Since Friday, 268 more Camden County residents have tested positive for COVID-19, for a total of 11,359. Locally, the pandemic has claimed 559 lives.
By Matt Skoufalos | October 14, 2020
NJDOH COVID-19 Dashboard – 10-14-20. Credit: NJDOH.
Since Friday, 268 more Camden County residents have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to reports from the county government.
Over the past week, the county has averaged 56 new cases per day, the highest it’s seen since June 6.
In a written statement Tuesday, Camden County Freeholder-Director Lou Cappelli described the increase as “a surge in cases that we have not seen since the spring,” adding, “we have to respond in kind.”
As of Wednesday, that brings the local impact of the pandemic to 11,359 infected residents and 559 related deaths.
Cappelli repeated his prior admonishments, urging residents “to reduce your potential exposures to this virus, limit your contact with groups, and strictly adhere to mask usage, social distancing, and other public health recommendations.
“We need everyone to take this seriously or we are on course for a very difficult winter,” Cappelli said.
Throughout New Jersey, 216,023 people have been sickened by COVID-19, and 14,402 have perished from causes related to the virus. In addition to those lab-confirmed fatalities, the state also recognizes another 1,789 probable COVID-19-related deaths, revised up from the previously reported 1,787.
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 half of all deaths in the state and almost one-fifth of those infected, and new cases continue to occur there.
Of 11,359 reported local COVID-19 cases, 2,139 (19 percent) have originated in a Camden County LTC facility: 1,516 are residents and 623 are staff.
LTCs are believed to be associated with 60 percent, or 335 of the 559 total deaths in Camden County: 332 were residents and three were staff.
At this time, 86 percent of the 56 LTCs in Camden County (48) have experienced at least one case of COVID-19.
New cases
According to the New Jersey Department of Health COVID-19 dashboard, on October 14, Camden County was tenth in the state in new COVID-19 cases, with 44.
The newest local cases (268) are:
- two Audubon women, one each in her 20s and 30s
- seven Bellmawr men, two each in their 20s, 30s, and 50s, one in his 40s, and a teenaged boy; five women, three in their 20s, one each in her 40s and 60s, and a teenaged girl
- three Berlin Borough teenaged girls, and three women, one each in her 20s, 30s, and 60s; and two men, one each in his 20s and 60s
- two Berlin Township women, one each in her 30s and 60s; and a man in his 70s
- 25 Camden City men, nine in their 40s, five each in their 20s and 30s, three in their 50s, two in their 60s, one in his 70s, three young boys, and two teenaged boys; 24 women, eight in their 30s, five in their 50s, four in their 20s, three in their 40s, two in their 60s, one each in her 70s and 80s, and two teenaged girls
- 14 Cherry Hill men, five in their 50s, four in their 20s, two in their 30s, and one each in his 40s, 70s, and 90s; and nine women, two each in their 60s and 70s, and one each in her 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 80s
- a Chesilhurst woman in her 50s
- a Clementon teenaged boy, and woman in her 40s
- three Collingswood women, two in their 30s, one in her 20s, and a teenaged girl; and two men, one each in his 30s and 50s
- a Gloucester City teenaged girl, and woman in her 50s
- 11 Gloucester Township women, three each in their 20s and 50s, and one each in her 30s, 40s, 60s, 70s, and 80s; five men, three in their 40s, one each in his 20s and 60s, and three teenaged boys
- two Haddon Heights men, one each in his 20s and 60s
- four Haddon Township women, two in their 20s, one each in her 30s and 40s, and a teenaged girl; and two men, one each in his 30s and 60s
- two Haddonfield teenaged girls, and two women in their 20s; two men, one each in his 20s and 50s, and a teenaged boy
- a Lawnside young boy, and woman in her 30s
- nine Lindenwold men, three in their 20s, two in their 30s, and one each in his 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s; and seven women, two each in their 20s, 30s, and 60s, one in her 40s, and a teenaged girl
- a Magnolia man in his 40s
- a Merchantville teenaged boy, man in his 20s, and woman in her 30s
- a Mount Ephraim woman in her 30s
- 13 Pennsauken men, five in their 30s, three in their 20s, two each in their 60s and 90s, one in his 50s, and a young boy; and 11 women, six in their 40s, two each in their 30s and 50s, and one in her 20s
- four Pine Hill men, two in their 50s, and one each in his 40s and 60s; and two women in their 50s
- a Runnemede man in his 60s
- a Stratford teenaged boy
- 17 Voorhees women, four in their 80s, three each in their 70s and 90s, two each in their 20s, 40s, and 50s, one in her 60s, and a teenaged girl; and eight men, two each in their 20s and 50s, and one each in his 30s, 60s, 70s, and 80s
- a Waterford teenaged girl, and a man and woman in their 20s
- 14 Winslow women, five in their 30s, four in their 20s, two each in their 50s and 70s, one in her 60s, and two teenaged girls; ten men, four in their 30s, two in their 20s, one each in his 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s, and two teenaged boys; and two people of unknown gender, one each in their 40s and 50s
The Camden County and New Jersey Health Department are working to facilitate trace investigations into all cases.
Read our ongoing round-up of COVID-19 coverage here.
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