The Ocean County Health Department released its latest installment of weekly new COVID-19 cases in both the county and LBI on Tuesday, a day later than usual owing to the Labor Day holiday.

There were 602 new positive cases between Aug. 31 and Sept. 7. Add in the week’s previous numbers – 171 on Aug. 31, 261 on Sept. 1, 172 for Sept. 2 and 152 on Sept. 3 – and the total for the “week” of Aug. 31 through Sept. 7 was 1,360 new cases.