There have been no new reported laboratory-confirmed coronavirus infections on Long Beach Island since May 11, Daniel Krupinski, health officer for the LBI Health Department, announced on Monday, May 24. “This is a significant milestone in the fight to control COVID-19 with a vaccine campaign that started locally on Jan. 4, 2021,” Krupinski noted.

“This reprieve is hopefully a permanent reality from the high case activity of infectious disease we had just a few months ago,” he added.