Nearly 33,000 locals have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic hit New Jersey, and more than 830 have died from related causes.
By Matt Skoufalos | January 15, 2021
NJDOH COVID-19 Dashboard – 1-14-21. Credit: NJDOH.
Since Monday, 18 additional Camden County residents have lost their battles with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and another 753 residents have tested positive, according to reports from the Camden County government.
That brings the local impact of the pandemic to 32,745 infected residents and 833 related deaths.
The 18 recently deceased hailed from 10 local communities.
They are:
- a Berlin Township man in his 50s
- five Camden City women, three in their 60s, and one each in her 40s and 80s
- two Cherry Hill men, one each in his 70s and 80s; and two women in their 90s
- a Collingswood man in his 90s
- a Gloucester City man in his 70s
- two Haddon Township women, one each in her 90s and 100s
- a Mount Ephraim woman in her 80s
- a Pennsauken woman in her 60s
- a Voorhees woman in her 80s
- a Winslow woman in her 80s
“In the past 24 hours, hundreds of county residents have received the first dose of their COVID-19 vaccination at the Camden County Vaccination Center,” Camden County Commissioner Director Lou Cappelli said in a statement Thursday.
Cappelli encouraged residents to join the thousands of others who have already registered for an appointment online.
“As more of our community is vaccinated, the ability of the virus to spread and infect others will be exponentially diminished,” he said.
Throughout New Jersey, 549,840 people have been sickened by COVID-19, and 18,162 have perished from causes related to the virus. In addition to those lab-confirmed fatalities, the state also recognizes another 2,091 probable COVID-19-related deaths.
Camden County OEM ships PPE to long-term care sites across the county. Credit: Rich Ratner.
LTC cases and deaths
Long-term care (LTC) facilities account for less than half of all deaths in the state and nine percent of those infected, and new cases continue to occur there.
Of 32,745 reported local COVID-19 cases, 3,267 (10 percent) have originated in a Camden County LTC facility: 2,121 are residents and 1,146 are staff.
LTCs are believed to be associated with 50 percent, or 419 of 833 (revised down from previously reported 426) total deaths in Camden County: 416 were residents and three were staff.
At this time, 30 of the 56 LTCs in Camden County are experiencing an active outbreak of COVID-19.
New cases
According to the New Jersey Department of Health COVID-19 dashboard, on January 14, Camden County was fourth in the state in new COVID-19 cases, with 342.
In response to the uptick in cases, pop-up testing sites have been established in Camden City at three schools on a rolling schedule. No appointment is required, and the sites are open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the following days:
Monday: Veterans Memorial School, 800 North 26th Street in Cramer Hill
Wednesday: Cooper Poynt School, 201 State Street in North Camden
Thursday: Dr. Charles Brimm Medical Arts High School, 1626 Copewood Street in Whitman Park
Camden County also maintains pop-up testing sites at both the Cherry Hill and Camden City campus locations of Camden County College, and another at the Charles J. DePalma complex in Lindenwold. For a full list of local testing sites, click here.
The newest local cases (753) are:
- six Audubon Borough women, three in their 40s, and one each in her 30s, 50s, and 60s; and three men, two in their 40s, and one in his 30s
- an Audubon Park man in his 70s
- seven Barrington men, two in their 20s, one each in his 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 80s, and a teenaged boy; and three women, one each in her 30s, 50s, and 60s, and two teenaged girls
- six Bellmawr men, two in their 50s, one each in his 30s, 40s, 80s, and 90s, two young boys, and two teenaged boys; and six women, two each in their 30s and 60s, one each in her 20s and 70s, and a teenaged girl
- seven Berlin Borough women, four in their 40s, one each in her 30s, 60s, and 70s, and two teenaged girls; and two men, one each in his 50s and 60s
- six Berlin Township women, two each in their 40s and 50s, and one each in her 20s and 70s; and five men, one each in his 20s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s, and a young boy
- four Brooklawn women, one each in her 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s, and a teenaged girl; and a man in his 50s
- 53 Camden City women, 14 in their 50s, 12 each in their 20s and 30s, seven in their 40s, four in their 70s, two each in their 60s and 80s, seven teenaged girls, and two young girls; and 29 men, nine in their 30s, six in their 40s, five in their 50s, four in their 20s, three in their 60s, two in their 70s, four teenaged boys, and two young boys
- 38 Cherry Hill women, nine each in their 30s and 60s, five each in their 20s and 80s, four in their 40s, two each in their 50s, 70s, and 90s, six young girls, and a teenaged girl; and 36 men, seven each in their 30s and 50s, six each in their 20s and 40s, five in their 80s, three in their 60s, one each in his 70s and 90s, two young boys, and a teenaged boy
