In total, the pandemic has sickened 38,447 locals and claimed 1,023 lives in Camden County. Yet, in the past week, the county is averaging fewer than 100 new cases per day, levels last seen in fall 2020.
By Matt Skoufalos | February 22, 2021
NJDOH COVID-19 Dashboard – 2-21-21. Credit: NJDOH.
Last week, 15 additional Camden County residents have lost their battles with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and another 682 residents have tested positive, according to reports from the Camden County government.
That brings the local impact of the pandemic to 38,447 infected residents and 1,023 related deaths.
The 15 recently deceased hailed from 12 local communities.
They are:
- a Berlin Borough woman in her 80s
- a Berlin Township man in his 60s
- two Camden City women in their 60s, and a man in his 60s
- a Gloucester City woman in her 90s
- a Gloucester Township man in his 30s
- a Haddonfield man in his 50s
- a Merchantville woman in her 80s
- two Pennsauken men, one each in his 70s and 80s
- a Stratford woman in her 90s
- a Voorhees woman in her 70s
- a Winslow man in his 80s
- a Woodlynne woman in her 50s
“We have maintained a seven-day average below 100 new cases since Sunday, a feat not achieved since the early days of fall,” County Commissioner Director Lou Cappelli, Jr. said Friday in a written statement.
“With the holidays behind us, we can keep our numbers down while vaccinations are spread throughout the community.”
Throughout New Jersey, 682,746 people have been sickened by COVID-19, and 20,569 have perished from causes related to the virus. In addition to those lab-confirmed fatalities, the state also recognizes another 2,289 probable COVID-19-related deaths.
At the Camden County Office of Emergency Management, Cherry Hill Fire Chief Chris Callan oversees a delivery of personal protective gear for long-term care sites. Credit: Rich Ratner.
LTC cases and deaths
Long-term care (LTC) facilities account for less than half of all deaths in the state and eight percent of those infected, and new cases continue to occur there.
Of 38,447 reported local COVID-19 cases, 3,603 (9 percent) have originated in a Camden County LTC facility: 2,298 are residents and 1,305 are staff.
LTCs are believed to be associated with 45 percent, or 463 of 1,023 total deaths in Camden County: 456 were residents and seven were staff.
At this time, 28 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 February 21, Camden County was twelfth in the state in new COVID-19 cases, with 74.
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 appointment-only pop-up testing sites at both the Cherry Hill and Camden City campus locations of Camden County College, at the Charles J. DePalma complex in Lindenwold, and at the Library II and Hope United Methodist Church in Voorhees. For a full list of local testing sites, click here.
The newest local cases (682) are:
- five Audubon Borough men, three in their 20s, one each in his 30s and 40s, and four teenaged boys; and five women, three in their 20s, one each in her 40s and 80s, and two teenaged girls
- an Audubon Park Borough woman in her 70s
- six Barrington women, two each in their 50s and 60s, and one each in her 20s and 80s; and five men, two in their 30s, and one each in his 20s, 60s, and 80s
- eight Bellmawr women, five in their 20s, one each in her 30s, 40s, and 80s, and a teenaged girl; and five men, two in their 20s, one each in his 30s, 50s, and 60s, a young boy, and a teenaged boy
- three Berlin Borough women, two in their 30s, one in her 50s, a young girl, and a teenaged girl; and three teenaged boys, and two men, one each in his 30s and 50s
- four Berlin Township women, two in their 30s, and one each in her 20s and 50s; and a teenaged boy, and man in his 20s
- three Brooklawn women, two in their 30s, one in her 40s, and a teenaged girl; and two men, one each in his 30s and 80s, and a teenaged boy
- 51 Camden City men, 13 in their 20s, 12 in their 60s, 10 in their 50s, nine in their 30s, three in their 40s, two in their 70s, one each in his 80s and 90s, and two teenaged boys; and 38 women, 12 in their 50s, eight in their 30s, six each in their 20s and 40s, three in their 60s, two in their 80s, one in her 70s, five teenaged girls, and two young girls; and two persons of unknown gender, one each in their 20s and 60s
