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Ocean County's COVID-19 Cases: See Town-By-Town Totals - Brick, NJ - Ocean County's COVID-19 activity levels have continued to drop. Take a look at the town-by-town cases.

Thousands living with developmental or intellectual disabilities are being left out in the cold | Opinion Posted Apr 27, 2021 State Senators Kristin Corrado and Anthony M. Bucco say Gov. Phil Murphy’s continued reliance on metrics limited solely to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities will prevent half of those who normally would attend centers from attending the programs they desperately need. Facebook Share By Kristin Corrado and Anthony M. Bucco Vitally important adult day programs that serve more than 12,000 New Jersey residents living with developmental or inte...

Reply The rate of increase in the number of coronavirus cases has slowed in Ocean County. Take a look at town-by-town counts. (Shutterstock) OCEAN COUNTY, NJ — The increase in Ocean County's coronavirus case rate slowed again, after a few weeks of a spike in cases (see town-by-town totals below). Ocean County recorded 63,752 cases of the coronavirus through Friday, according to the Ocean County Health Department. That is an increase of 999 cases, or 1.59 percent, from April 16, when 62,753 cases were reported. Variants of the virus that spread more quickly have played some part in the inc...

UpdatedFri, Apr 23, 2021 at 10:48 am ET Replies(93) (Thomas P. Costello/Gannett) NEW JERSEY — A new report says 18 New Jersey counties still have a "high" risk of coronavirus transmission even as the state has made progress in recent weeks and numbers have fallen. Three counties in particular have shown significant progress in the state Department of Health's newly released weekly report on the status of the outbreak (see the details below). The DOH's "COVID-19 Activity Level Report," which is issued weekly, says New Jersey's statewide activity remains "high." Gov. Phil Murphy has said the...

The state remains mum on when it will reopen much-needed programs that offer therapy, socialization and learning to people with disabilities. The programs, closed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, are causing health and cognitive conditions to deteriorate in the people who need them, families and advocates said. It has been weeks since the Centers for Disease Control released guidelines for the reopening of the programs, but the New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Developmental Disability has only offered “words of assurance” that it is trying to upda...