By Nick Devlin  and Disha Raychaudhuri for NJ.com

The total number of coronavirus cases in New Jersey stands at 4,402 as of Wednesday with the death toll now at 62.

Among the 18 new deaths linked to coronavirus were four in Ocean County, three in Essex, two in Monmouth, and one in each of Bergen, Burlington, Cumberland, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, and Union counties. They included seven women and 11 men and ranged in age from 52 to 93.

Gov. Phil Murphy said more cases are expected and the state continues to work toward expanding hospital capacity for what he called an oncoming “surge.”

“We have known that we will need to increase hospital capacity,” Murphy said during his daily briefing. “We are in this fight to save lives.”

For the first time since the outbreak began, the number of cases without a known location exceeds the number of cases in any one county. The unknowns jumped to 933 on Wednesday, over 100 more than the county with the most cases, Bergen (819).

The spread of the virus is forcing accommodations to be made in every corner of life in N.J. In Woodbridge, all 79 residents of a nursing home were moved to a new facility on Wednesday. Few “essential” stores remain open, and while the ones that do are doing brisk business, they face the strain of asking employees to potentially risk their health to come in. Meanwhile in South Jersey, Ocean City became the latest popular beach destination to announce that it would be closing up shop.

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Nick Devlin and Disha Raychaudhuri are reporters on the data & investigations team.

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