Basking Ridge COVID-19 Updates: Hospital Info, Seniors Vaccinated

Josh Bakan
Updated ·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 71 new cases in Bernards Township over the past week, bringing the town to 905 cases since the pandemic began. Officials reported one new COVID-19 death in Bernards Township, bringing the death toll to 47 people.

The New Jersey Department of Health has tallied 16,876 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Somerset County as of Wednesday morning — an increase of 6,068 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

  • Lisa Solimando contracted the coronavirus twice. She lost neighbors to the virus. But the employee for Fellowship Senior Living — a Basking Ridge Life Plan Community and Home-Based Services Organization — recently received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and she explained why she thinks others should too. MORE.

  • Here's the latest hospital-capacity data for the Basking Ridge area.

  • Patch sent readers' COVID-19 vaccine questions to North Jersey infectious-disease experts. Here is Part 1 of their answers.

  • Somerset County has begun vaccinating residents ages 65 and older at Raritan Valley Community College's drive-thru clinic, which serves as the primary vaccination site for the county. MORE.

Vaccine Sites

Here are the currently listed public vaccine sites in Somerset County:

  • Hunterdon Family Medicine at Bridgewater - 250 Route 28, Suite 100, Bridgewater, 908-237-4238

  • ShopRite Pharmacy #447, 601 Route 206, Hillsborough, vaccines.shoprite.com

  • ShopRite Pharmacy of Bernardsville, 93 Morristown Rd/Route #202, Bernardsville, vaccines.shoprite.com

  • Somerset County Department of Health, Raritan Valley Community College, 118 Lamington Road, Branchburg, 908-231-7155

Find more info here.

Here's what else you should know:

  • Patch editor Russ Crespolini received a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Monday. Here's how it went.

  • Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday extended New Jersey's public health emergency amid the coronavirus crisis for the 10th time as the state continues to report its highest daily case numbers ever and fatalities surpass the 20,000 mark. He also addressed growing concerns about the vaccine during a Tuesday news conference. MORE.

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