COVID cases rose across N.J. again this week. See where your county stands. – nj.com

For a second straight week, the number of new coronavirus cases in counties across New Jersey took a jump.

Of the states 21 counties, 17 added more new cases of COVID-19 during the week of March 18-24 than the week prior. New Jersey saw 25.9 new cases per 10,000 residents, a 6% increase over last week.

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The highest number of new cases per capita came in Monmouth County. At 33.9 new cases per 10,000 residents, Monmouth was one of five counties to eclipse 30. The others were Sussex County (33.7 new cases per 10,000 people), Warren County (32.8), Hudson County (31.4), and Ocean County (30.9).

Cape May County, for a second straight week, had the states lowest rate of new cases at 10.8 per 10,000 people.

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Of the 17 counties that had a higher new case rate this week than last, nowhere was the spread greater than in Gloucester County, which went from 15.2 new cases per 10,000 residents to 21.3 this week, a 40% increase.

Salem County and Sussex County both increased by more than 30%. Two other counties were over 20%, and three were over 10%.

Among those where new case numbers dropped, Morris County experienced the biggest decline, going from 31.4 new cases per 10,000 people to 26.9 this week, a 14% decrease.

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Nick Devlin is a reporter on the data & investigations team. He can be reached at ndevlin@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter at @nickdevlin.

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