The local impact of the pandemic has now risen to 1,058 related deaths and 39,095 infected residents.
By Matt Skoufalos | March 1, 2021
NJDOH COVID-19 Dashboard – 2-28-21. Credit: NJDOH.
Last week, 35 additional Camden County residents lost their battles with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and another 648 residents tested positive, according to reports from the Camden County government.
That brings the local impact of the pandemic to 39,095 infected residents and 1,058 related deaths.
The 35 recently deceased hailed from 13 local communities.
They are:
- three Camden City men, one each in his 40s, 70s, and 80s
- four Cherry Hill women, two in their 90s, and one each in her 70s and 80s; and three men, one each in his 70s, 80s, and 90s
- a Clementon woman in her 60s
- a Gloucester City woman in her 70s, and man in his 90s
- a Gloucester Township woman in her 70s
- a Lawnside man in his 70s
- two Lindenwold women in their 70s
- two Pennsauken women, one each in her 70s and 80s; and two men in their 80s
- a Pine Hill woman in her 60s
- a Runnemede man in his 50s
- two Voorhees women, one each in her 60s and 70s; and two men, one each in his 50s and 90s
- a Waterford man in his 80s
- five Winslow women, two each in their 80s and 90s, and one in her 60s; and two men, one each in his 70s and 80s
In a written statement Friday, Camden County Commissioner Director Lou Cappelli noted that about 14 percent of the half-million county residents have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
“We still have a long way to go, but every vaccination provided to our community adds additional protection and diminishes the ability of the virus to spread,” Cappelli said.
This effort will be aided when the second phase of New Jersey’s federally backed, community-based vaccination partnership, which seeks to provide access to COVID-19 vaccines in underserved communities throughout the state, reaches Camden City in the coming weeks.
The community vaccination sites are supported by staffers from the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) and Office of Emergency Management (OEM), as well as the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), in conjunction with community leaders from faith-based, nonprofit, and other local organizations.
Throughout New Jersey, 699,564 people have been sickened by COVID-19, and 20,907 have perished from causes related to the virus. In addition to those lab-confirmed fatalities, the state also recognizes another 2,331 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 39,095 reported local COVID-19 cases, 3,617 (9 percent) have originated in a Camden County LTC facility: 2,306 are residents and 1,311 are staff.
LTCs are believed to be associated with 44 percent, or 466 of 1,058 total deaths in Camden County: 459 were residents and seven were staff.
At this time, 26 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 27, Camden County was tenth in the state in new COVID-19 cases, with 147.
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 10 a.m. to 2 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 (648) are:
- seven Audubon women, three in their 20s, two in their 50s, and one each in her 40s and 60s; and three men, one each in his 20s, 40s, and 50s, and two teenaged boys; and a person of unknown gender in their 50s
- five Barrington women, four in their 30s, one in her 40s, and three teenaged girls; and four men, two in their 30s, one each in his 20s and 40s, a young boy, and a teenaged boy
- eight Bellmawr women, three in their 80s, two each in their 20s and 40s, one in her 70s, and a young girl; and seven men, four in their 40s, one each in his 20s, 30s, and 70s, a young boy, and a teenaged boy; and a person of unknown gender in their 40s
- three Berlin Borough men in their 20s, two teenaged boys, and a young boy; and two women, one each in her 30s and 40s
- three Berlin Township women, two in their 20s, and one in her 60s; and three men, two in their 30s, and one in his 70s
- two Brooklawn women in their 20s, and a teenaged girl; and two men, one each in his 40s and 60s
- 39 Camden City women, 10 in their 40s, nine in their 20s, six each in their 30s and 50s, three each in their 60s and 70s, two in their 80s, and four teenaged girls; and 28 men, six in their 20s, five each in their 30s and 60s, four in their 50s, three each in their 40s and 80s, two in their 70s, three teenaged boys, and two young boys