- 35 Cherry Hill men, 13 in their 20s, seven in their 60s, six in their 50s, three each in their 30s and 40s, one each in his 70s, 80s, and 90s, four teenaged boys, and a young boy; and 27 women, seven in their 20s, six in their 30s, five in their 60s, four in their 50s, three in their 40s, one each in her 80s and 90s, six teenaged girls, and three young girls
- a Chesilhurst woman in her 40s
- four Clementon men, two in their 30s, and one each in his 40s and 50s; and three women, two in their 30s, and one in her 20s
- eight Collingswood women, two each in their 20s, 30s, and 60s, one each in her 40s and 50s, and two young girls; and six men, three in their 50s, one each in his 20s, 30s, and 40s, and a young boy
- nine Gloucester City women, three each in their 20s and 60s, two in their 30s, one in her 50s, a young girl, and a teenaged girl; and eight men, three in their 50s, two in their 70s, one each in his 20s, 30s, and 60s, and a teenaged boy
- 52 Gloucester Township women, 13 in their 40s, 11 in their 30s, 10 each in their 20s and 60s, five in their 50s, two in their 70s, one in her 80s, 10 teenaged girls, and two young girls; and 33 men, eight in their 30s, seven each in their 40s and 60s, six in their 50s, three in their 20s, one each in his 70s and 80s, six teenaged boys, and two young boys
- seven Haddon Heights women, three in their 40s, two in their 20s, one each in her 30s and 50s, two young girls, and two teenaged girls
- six Haddon Township women, two in their 60s, one each in her 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s, and a young girl; and five men, two in their 40s, one each in his 20s, 50s, and 80s, and a teenaged boy
- five Haddonfield men, three in their 20s, two in their 40s, and a young boy; and three women, two in their 20s, one in her 50s, and two teenaged girls
- three Hi-Nella women, two in their 30s, and one in her 20s; and a man in his 20s
- a Laurel Springs man in his 20s
- three Lawnside women, two in their 30s, and one in his 60s
- seven Lindenwold men, three in their 20s, two in their 30s, one each in his 40s and 50s, a young boy, and a teenaged boy; and six women, four in their 30s, one each in her 20s and 50s, a young girl, and a teenaged girl
- three Magnolia women, one each in her 30s, 40s, and 50s, and two teenaged girls; and three men, one each in his 30s, 50s, and 70s
- three Merchantville women, one each in her 30s, 50s, and 60s; and two men in their 20s
- two Mount Ephraim women in their 40s, and a man in his 20s
- three Oaklyn men, two in their 50s, one in his 20s, and a young boy; and three women, two in their 20s, and one in her 50s
- 27 Pennsauken men, eight in their 50s, six in their 20s, four in their 40s, three each in their 30s and 60s, two in their 70s, one in his 80s, four teenaged boys, and three young boys; and 19 women, six in their 60s, four in their 70s, three each in their 30s and 40s, two in their 50s, one in her 20s, six teenaged girls, and five young girls
- seven Pine Hill women, three in their 40s, two in their 60s, one each in her 70s and 80s, and a young girl; and five men, two each in their 30s and 50s, and one in his 40s
- nine Runnemede men, three in their 50s, two in their 30s, one each in his 20s, 40s, 60s, and 90s, and a teenaged boy; and five women, three in their 50s, one each in her 30s and 70s, and a teenaged girl
- four Somerdale men, two in their 50s, and one each in his 20s and 30s; and four women, one each in her 20s, 50s, 60s, and 80s
- three Stratford men, one each in his 20s, 40s, and 50s, and a young boy; and two women, one each in her 20s and 30s, a young girl, and a teenaged girl
- 26 Voorhees men, nine in their 20s, five each in their 40s and 60s, three each in their 30s and 50s, one in his 70s, and a teenaged boy; and nine women, three in their 50s, two each in their 30s and 70s, one each in her 60s and 80s, and a teenaged girl
- eight Waterford women, two each in their 30s, 40s, and 50s, and one each in her 20s and 80s; and three men, two in their 40s, one in his 80s, and a young boy
- 21 Winslow men, six in their 20s, four in their 50s, three each in their 40s, 60s, and 80s, two in their 30s, four teenaged boys, and a young boy; and 17 women, five each in their 20s and 40s, three in their 70s, two each in their 50s and 60s, two teenaged girls, and a young girl
- a Woodlynne teenaged girl, and man in his 40s
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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