Governor Phil Murphy reported 561 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 204,107.

“The numbers over the weekend were quite high,” Murphy told reporters today at the War Memorial. “The statewide number is being driven by significant cases [242 of the 561, or or 40%] from Ocean County.

Fity-four new cases were in Middlesex and 35 or fewer in the state’s other counties.