In Camden County, 6,429 residents now have been infected by the virus, and 313 have died from related complications.
By Matt Skoufalos | May 27, 2020
NJDOH COVID-19 Dashboard – 5-27-20. Credit: NJDOH.
Another nine Camden County residents have died of complications related to novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and 54 others have been sickened by the virus, the Camden County government reported Wednesday.
Locally, 6,429 residents have been infected with COVID-19 and 313 have died from related complications.
Throughout New Jersey, 156,628 people have been sickened by COVID-19 and 11,339 have perished from related causes.
COVID-19 cases are doubling at least every 30 days throughout all of New Jersey, save Salem County, which stands at a 24-day doubling rate. The statewide average of COVID-19 spot positivity testing stood at 7 percent May 23.
Spot positivity is a snapshot statistic, and the state’s report excludes serology tests, which can confirm the presence of COVID-19 antibodies but not whether a patient actively has the virus.
According to the state health dashboard, on May 27, Camden County was third among all New Jersey counties in new cases of COVID-19, with 72.
Of 6,429 reported local COVID-19 cases, 1,450 (23 percent) have originated in a Camden County LTC facility: 1,092 are residents and 358 are staff.
NJDOH COVID-19 Cases by County – 5-27-20. Credit: NJ DOH.
LTCs are believed to be associated with 74 percent, or 232 of the 313 total deaths in Camden County; 230 were residents and two were staff.
About half the 56 LTCs in Camden County (27) have experienced at least one case of COVID-19.
“We are continuing to see improvements in our overall growth rate, and the county’s doubling rate has stayed above 30 days for several weeks,” said Camden County Freeholder-Director Lou Cappelli in a statement.
“These encouraging developments are due entirely to the hard work and dedication of our residents,” Cappelli said.
“If we continue to social-distance, wear a mask, and avoid crowded spaces, we will continue to see the number of new cases in Camden County decrease,” he said.
The latest local residents to die from COVID-19-related complications are:
- two Cherry Hill women, one each in her 60s and 80s
- a Chesilhurst man in his 70s
- a Collingswood man in his 80s
- a Haddonfield woman in her 90s
- a Laurel Springs man in his 60s
- a Lindenwold man in his 70s
- two Voorhees Township women in their 80s
The newest local cases are:
- 15 Camden City women, five in their 20s, three each in their 30s and 60s, a teenaged girl, and one each in her 40s, 50s, and 70s; and 15 men, four in their 20s, three each in their 40s and 60s, two each in their 30s and 50s, and one in his 80s
- a Cherry Hill man in his 30s and a teenaged boy; and a woman in her 40s
- two Collingswood men in their 40s and a woman in her 30s
- a Gloucester City woman in her 20s
- two Gloucester Township women in their 80s and a man in his 60s
- a Lindenwold woman in her 50s
- two Merchantville women, one each in her 60s and 80s
- four Pennsauken women, two in their 20s, and one each in her 30s and 80s; and three men, one each in his 30s and 40s, and a teenaged boy
- four Winslow Township women, two each in their 20s and 50s
The Camden County and New Jersey Health Departments are working to facilitate trace investigations into all cases.
