NEW JERSEY – The number of coronavirus cases in New Jersey is now approaching 2,000 following Gov. Phil Murphy's announcement that 590 more cases were reported on Sunday, along with four more deaths. The case number was the highest count reported on any day in New Jersey since the outbreak began. The total number of cases in New Jersey is now 1,914, and 20 people have died because of the coronavirus.

"This is what we expected," Murphy said. "We knew when we opened up testing we would have bigger numbers." Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said the 20 deaths involved people in an age range from 30 to 98. The median age is 73.

The four additional deaths reported on Sunday involved the following people: A man in his 90s in Bergen County

A man in his 80s in Essex County

A woman in her 90s in Middlesex

A man in his 70s in Somerset Persichilli also provided a county-by-county breakdown of the new cases:

Atlantic 1

Bergen 94

Burlington 5

Camden 7

Essex 65

Gloucester 2

Hudson 29

Hunterdon 2

Mercer 10

Middlesex 31

Monmouth 66

Morris 55

Ocean 39

Passaic 29

Salem 1

Somerset 17

Sussex 6

Union 42

Warren 4 The state Department of Health is still gathering information on 85 cases.

Perischilli says state may place restrictions on elective surgery and ambulatory services as hospitals and emergency personnel deal with the increasing number of cases.