New Jersey now has at least 16,636 known cases of the coronavirus, including at least 198 deaths, as health officials announced Monday another a jump of 3,347 positive tests and 37 deaths — the biggest single-day increases in both cases and fatalities since the start of the outbreak.

The update in total cases was provided on the state Department of Health’s coronavirus website just prior to the start of Gov. Phil Murphy’s latest press briefing on efforts to slow the spread of the outbreak.

“I shudder to think what these numbers would be if we hadn’t taken the strong stance that we have,” Murphy said during the briefing at the Trenton War Memorial. “These numbers have gone up dramatically. We expect them to continue to go up dramatically.”

Details on the 37 new deaths were not immediately provided. Four of the deaths were residents of long-term care facilities, officials said. Of the state’s 375 long-term care facilities, 73 have at least one confirmed coronavirus case.

More than 25,000 people have tested negative in the state.

New Jersey now has more cases than all but eight countries.

The partial county-by-county breakdown of cases includes:

Bergen County: 2,482

Essex County: 1,564

Hudson County: 1,314

Union County: 1,213

Middlesex County: 1,123

Passaic County: 1,091

Monmouth County: 1,030

Ocean County: 874

Morris County: 720

Somerset County: 349

Mercer County: 249

Camden County: 200

Burlington County: 178

Sussex County: 113

Gloucester County: 89

Hunterdon County: 79

Warren County: 68

Atlantic County: 29

Cumberland County: 12

Cape May County: 9

Salem County: 3

Another 3,847 cases remain under investigation to determine where the person who tested positive resides.

The latest figures were announced hours after Murphy gave New Jersey residents a bleak warning: “this will bleed meaningfully into May,” Murphy said during a phone interview on Fox-5′s “Good Day New York.”

Murphy was asked about when the near-lockdown restrictions on travel and closure of many retail businesses might be eased in New Jersey, which has the second most coronavirus cases in the country.

“I’m not sure when the right moment will be,” Murphy said.

The virus has infected more than 741,000 people across the world, according to a running tally by Johns Hopkins University as of Monday morning. Of those, more than 35,000 have died and more than 156,000 have recovered. The United States has the most cases in the world.

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