COVID-19 remains a factor in Ocean County while seasonal influenza is knocking on New Jersey’s door in a big way.

The Ocean County Health Department (OCHD) reported that the county had 563 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 for the period of Nov. 8 to Nov. 15. It had reported 590 new cases for the period of Oct. 26 to Nov. 1 and 513 from Nov. 1 to 7. So COVID-19 isn’t taking off in Ocean County, but it stubbornly isn’t landing, either.