Cases of COVID-19 have decreased throughout Ocean County recently, but numbers are still relatively high, and the pandemic continues to strain healthcare facilities and their staff. The Long Beach Island Health Department and Hackensack Meridian Health, which oversees Southern Ocean Medical Center, remind residents to stay vigilant to stay well, and to schedule their vaccines or booster shot if they haven’t already.

LBI has seen a few additional deaths from COVID over the past couple months, including one in December 2021.