The latest fatalities related to the virus are three Voorhees residents and two from Cherry Hill, all from their 70s to 90s.
By Matt Skoufalos | April 20, 2020
NJ COVID-19 Dashboard – 4-20-20. Credit: NJ DOH.
Five more Camden County residents have perished from complications related to novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the county government announced Monday, bringing the total number of local deaths in the pandemic to 85.
Additionally, 75 more Camden County residents have tested positive for the virus, bringing the aggregate number of local cases to 2,090.
The deceased are a Cherry Hill man in his 70s, and woman in her 90s; and two Voorhees Township women, one each in her 80s and 90s, and a man in his 80s.
Across New Jersey, 88,806 residents have tested positive for COVID-19, and 4,377 have died from complications related to the virus, Governor Phil Murphy reported Monday.
In a statement, Camden County Freeholder-Director Lou Cappelli said the county government is working “with our partners in both the public and private sectors to expand testing access throughout the county.
“The more tests we can administer, the better an understanding we will develop of how this virus is spreading and who is being affected,” Cappelli said. “That knowledge, combined with social distancing and other tools at our disposal, will be critical in our fight against this insidious virus moving forward.”
The newest local cases are:
- an Audubon woman in her 50s
- a Bellmawr man in his 20s
- a Berlin Borough man in his 40s and woman in her 80s
- 14 Camden City men, five in their 30s, three each in their 50s and 60s, two in their 70s, and one in his 40s; and 12 women, three each in their 40s and 50s, and two each in their 20s, 30s and 60s
- three Cherry Hill women, one each in her 40s and 50s, and one of unknown age; and three men in their 40s
- two Chesilhurst men, one each in his 70s and 80s
- two Collingswood women, one each in her 50s and 60s
- two Gloucester City women, one each in her 30s and 60; and a man in his 90s
- five Gloucester Township women, two in their 50s, and one each in her 20s, 40s and 80s; and two men, one each in his 60s and 80s
- two Haddon Township women, one each in her 60s and 90s
- a Lindenwold woman in her 30s
- a Merchantville man in his 40s
- six Pennsauken Township men, two each in their 50s and 60s, one in his 30s, and a teenaged boy; and four women, two in their 60s, and one each in her 30s and 50s
- a Pine Hill man in his 20s
- a Somerdale woman in her 60s
- a Stratford woman in her 60s
- a Voorhees Township man in his 80s
- six Winslow Township men, two each in their 30s and 50s, and one each in his 20s and 60s; and a woman in her 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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