- 33 Cherry Hill women, seven in their 30s, six each in their 20s and 50s, five in their 60s, four in their 70s, three in their 40s, one each in her 80s and 90s, six teenaged girls, and three young girls; and 28 men, seven in their 40s, six in their 20s, five in their 30s, four in their 70s, three in their 60s, two in their 80s, one in his 50s, four teenaged boys, and a young boy
- three Chesilhurst women, one each in her 30s, 50s, and 60s; and a man in his 60s
- two Clementon women, one each in her 30s and 40s; and two men, one each in his 30s and 60s
- seven Collingswood women, three in their 40s, two in their 50s, and one each in her 20s and 30s; and six men, two each in their 20s and 60s, and one each in his 30s and 50s
- a Gibbsboro teenaged girl, and a man in his 60s
- 10 Gloucester City women, four in their 20s, two in their 70s, one each in her 30s, 40s, 60s, and 80s, and three teenaged girls; and six men, two each in their 20s, 40s, and 50s, and a teenaged boy
- 34 Gloucester Township women, eight each in their 20s and 60s, six in their 50s, five each in their 40s and 70s, one each in her 30s and 90s, seven teenaged girls, and a young girl; and 33 men, eight in their 40s, seven each in their 30s and 50s, six in their 20s, three in their 60s, two in their 70s, three teenaged boys, and one young boy; and two people of unknown gender, one each in their 30s and 60s
- five Haddon Heights men, two in their 30s, one each in his 20s, 50s, and 70s, and a young boy; and four women, two in their 30s, one each in her 20s and 60s, three young girls, and a teenaged girl
- six Haddon Township women, four in their 50s, one each in her 30s and 60s, two young girls, and a teenaged girl; and four men, two in their 60s, one each in his 20s and 40s, two teenaged boys, and a young boy
- five Haddonfield women, three in their 50s, two in their 40s, and a teenaged girl; and three men, one each in his 30s, 40s, and 50s, and two young boys
- a Lawnside teenaged boy, woman in her 20s, and man in his 40s
- 14 Lindenwold women, five in their 20s, four in their 50s, two each in their 30s and 40s, one in her 60s, a young girl, and a teenaged girl; and 13 men, four in their 30s, three in their 50s, two each in their 20s and 40s, one each in his 60s and 80s, two teenaged boys, and a young boy
- a Magnolia teenaged boy, and man in his 50s; and two women, one each in her 20s and 30s
- three Merchantville men, one each in his 20s, 50s, and 70s, and a teenaged boy; and two teenaged girls, and a woman in her 50s
- a Mount Ephraim teenaged boy, and man in his 50s; and two women, one each in her 30s and 60s
- two Oaklyn men in their 50s, and a woman in her 60s
- 23 Pennsauken women, nine in their 30s, four in their 20s, three each in their 40s and 60s, two each in their 50s and 80s, four teenaged girls, and two young girls; and 23 men, six in their 30s, five in their 20s, four in their 40s, three in their 80s, two each in their 50s and 70s, one in his 60s, three young boys, and three teenaged boys
- seven Pine Hill men, two each in their 20s and 60s, one each in his 30s, 40s, and 50s, and a young boy; and five women, two each in their 20s and 60s, and one in her 30s
- 11 Runnemede men, four in their 20s, three in their 50s, two in their 30s, one each in his 40s and 60s, and two teenaged boys; and 10 women, three in their 50s, two each in their 30s, 60s, and 80s, one in her 20s, a young girl, and a teenaged girl
- six Somerdale women, two in their 30s, one each in her 20s, 40s, 60s, and 70s, and a teenaged girl; and four men, two in their 20s, one each in his 30s and 50s, and a teenaged boy
- five Stratford men, two each in their 20s and 30s, and one in his 50s; and four women, two in their 60s, and one each in her 50s and 80s
- 13 Voorhees women, four in their 30s, two each in their 20s, 60s, and 70s, one each in her 40s, 50s, and 80s, and two teenaged girls; and 11 men, four in their 40s, two each in their 20s and 60s, one each in his 30s, 50s, and 70s, and two teenaged boys
- five Waterford women, four in their 20s, and one in her 50s; and five men, two in their 30s, and one each in his 20s, 50s, and 60s
- 22 Winslow women, seven in their 40s, five in their 50s, four in their 30s, two each in their 20s, 60s, and 70s, three teenaged girls, and two young girls; and 21 men, seven in their 20s, four each in their 30s and 50s, two each in their 40s and 60s, one each in his 70s and 90s, five teenaged boys, and four young boys
- a Woodlynne woman in her 50s
- a man of unknown residence in his 50s
The Camden County and New Jersey Health Departments are working to facilitate trace investigations into all cases.
