Basking Ridge COVID Updates: Hospital Capacities, Mayor Update

Josh Bakan
·2 min read

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Here are the latest coronavirus updates around Basking Ridge.

Cases and Vaccinations

The Somerset County Health Department has reported 65 new COVID-19 cases in Bernards Township this past week. Officials have reported 970 cases and 47 coronavirus deaths in Bernards Township since the pandemic began.

Officials have reported 15,305 total cases and 639 coronavirus deaths in Somerset County to date.

The Bernards Township School District updates its COVID-19 dashboard daily.

The New Jersey Department of Health has tallied 25,327 vaccine doses administered in Somerset County — an increase of 8,451 in the past week. The county has an estimated population of 328,934, and both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines require two doses per person.

Recent Updates

  • The Bernards Township Health Department will administer drive-thru coronavirus tests Thursday at the local community center (289 South Maple Ave., Basking Ridge). MORE.

  • Here's the latest federal data on hospital capacities in the Basking Ridge area.

  • Check out this updated list of COVID-19 vaccine sites in Somerset County.

  • Bernards Township Mayor Janice Fields provided an update addressing the town's hardships associated with the coronavirus. MORE.

Here's what else you should know:

  • New Jersey will get $216 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency now that the Biden administration is boosting vaccine distribution to the Garden State and elsewhere by 16 percent. MORE.

  • The man who helped invent the coronavirus saliva test, developed in a Piscataway lab affiliated with Rutgers University, has unexpectedly passed away. MORE.

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