Locally, more than 31,000 people have been infected by the virus and 781 have died from related complications, as the pandemic enters its tenth month in New Jersey.
By Matt Skoufalos | January 5, 2021
NJDOH COVID-19 Dashboard – 1-11-21. Credit: NJDOH.
In the past week, 34 additional Camden County residents have lost their battles with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and another 1,294 residents have tested positive, according to reports from the Camden County government.
That brings the local impact of the pandemic to 31,052 infected residents and 781 related deaths.
The 34 recently deceased hailed from 16 local communities.
They are:
- a Bellmawr woman in her 60s, and a man in his 90s
- a Berlin Borough woman in her 90s
- two Camden City men, one each in his 50s and 70s
- seven Cherry Hill women, five in their 90s, and two in their 80s; and three men, two in their 60s, and one in his 70s
- a Clementon man in his 70s
- a Collingswood man in his 50s
- a Gloucester City man in his 70s
- a Gloucester Township woman in her 80s
- a Haddon Township man in his 70s
- a Mount Ephraim man in his 80s
- an Oaklyn woman in her 70s
- two Pennsauken men, one each in his 50s and 70s; and a woman in her 80s
- a Runnemede woman in her 80s
- a Somerdale man and woman in their 80s
- two Voorhees men in their 80s; and two women, one each in her 80s and 90s
- a Winslow man in his 70s, and woman in her 90s
This marks the greatest number of local fatalities reported on a single day due to the pandemic since May 4, when 48 were reported. There have been 147 Camden County resident deaths due to COVID-19 in the last 30 days.
“Today’s report includes one of the largest single-day case totals (403) we have reported since the start of this pandemic,” said Camden County Commissioner Director Lou Cappelli in a statement Friday.
“We may be seeing the early signs of a holiday bump in cases,” he said.
Even as residents are starting to sign up for the vaccine through the state’s portal, Cappelli urged everyone to continue their mitigating behaviors: wearing a mask, social distancing, and avoiding all indoor gatherings.
This week, the New Jersey Department of Health reported a record number of new COVID-19 cases, exceeding 6,000 for just the third time during the pandemic, on Thursday.
Throughout New Jersey, 532,959 people have been sickened by COVID-19, and 17,873 have perished from causes related to the virus. In addition to those lab-confirmed fatalities, the state also recognizes another 2,059 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 almost half of all deaths in the state and 10 percent of those infected, and new cases continue to occur there.
Of 31,052 reported local COVID-19 cases, 3,185 (10 percent) have originated in a Camden County LTC facility: 2,080 are residents and 1,105 are staff.
LTCs are believed to be associated with 54 percent, or 424 of 781 total deaths in Camden County: 421 were residents and three were staff.
At this time, 29 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 11, Camden County was twelfth in the state in new COVID-19 cases, with 193.
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 the Camden City and Cherry Hill campuses 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 (1,294) are:
- 10 Audubon Borough men, five in their 50s, three in their 30s, one each in his 20s and 40s, and two young boys; and seven women, two in their 80s, one each in her 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s, and a teenaged girl
- an Audubon Park woman in her 50s
- seven Barrington women, two each in their 20s and 60s, one each in her 30s, 40s, and 70s, and four teenaged girls; a teenaged boy, and a man in his 70s
- nine Bellmawr women, three in their 20s, two each in their 30s and 40s, one each in her 50s and 80s, and three teenaged girls; and five men, two in their 50s, one each in his 30s, 40s, and 60s, and a teenaged boy
- four Berlin Township men, one each in his 20s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, and two teenaged boys; and four women, two in their 20s, and one each in her 40s and 60s
- three Brooklawn women, two in their 50s, and one in her 70s; a young boy, and a man in his 50s
- 102 Camden City women, 26 in their 50s, 18 each in their 20s and 30s, 16 in their 40s, 10 in their 60s, nine in their 70s, four in their 80s, one in her 90s, 18 teenaged girls, and nine young girls; and 91 men, 26 in their 40s, 18 in their 30s, 14 each in their 20s and 50s, 12 in their 60s, six in their 70s, one in his 80s, 12 teenaged boys, and 10 young boys; and a person of unknown gender in their 20s
- 79 Cherry Hill men, 18 in their 50s, 17 in their 30s, 15 in their 60s, 11 in their 40s, 10 in their 20s, five in their 80s, three in their 70s, six teenaged boys, and two young boys; and 58 women, 12 in their 40s, 10 in their 60s, nine each in their 20s, 30s, and 50s, six in their 80s, two in their 70s, one in her 90s, nine teenaged girls, and a young girl
- six Chesilhurst men, two each in their 50s and 60s, and one each in his 20s and 70s; and four women, two in their 50s, one each in her 20s and 60s, a young girl, and a teenaged girl
