In total, the pandemic has sickened 37,018 local people and claimed the lives of 961 residents.
By Matt Skoufalos | February 7, 2021
NJ COVID-19 dashboard – 2-7-21. Credit: NJDOH.
In the past week, 25 additional Camden County residents have lost their battles with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and another 1,029 residents have tested positive, according to reports from the Camden County government.
That brings the local impact of the pandemic to 37,018 infected residents and 961 related deaths.
The 25 recently deceased hailed from 15 local communities.
They are:
- a Bellmawr man in his 60s, and woman in her 90s
- a Berlin Borough man in his 50s
- four Camden City men, three in their 80s, and one in his 30s
- a Cherry Hill man and woman in their 80s
- a Chesilhurst man in his 80s
- a Clementon woman in her 50s
- a Collingswood man in his 80s
- a Gloucester city woman in her 80s
- a Gloucester Township man in his 70s
- a Mount Ephraim woman in her 90s
- a Pennsauken woman in her 70s, and man in his 90s
- a Runnemede man in his 50s
- five Voorhees men, two in their 70s, and one each in his 50s, 80s, and 90s
- a Waterford man in his 60s
- a Winslow man in his 70s
“We have seen what happens when we let our guard down to celebrate holidays or other big events, and the effects can be catastrophic,” said County Commissioner Director Lou Cappelli, Jr. in a written statement February 5.
“With our numbers finally returning to a pre-November level, we cannot afford to set ourselves back with a Super Bowl surge,” Cappelli said.
Throughout New Jersey, 645,011 people have been sickened by COVID-19, and 19,802 have perished from causes related to the virus. In addition to those lab-confirmed fatalities, the state also recognizes another 2,187 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 37,018 reported local COVID-19 cases, 3,516 (9 percent) have originated in a Camden County LTC facility: 2,270 are residents and 1,246 are staff.
LTCs are believed to be associated with 47 percent, or 448 of 961 total deaths in Camden County: 441 were residents and seven were staff.
At this time, 30 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 7, Camden County was twelfth in the state in new COVID-19 cases, with 139.
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 (1,029) are:
- seven Audubon Borough men, two each in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, one in his 50s, and a teenaged boy; and six women, two each in their 20s, 40s, and 50s, and a young girl
- six Barrington women, two each in their 20s and 30s, and one each in her 40s and 60s; and five men, three in their 20s, and one each in his 50s and 70s
- 13 Bellmawr women, four in their 50s, three in their 60s, two each in their 20s and 70s, one each in her 30s and 40s, and a young girl; and nine men, five in their 50s, two in their 40s, one each in his 30s and 60s, and two teenaged boys
- eight Berlin Borough men, two each in their 30s and 40s, one each in his 20s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, and three teenaged boys; and seven women, three in their 40s, one each in his 20s, 30s, 60s, and 90s, and two teenaged girls
- seven Berlin Township men, three in their 40s, two in their 70s, and one each in his 20s and 60s; and three women, one each in her 30s, 60s, and 80s
- three Brooklawn women, one each in her 20s, 50s, and 60s; and a man in his 50s
- 86 Camden City women, 20 in their 30s, 17 in their 40s, 15 in their 20s, 13 in their 50s, 10 in their 60s, six in their 70s, five in their 80s, 12 teenaged girls, and three young girls; and 50 men, 13 in their 20s, 11 in their 60s, seven in their 50s, six each in their 30s and 40s, four in their 70s, three in their 80s, 13 teenaged boys, and 10 young boys
- 62 Cherry Hill women, 15 in their 30s, 11 each in their 20s and 50s, eight in their 60s, six each in their 40s and 70s, four in their 80s, one in her 90s, 11 teenaged girls, and four young girls; and 44 men, 10 in their 60s, nine each in their 20s and 50s, seven in their 30s, four each in their 40s and 70s, one in his 90s, ten teenaged boys, and a young boy
- a Chesilhurst man in his 40s
- three Clementon women, one each in her 20s, 30s, and 40s; and a man in his 60s
- nine Collingswood women, three each in their 20s and 30s, two in their 50s, one in her 90s, and a young girl; and eight men, four in their 30s, two in their 20s, and one each in his 60s and 80s
- three Gibbsboro men, one each in his 40s, 50s, and 70s; and a teenaged girl, and woman in her 20s
