Residents ages 19 to 44 and 45 to 64 represent the highest percentages of reported cases of the novel coronavirus in Ocean County – 33.73 percent and 32.73 percent, respectively – but many fewer individuals in those age ranges have died from the virus as compared to the area’s oldest residents.

On Saturday, April 25, the Ocean County Health Department broke down, by age, what was at that point 5,698 known cases of COVID-19 in the county.