By Matt Arco | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
The coronavirus death toll in New Jersey increased Sunday to 7,871 with 126,744 total cases as the outbreak continues to spread, though officials say weeks of near-lockdown restrictions have slowed the pandemic in the state.
The latest numbers, which include about 3,000 new cases and more than 120 new deaths, were released Sunday, the second day of parks and golf courses reopening in New Jersey. As has been his practice on Sundays, Gov. Phil Murphy did not host an in-person briefing and the update was posted on the state Department of Health website.
More than 246,000 residents have been tested for the coronavirus in New Jersey and about 40% have been confirmed as positive cases. State health officials did not have complete information about hospitalizations to report Sunday as two hospitals did not provide the information. The number has been touted as the best real-time indication of the status of the outbreak and has been declining since a peak in mid-April.
The county-by-county breakdown of cases and deaths include:
- Bergen County: 16,185 with 1,210 deaths
- Hudson County: 15,769 with 845 deaths
- Essex County: 14,521 with 1,282 deaths
- Passaic County: 13,364 with 632 deaths
- Union County: 13,225 with 738 deaths
- Middlesex County: 12,597 with 639 deaths
- Ocean County: 6,871 with 440 deaths
- Monmouth County: 6,290 with 382 deaths
- Morris County: 5,517 with 449 deaths
- Mercer County: 4,504 with 255 deaths
- Camden County: 3,973 with 163 deaths
- Somerset County: 3,703 with 295 deaths
- Burlington County: 3,043 with 149 deaths
- Gloucester County: 1,384 with 51 deaths
- Atlantic County: 1,075 with 49 deaths
- Sussex County: 969 with 115 deaths
- Warren County: 957 with 86 deaths
- Cumberland County: 881 with 17 deaths
- Hunterdon County: 661 with 37 deaths
- Cape May County: 344 with 24 deaths
- Salem County: 270 with 13 deaths
Another 676 cases are under investigation to determine where the person resides.
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