- nine Clementon men, three in their 30s, and two each in their 20s, 40s, and 60s; and four women, two in their 70s, one each in her 30s and 40s, and a young girl
- 15 Collingswood women, four in their 60s, three each in their 20s and 30s, two in their 80s, one each in her 40s, 50s, and 70s, and three teenaged girls; and 12 men, three each in their 20s and 50s, two each in their 30s, 40s, and 60s, and two teenaged boys
- a Gibbsboro woman in her 50s
- 17 Gloucester City men, six in their 20s, four in their 30s, three in their 50s, two in their 60s, one each in his 40s and 70s, four teenaged boys, and two young boys; and 15 women, six in their 30s, three in their 40s, two in their 50s, one each in her 20s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, two teenaged girls, and a young girl
- 75 Gloucester Township men, 17 in their 20s, 15 in their 30s, 14 in their 40s, 13 in their 50s, nine in their 60s, seven in their 70s, eight teenaged boys, and six young boys; and 67 women, 13 in their 40s, 12 each in their 30s and 70s, 11 in their 50s, nin in their 60s, seven in their 20s, two in their 80s, one in her 90s, nine teenaged girls, and four young girls; and a person of unknown gender in their 20s
- nine Haddon Heights men, three in their 20s, two in their 50s, and one each in his 30s, 40s, 60s, and 70s; and seven women, two each in their 30s, 50s, and 60s, and one in her 40s
- 17 Haddon Township women, six in their 50s, five in their 80s, two each in their 30s and 60s, one each in her 20s and 70s, and a teenaged girl; and five men, one each in his 20s, 30s, 50s, 70s, and 80s, and three teenaged boys
- seven Haddonfield men, two in their 30s, one each in his 20s, 40s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, and a teenaged boy; and six women, two in their 20s, one each in her 30s, 40s, 50s, and 80s, and two young girls
- three Laurel Springs women, one each in her 20s, 30s, and 40s, and a teenaged girl; and two men in their 70s
- five Lawnside women, one each in her 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s; and three men, two in their 50s, and one in his 60s
- 28 Lindenwold women, 10 in their 20s, six in their 30s, five in their 50s, three each in their 40s and 60s, one in her 70s, three teenaged girls, and two young girls; and 23 men, five in their 50s, four each in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, three in their 60s, two in their 70s, one in his 80s, five teenaged boys, and two young boys
- eight Magnolia men, three each in their 30s and 60s, and two in their 20s; and two women, one each in her 20s and 70s, and a teenaged girl
- two Merchantville men, one each in his 30s and 40s; and two women, one each in her 40s and 50s
- seven Mount Ephraim men, three in their 60s, two in their 20s, and one each in his 50s and 70s; and three women, one each in her 50s, 60s, and 70s
- two Oaklyn women, one each in her 50s and 60s; and a man in his 20s
- 40 Pennsauken women, nine in their 60s, eight each in their 20s and 30s, seven in their 50s, six in their 40s, one each in her 70s and 80s, six teenaged girls, and five young girls; and 37 men, 10 in their 30s, nine in their 50s, six in their 20s, five in their 40s, four in their 70s, three in their 60s, six teenaged boys, and five young boys
- 15 Pine Hill women, four each in their 40s and 50s, two each in their 20s and 30s, one each in her 60s, 70s, and 80s, and two teenaged girls; and six men, three in their 20s, two in their 40s, one in his 60s, and two young boys
- 10 Runnemede women, three in their 50s, two each in their 20s and 30s, one each in her 40s, 70s, and 90s, and a teenaged girl; and ten men, three in their 60s, two in their 30s, and one each in his 20s, 40s, 50s, 70s, and 90s
- 10 Somerdale women, three in their 50s, two in their 30s, one each in her 20s, 40s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, and a teenaged girl; and six men, four in their 30s, one each in his 20s and 70s, two teenaged boys, and a young boy
- 11 Stratford women, four in their 20s, two each in their 30s, 70s, and 80s, and one in her 40s; and three men, one each in his 30s, 60s, and 70s, and a teenaged boy
- 20 Voorhees women, five in their 50s, four in their 20s, two each in their 30s, 40s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, one in her 60s, and two young girls; and 14 men, three in their 50s, two each in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 70s, and 80s, one in his 60s, and a teenaged boy
- eight Waterford men, two each in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, one each in his 50s and 60s, and three teenaged boys; and eight women, three in their 30s, two each in their 40s and 70s, and one in her 50s
- 63 Winslow men, 15 in their 50s, 13 in their 20s, 10 in their 60s, eight each in their 30s and 40s, seven in their 70s, two in their 80s, five teenaged boys, and two young boys; and 58 women, 14 in their 50s, 12 in their 60s, 10 in their 40s, eight in their 20s, seven in their 30s, five in their 70s, two in their 80s, 11 teenaged girls, and two young girls; and a teenaged person of unknown gender
- two Woodlynne teenaged girls, and two men, one each in his 30s and 50s
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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