347 New Coronavirus Cases, 36 Deaths In New Jersey: Gov. Murphy

Josh Bakan
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NEW JERSEY — Governor Phil Murphy announced Saturday 347 new coronavirus cases and 36 additional deaths in New Jersey. State officials have reported 170,873 total cases and 13,094 confirmed deaths, along with 1,854 probable deaths.

New Jersey began reporting "probable" deaths earlier this week. Murphy said his administration has been examining death certificates to identify residents, with "great reliability," whose passing probably happened because of the coronavirus.

For many of these victims, tests were never performed even though they had the underlying symptoms of the illness, Murphy said. Read more: NJ Now Reporting 'Probable' Coronavirus Death Toll

State officials reported the following data by county at 1 p.m. Saturday:

Bergen: 14 new positives, 19,275 positive tests, 1,720 confirmed deaths, 263 probable deaths

Hudson: 28 new positives, 18,814 positive tests, 1,277 confirmed deaths, 171 probable deaths

Essex: 27 new positives, 18,696 positive tests, 1,032 confirmed deaths, 148 probable deaths

Passaic: 25 new positives, 16,868 positive tests, 1,032 confirmed deaths, 148 probable deaths

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Middlesex: 25 new positives,16,724 positive tests, 1,117 confirmed deaths, 200 probable deaths

Union: 31 new positives, 16,353 positive tests, 1,144 confirmed deaths, 180 probable deaths

Ocean: 16 new positives, 873 positive tests, 9,545 confirmed deaths, 68 probable deaths

Monmouth: 22 new positives, 9,082 positive tests, 710 confirmed deaths, 68 probable deaths

Mercer: 11 new positives, 7,619 positive tests, 540 confirmed deaths, 38 probable deaths

Camden: 33 new positives, 7,278 positive tests, 433 confirmed deaths, 47 probable deaths

Morris: 19 new positives, 6,715 positive tests, 647 confirmed deaths, 146 probable deaths

Burlington: 33 new positives, 5,125 positive tests, 378 confirmed deaths, 38 probable deaths

Somerset: 10 new positives, 4,841 positive tests, 443 confirmed deaths, 81 probable deaths

Cumberland: seven new positives, 2,936 positive tests, 129 confirmed deaths, 14 probable deaths

Atlantic: 11 new positives, 2,822 positive tests, 197 confirmed deaths, 14 probable deaths

Gloucester: 16 new positives, 2,547 positive tests, 173 confirmed deaths, seven probable deaths

Warren: four new positives, 1,227 positive tests, 145 confirmed deaths, 11 probable deaths

Sussex: zero new positives, 1,184 positive tests, 154 confirmed deaths, 37 probable deaths

Hunterdon: three new positives, 1,065 positive tests, 67 confirmed deaths, 55 probable deaths

Salem: six new positives, 755 positive tests, 70 confirmed deaths, four probable deaths

Cape May: zero new positives, 705 positive tests, 64 confirmed deaths, four probable deaths

Read more: NJ Coronavirus, Reopen Updates: Here's What You Need To Know

This article originally appeared on the Barnegat-Manahawkin Patch