

  • Manasquan: 14

  • Marlboro: 99

  • Matawan: 33

  • Middletown: 127

  • Millstone: 13

  • Monmouth Beach: 4

  • Neptune City: 7

  • Neptune Township: 51

  • Ocean: 43

  • Oceanport: 14

  • Red Bank: 27

  • Rumson: 17

  • Sea Bright: 2

  • Sea Girt: 6

  • Shrewsbury Borough: 15

  • Shrewsbury Township: 3

  • Spring Lake: 5

  • Spring Lake Heights: 7

  • Tinton Falls: 24

  • Union Beach: 1

  • Upper Freehold: 14

  • Wall: 49

  • West Long Branch: 17

Monmouth County is still taking donations of personal protective equipment to be given to health care workers in the county who are treating those with COVID-19.

Donations of personal protective equipment items are being accepted at Thompson Park, 805 Newman Springs Road, in Lincroft, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Monday through Friday. For additional information, or to arrange the drop-off of personal protective equipment, please call 732-842-4000, ext. 4312.

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