Another 15 cases of COVID-19 and two deaths were reported in Sussex County today, Monday March 30th, bringing the county total to 137 cases with five deaths. The latest COVID-19- related deaths in Sussex County were a 63-year old Vernon man and a 75-year- old Sparta man. Over the weekend the SCDOH announced that a 68-year-old woman, a 93-year-old woman and a 96-year-old woman, all from Newton, died from complications of COVID-19.

According to a press release from the Sussex County Department of Health and Human Services the 15 new cases are as follows:

Frankford Township: 1 case involving a 41-year-old male.
Franklin Borough: 1 case involving a 57-year-old female.
Hamburg Borough: 1 case involving a 45-year-old male.
Hampton Township: 1 case involving a 52-year-old male.
Hopatcong Borough: 2 cases involving a 56-year-old female and 70-year-old female.
Newton Town: 4 cases involving a 28-year-old female, a 49-year-old female, a 53-year-old female, and an 85-year-old male.
Sparta Township: 2 case involving a 20-year-old female and 79-year-old female.
Sussex Borough: 1 case involving a 55-year-old male.
Vernon Township: 2 cases involving a 49-year-old female and a 57-year-old female.

The town-by-town breakdown of the 122 previously announced cases are as follows:

Andover Borough: 1 case involving a 33-year-old male.
Andover Township: 4 cases involving a 25-year-old female, a 64-year-old male, a 67-year-old female, and a 73-year-old male.
Branchville Borough: 2 cases involving a 22-year-old male and a 93-year-old female.
Byram Township: 5 cases involving a 36-year-old male, a 53-year-old female, a 41-year-old female, a 45-year-old female, and a 61-year-old male.
Frankford Township: 5 cases involving a 34-year-old female, a 53-year-old male, a 55-year-old male, a 69-year-old female and a 78-year-old male.
Franklin Borough: 6 cases involving a 17-year-old male, a 41-year-old female, a a 42-year-old female, two 48-year-old males, and a 55-year-old male.
Fredon Township: 2 cases involving a 22-year-old female and a 58-year-old male.
Green Township: 1 case involving an 80-year-old male.
Hamburg Borough: 2 cases involving a 47-year-old male and a 47-year-old female.
Hampton Township: 2 cases involving a 33-year-old female and a 52-year-old male.
Hardyston Township: 8 cases involving a 23-year-old female, a 35-year-old male, a 35-year-old female, a 51-year-old male, a 52-year-old male, a 59-year-old male, a 65-year-old female, and a 75-year-old male.
Hopatcong Borough: 11 cases involving a 10-year-old female, a 38-year-old male, a 39-year-old female, a 41-year-old male, a 44-year-old male, a 47-year-old male, a 55-year-old female, a 57-year-old male, a 59-year-old male, a 63-year-old male and a 78-year-old male.
Lafayette Township: 1 case involving a 57-year-old female.
Montague Township: 1 case involving an 82-year-old male
Newton Town: 13 cases involving a 19-year-old female, a 31-year-old female, a 44-year-old male, a 44-year-old female, two 46-year-old females, a 49-year-old female, a 49-year-old male, a 68-year-old female, a 70-year-old male, an 85-year-old female, a 93-year-old female and a 96-year-old female.
Ogdensburg Borough: 3 cases involving a 42-year-old female, a 58-year-old female and a 64-year-old female.
Sandyston Township: 1 case involving a 64-year-old female.
Sparta Township: 23 cases involving a 25-year-old female, two 35-year-old females, a 40-year-old female, a 46-year-old female, a 47-year-old female, a 48-year-old female, a 51-year-old male, a 55-year-old female, a 56-year-old male, a 57-year-old female, a 58-year-old male, a 58-year-old female, a 60-year-old male, a 61-year-old male, a 62-year-old female, a 63-year-old male, a 67-year-old male, a 72-year-old female, a 75-year-old male, a 76-year-old female, an 81-year-old male and an 82-year-old male.
Stanhope Borough: 4 cases involving a 46-year-old male, a 52-year-old female, a 58-year-old male and a 66-year-old female.
Sussex Borough: 2 cases involving a 26-year-old male and a 27-year-old female.
Vernon Township: 14 cases involving a 20-year-old male, a 33-year-old female, a 46-year-old male, a 49-year-old male, a 53-year-old male, two 63-year-old males, a 64-year-old female, a 66-year-old male, a 67-year-old male, a 76-year-old male, an 81-year-male and an 84-year-old female.
Wantage Township: 11 cases involving a 31-year-old female, a 32-year-old female, a 34-year-old female, a 41-year-old male, a 44-year-old female, a 46-year-old male, a 49-year-old female, a 50-year-old male, a 59-year-old male, a 70-year-old male, a 72-year-old male and an 81-year-old male.

The SCDOH is currently working to identify individuals who came into contact with these residents. Anyone identified as a close contact, per New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) guidelines, is directed to self-quarantine and is being monitored by the SCDOH.

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