A dozen new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Long Beach Island have been recorded with the Ocean County Health Department in the first half of June, bringing the Island’s total number of confirmed cases to 53.

On May 31, SandPaper reporter Juliet Kaszas-Hoch filed a story with the headline “LBI Reports Just One New COVID Case in Past Few Weeks.” The article went on to report that the Island’s first case of the novel coronavirus had been documented on March 18.