The Salem County Department of Health and Human Services wants to inform residents of an additional confirmed COVID-19 case in Salem County. We also have our second COVID-19 associated death of a previously confirmed positive case. This brings our total county positive case count to 25 and our total deaths to two. The one new case is as follows:

• A male in his 50s from Penns Grove

The Salem County Department of Health advises residents to continue to practice social distancing and remain vigilant in the efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19. We are working attentively to address concerns surrounding availability of testing and will continue to inform residents as new information arises.

All New Jersey residents can call 2-1-1 or 1-800-222-1222 for general questions. The call center is open 24/7 and has multi language capability. Additionally, residents can text NJCOVID to 898-211 to receive information and stay informed.

Please continue to check the Salem County Department of Health website, Facebook page, and Twitter page along with the NJDOH dashboard for current NJ state case count.

The statewide COVID-19 total is 29,895 cases and 646 fatalities as of Friday, April 3rd, an increase of 4,372 new cases and 113 fatalities since Thursday.

COVID-19 Cases by County
Data is provisional and subject to revision.

4,808 Positives Pending Further Information

4 Deaths Pending Further Information

Bergen County:

4866 Positive Test Result(s)

132 Deaths

Essex County:

3067 Positive Test Result(s)

118 Deaths

Hudson County:

2835 Positive Test Result(s)

59 Deaths

Union County:

2487 Positive Test Result(s)

45 Deaths

Passaic County:

2216 Positive Test Result(s)

34 Deaths

Middlesex County:

2125 Positive Test Result(s)

56 Deaths

Monmouth County:

1743 Positive Test Result(s)

48 Deaths

Ocean County:

1685 Positive Test Result(s)

45 Deaths

Morris County:

1298 Positive Test Result(s)

43 Deaths

Somerset County:

641 Positive Test Result(s)

23 Deaths

Mercer County:

484 Positive Test Result(s)

5 Deaths

Camden County:

406 Positive Test Result(s)

7 Deaths

Burlington County:

367 Positive Test Result(s)

9 Deaths

Sussex County:

210 Positive Test Result(s)

8 Deaths

Gloucester County:

183 Positive Test Result(s)

3 Deaths

Warren County:

149 Positive Test Result(s)

3 Deaths

Hunterdon County:

148 Positive Test Result(s)

0 Deaths

Atlantic County:

72 Positive Test Result(s)

1 Deaths

Cape May County:

44 Positive Test Result(s)

0 Deaths

Cumberland County:

36 Positive Test Result(s)

1 Deaths

Salem County:

25 Positive Test Result(s)

2 Deaths