- three Chesilhurst men, one each in his 30s, 50s, and 60s; and three women, one each in her 30s, 50s, and 60s
- three Clementon men, one each in his 40s, 70s, and 80s, and two teenaged boys; and two women in their 30s, a young girl, and a teenaged girl
- eight Collingswood men, three in their 60s, two in their 40s, and one each in his 20s, 50s, and 70s; and seven women, two each in their 20s and 30s, one each in her 50s, 60s, and 70s, two teenaged girls, and a young girl
- two Gibbsboro men, one each in his 30s and 50s, and a teenaged boy; and two women, one each in her 50s and 70s
- 12 Gloucester City women, three in their 30s, two each in their 20s, 40s, and 60s, and one each in her 50s, 70s, and 80s; and five men, three in their 50s, one each in his 20s and 30s, a young boy, and a teenaged boy
- 50 Gloucester Township women, 17 in their 20s, 12 in their 30s, eight in their 50s, six in their 40s, three each in their 60s and 70s, one in her 80s, eight teenaged girls, and five young girls; and 34 men, eight each in their 30s and 50s, six each in their 20s and 60s, four in their 70s, two in their 40s, three teenaged boys, and two young boys; and a person of unknown gender in their 60s
- five Haddon Heights women, two in their 60s, one each in her 20s, 30s, and 80s, and two young girls; and two men, one each in his 40s and 70s, and a young boy
- 10 Haddon Township men, four in their 50s, two each in their 30s and 60s, one each in his 20s and 90s, and three young boys; and eight women, two each in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, one each in her 60s and 70s, three young girls, and three teenaged girls
- six Haddonfield men, one each in his 20s, 40s, 50s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, and a teenaged boy; and three women, one each in her 20s, 30s, and 40s, and a teenaged girl
- a Hi-Nella man in his 20s, and woman in her 60s
- two Laurel Springs men in their 20s, a teenaged boy, and a teenaged girl
- four Lawnside women, one each in her 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, and a teenaged girl; and two men, one each in his 20s and 50s
- 12 Lindenwold men, four in their 20s, three in their 30s, two in their 60s, and one each in his 50s, 70s, and 80s; and eight women, three in their 20s, two each in their 30s and 40s, one in her 70s, a young girl, and a teenaged girl
- four Magnolia women, two in their 20s, and one each in her 40s and 50s; and a man in his 60s
- four Merchantville women, one each in her 20s, 30s, 50s, and 60s; and two men, one each in his 60s and 80s, and a teenaged boy
- five Mount Ephraim women, four in their 30s, one in her 80s, and two young girls; and a young boy
- three Oaklyn women, one each in her 20s, 30s, and 60s; and two men in their 60s
- 24 Pennsauken men, seven in their 40s, six in their 50s, five in their 30s, four in their 20s, one each in his 60s and 80s, three teenaged boys, and two young boys; and 19 women, eight in their 20s, three each in their 30s, 40s, and 50s, one each in her 70s and 80s, and three teenaged girls
- 11 Pine Hill women, six in their 30s, three in their 20s, one each in her 40s and 50s, two teenaged girls, and a young girl; and five men, three in their 20s, two in their 30s, and a young boy
- four Runnemede women, two in their 20s, and one each in her 30s and 40s; and three men, one each in his 20s, 50s, and 70s, and a young boy
- two Somerdale young boys, and two men, one each in his 40s and 50s; and a teenaged girl, and woman in her 40s
- seven Stratford women, two in their 20s, one each in her 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, and 90s, and two teenaged girls; and six men, two each in their 20s and 30s, one each in his 60s and 70s, and a young boy
- 25 Voorhees men, six in their 20s, five in their 40s, four each in their 60s and 70s, three in their 50s, two in their 30s, one in his 90s, and three teenaged boys; and 19 women, five in their 40s, three in their 50s, two each in their 20s, 30s, 60s, 70s, and 90s, one in her 80s, two young girls, and a teenaged girl
- eight Waterford women, three in their 50s, two in their 40s, and one each in her 30s, 60s, and 70s; and four men, two in their 60s, one each in his 30s and 80s, and two teenaged boys
- 31 Winslow men, seven in their 20s, six each in their 30s and 50s, four each in their 40s and 70s, three in their 60s, one in his 90s, three teenaged boys, and two young boys; and 26 women, seven in their 40s, six in their 20s, four each in their 30s, 50s, and 60s, one in her 70s, two teenaged girls, and a young girl
- three Woodlynne women, one each in her 20s, 40s, and 60s; and two men, one each in his 20s and 60s
The Camden County and New Jersey Health Departments are working to facilitate trace investigations into all cases.
Read our ongoing round-up of COVID-19 coverage here.
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