Somerset County News

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - A Bridgewater juvenile has been identified as the victim fatally struck by a NJ Transit train Monday at around 4:20 p.m. just west of the Bridgewater station, according to Lisa Torbic, of NJ Transit.

Torbic said the eastbound Raritan Valley Line train 5526, which left from Raritan at 4:16 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive at Newark Penn Station at 5:15 p.m. struck the juvenile ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - A sense of normalcy has begun to return to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital/Somerset, with the number of COVID-19 patients dropping considerably over the past few weeks as mirrored at hospitals throughout the state - enough so that Gov. Phil Murphy has given the go-ahead for hospitals to resume elective surgeries and invasive procedures beginning May 26.

"We're ...

BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, NJ -- The Somerset County Department of Health reported a total of 3,682 coronavirus cases on Friday, an increase of 13 overnight.

The addition of 13 cases across the county is the smallest one-day increase in Somerset County since March 21, when testing was not nearly as widely available as it is currently.

There are 217 cases in Bernards Township, with one new case ...

BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, NJ -- The Somerset County Department of Health reported a total of 3,669 coronavirus cases on Thursday, an increase of 23 overnight.

There are 216 cases in Bernards Township, two fewer than there were on Wednesday.

Statewide, there is a total of 142,704 cases, an increase of 1,144 overnight, with 9,946 deaths reported, according to the ...

BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, NJ -- The Somerset County Department of Health reported a total of 3,646 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, an increase of 17 overnight.

There are 218 cases in Bernards Township, the same number as Tuesday.

Statewide, there is a total of 141,560 cases, an increase of 817 overnight, with 9,702 deaths reported, according to the State Department of Health. Wednesday was the ...

BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, NJ -- The Somerset County Department of Health reported a total of 3,629 coronavirus cases on Tuesday, an increase of 16 overnight.

There are 218 cases in Bernards Township, the same number as Monday.

Here is the latest breakdown of confirmed cases by town: Bedminster, 35; Bernardsville, 59; Bernards Township, 218; Branchburg, 73; Bridgewater, 426; Bound Brook, 282: ...

BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, NJ -- The Somerset County Department of Health reported a total of 3,613 coronavirus cases in the county on Monday, an increase of 23 overnight.

There are 218 cases in Bernards Township, a decrease of two overnight.

A total of 330 deaths in Somerset County have been attributed to COVID-19. The number of new daily cases in the county has leveled off so far in May. On April ...

BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, NJ -- The Somerset County Department of Health reported a total of 3,590 coronavirus cases, an increase of 51 overnight.

There are 220 cases in Bernards Township, an increase of one overnight.

Here is the latest breakdown of confirmed cases by town: Bedminster, 35; Bernardsville, 58; Bernards Township, 220; Branchburg, 73; Bridgewater, 421; Bound Brook, 277: Far ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - The COVID-19 death toll in New Jersey surpassed 9,000 overnight, with the Somerset County Department of Health reporting 327 deaths and a total of 3,539 coronavirus cases on Saturday.

There have now been 219 confirmed cases in Bernards Township since the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in town on March 21. That is three more cases than on the previous day, May 8.

There ...

BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, NJ -- The Somerset County Department of Health reported a total of 3,487 coronavirus cases in the county on Wednesday, an increase of 49 overnight.

There are 216 cases in Bernards Township, an increase of five since Thursday.

There have been 135,454 confirmed coronavirus cases statewide, an increase of 1,985 on Friday. The three-day rolling average of new cases in New ...