- 10 Gloucester City men, three each in their 30s and 50s, one each in his 20s, 40s, 60s, and 90s, three young boys, and three teenaged boys; and nine women, three in their 40s, two each in their 30s and 50s, one each in her 20s and 70s, and two teenaged girls
- 64 Gloucester Township women, 16 in their 40s, 12 each in their 20s and 50s, 11 in their 30s, nine in their 60s, four in their 70s, nine teenaged girls, and a young girl; and 52 men, 12 in their 60s, 11 in their 20s, 10 in their 40s, nine in their 30s, eight in their 50s, one each in his 70s and 80s, six teenaged boys, and three young boys
- seven Haddon Heights men, three in their 20s, two in their 70s, one each in his 50s and 60s, and a teenaged boy; and six women, two each in their 20s and 70s, and one each in her 40s and 50s
- 11 Haddon Township women, four in their 50s, two each in their 20s, 30s, and 60s, one in her 40s, three young girls, and two teenaged girls; and eight men, three in their 20s, two in their 40s, one each in his 30s, 60s, and 80s, two young boys, and a teenaged boy
- five Haddonfield men, two in their 70s, one each in his 30s, 40s, and 50s, a young boy, and a teenaged boy; and four women, two in their 30s, one each in her 70s and 80s, a young girl, and a teenaged girl
- two Hi-Nella women in their 20s
- three Laurel Springs men, two in their 40s, and one in his 70s; and two women, one each in her 30s and 60s
- three Lawnside women, two in their 50s, one in her 20s, and a young girl; and three men, two in their 50s, one in his 60s, and a teenaged boy
- 21 Lindenwold women, six in their 20s, five each in their 40s and 50s, four in their 30s, one in her 60s, and a teenaged girl; and 14 men, three each in their 20s and 40s, two each in their 30s, 50s, 60s and 70s, and six teenaged boys
- four Magnolia women, three in their 50s, one in her 80s, and a young girl; and three men, two in their 30s, one in his 80s, and a teenaged boy
- five Merchantville women, two in their 20s, one each in her 30s, 40s, and 60s, and a young girl; and two men in their 40s
- five Mount Ephraim women, two in their 50s, and one each in her 20s, 30s, and 70s
- six Oaklyn men, two in their 30s, one each in his 20s, 40s, 50s, and 70s, and a teenaged boy; and four women, two in their 50s, one each in her 30s and 80s, and two teenaged girls
- 34 Pennsauken women, six each in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s, five in their 60s, four in their 70s, one in her 80s, 10 teenaged girls, and two young girls; and 23 men, five each in their 30s, 40s, and 50s, three in their 20s, two each in their 60s and 80s, one in his 70s, three young boys, and two teenaged boys
- nine Pine Hill men, three in their 20s, two each in their 50s and 60s, one each in his 40s and 70s, a young boy, and a teenaged boy; and eight women, four in their 20s, two in their 50s, one each in her 30s and 60s, and three teenaged girls
- nine Runnemede women, three in their 20s, two each in their 50s and 60s, and one each in her 30s and 90s; and four men, one each in his 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s
- six Somerdale women, two in their 40s, and one each in her 20s, 60s, 70s, and 80s; and five men, three in their 20s, and one each in his 30s and 50s
- six Stratford men, two each in their 30s and 40s, one each in his 50s and 70s, three teenaged boys and a young boy; and two women, one each in her 20s and 50s
- 32 Voorhees men, 12 in their 20s, five in their 60s, four each in their 30s, 40s, and 50s, two in their 70s, one in his 80s, and two teenaged boys; and 29 women, 11 in their 20s, four each in their 50s and 60s, three each in their 30s and 70s, two in their 40s, one each in her 80s and 90s, two teenaged girls, and a young girl
- six Waterford men, two in their 60s, one each in his 20s, 30s, 50s, and 80s, and four teenaged boys; and six women, two each in their 20s and 30s, and one each in her 40s and 50s
- 40 Winslow men, 12 in their 50s, 11 in their 20s, six in their 30s, four each in their 40s and 60s, three in their 70s, four teenaged boys, and one young boy; and 30 women, nine in their 50s, eight in their 40s, five in their 30s, three in their 20s, two each in their 60s and 80s, one in her 70s, and eight teenaged girls
- two Woodlynne women, one each in her 20s and 30s, and a teenaged girl; and two men, one each in his 20s and 30
The Camden County and New Jersey Health Departments are working to facilitate trace investigations into all cases.
