To date, the pandemic has claimed the lives of 938 local residents and has sickened 35,989 others.
By Matt Skoufalos | January 29, 2021
NJDOH COVID-19 Dashboard – 1-29-21. Credit: NJDOH.
In the past week, 42 additional Camden County residents have lost their battles with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and another 1,382 residents have tested positive, according to reports from the Camden County government.
That brings the local impact of the pandemic to 35,989 infected residents and 938 related deaths.
The 42 recently deceased hailed from 19 local communities.
They are:
- an Audubon man in his 50s
- a Bellmawr man and woman in their 70s
- a Berlin Township man and woman in their 70s
- five Camden City women, one each in her 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s; and three men, one each in his 50s, 60s, and 70s
- two Cherry Hill men in their 80s, and two women in their 90s
- a Chesilhurst man in his 60s
- a Collingswood man in his 90s
- a Gloucester Township man in his 70s
- a Haddon Heights woman in her 90s
- a Haddon Township man in his 90s
- a Haddonfield woman in her 80s
- a Lindenwold man in his 40s, and woman in her 60s
- three Pennsauken men, one each in his 60s, 70s, and 80s
- two Pine Hill men, one each in his 60s and 80s
- a Runnemede woman in her 90s
- a Somerdale woman in her 70s
- six Voorhees women, four in their 90s, and one each in her 60s and 80s; and a man in his 70s
- a Waterford man in his 70s
- two Winslow men in their 70s
“My heart breaks thinking of the families that have been left less than whole because of this pandemic. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families,” said Camden County Commissioner-Director Louis Cappelli, Jr. in a written statement.
“Widespread vaccinations will ultimately be the most effective means of preventing additional loss of life, but we can help to minimize the devastation brought by this virus if we continue to do our part as individuals,” Cappelli, Jr. said.
“Wear a mask, social distance, avoid indoor gatherings, and work with our contact tracing team when they call.”
Throughout New Jersey, 615,202 people have been sickened by COVID-19, and 19,254 have perished from causes related to the virus. In addition to those lab-confirmed fatalities, the state also recognizes another 2,129 probable COVID-19-related deaths, eight more than previously reported.
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 less than half of all deaths in the state and nine percent of those infected, and new cases continue to occur there.
Of 35,989 reported local COVID-19 cases, 3,531 (10 percent) have originated in a Camden County LTC facility: 2,213 are residents and 1,318 are staff.
LTCs are believed to be associated with 47 percent, or 442 of 938 total deaths in Camden County: 437 were residents and five 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 January 29, Camden County was ninth in the state in new COVID-19 cases, with 264.
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 (1,382) are:
- 12 Audubon Borough men, three in their 60s, two each in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, one each in his 50s, 70s, and 90s, and two teenaged boys; and nine women, three in their 30s, two each in their 20s and 40s, one each in her 50s and 60s, and three teenaged girls
- four Barrington women, two in their 20s, and one each in her 40s and 70s; and two men in their 70s
- nine Bellmawr women, two each in their 20s, 50s, 60s, and 80s, one in her 40s, and two teenaged girls; and nine men, three each in their 20s, 40s, and 50s; and a person of unknown gender in their 20s
- 15 Berlin Borough women, three each in their 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, and one each in her 20s, 70s, and 80s; and nine men, three in their 40s, two in their 30s, one each in his 20s, 50s, 60s, and 70s, and two teenaged boys
- eight Berlin Township women, three in their 30s, two in their 20s, and one each in her 50s, 70s, and 80s; and five men, two 50s, and one each in his 20s, 30s, and 60s
- four Brooklawn men, one each in his 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s, and a young boy; and three women, two in their 50s, and one in her 60s
- 97 Camden City women, 27 in their 20s, 21 in their 30s, 18 in their 60s, 16 in their 40s, eight in their 50s, five in their 70s, one each in her 80s and 90s, 18 teenaged girls, and 12 young girls; and 88 men, 19 in their 40s, 17 each in their 20s and 30s, 14 each in their 50s and 60s, six in their 70s, one in his 80s, 12 teenaged boys, and nine young boys; and two persons of unknown gender, one each in their 40s and 50s
- 78 Cherry Hill women, 13 each in their 20s and 70s, 12 each in their 30s and 40s, 11 in their 60s, nine in their 50s, eight in their 80s, 10 teenaged girls, and two young girls; and 63 men, 15 in their 40s, 13 in their 60s, 11 in their 20s, 10 in their 50s, five each in their 30s and 70s, three in their 80s, one in his 90s, 17 teenaged boys, and eight young boys
- two Chesilhurst men, one each in his 30s and 60s, and a teenaged boy; and a woman in her 60s
- four Clementon women, two in their 40s, one each in her 50s and 70s, and a teenaged girl; and three men, one each in his 20s, 40s, and 60s
- 17 Collingswood women, six in their 30s, four in their 20s, three in their 50s, two in their 70s, and one each in her 40s and 60s; and 12 men, three each in their 20s, 30s, and 60s, two in their 40s, one in his 70s, and two young boys
- three Gibbsboro women, one each in her 40s, 50s, and 70s, and two teenaged girls; and three men, one each in his 20s, 30s, and 40s
- 16 Gloucester City women, nine in their 20s, four in their 50s, three in their 30s, one young girl, and one teenaged girl; and nine men, three each in their 30s and 50s, two in their 20s, one in his 40s, five young boys, and three teenaged boys
- 81 Gloucester Township women, 17 each in their 30s and 50s, 16 in their 40s, 14 in their 20s, seven in their 60s, five in their 70s, four in their 80s, one in her 90s, nine teenaged girls, and seven young girls; and 79 men, 17 in their 50s, 13 each in their 40s and 60s, 11 each in their 20s, 30s, and 70s, three in their 80s, 10 teenaged boys, and seven young boys
- eight Haddon Heights men, three in their 20s, two in their 30s, one each in his 50s, 60s, and 70s, and a young boy; and three women, one each in her 20s, 30s, and 70s, and two teenaged girls
- 19 Haddon Township men, five in their 30s, four each in their 50s and 60s, three each in their 20s and 40s, three young boys, and three teenaged boys; and seven women, two each in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, one in her 50s, five teenaged girls, and a young girl
- six Haddonfield women, four in their 20s, one each in her 30s and 50s, and a young girl; and six men, two each in their 40s and 50s, one each in his 60s and 90s, and a teenaged boy; and a person of unknown gender in their 30s
- two Hi-Nella men, one each in his 30s and 50s, and a teenaged boy; and a woman in her 30s
- two Laurel Springs women, one each in her 20s and 90s, and a young girl; and two men in their 50s
- seven Lawnside women, two each in their 20s and 80s, one each in her 30s, 50s, and 60s, and a young girl; and a man in his 60s
- 32 Lindenwold women, eight each in their 20s and 40s, seven in their 50s, five in their 30s, and two each in their 60s and 70s; and 21 men, seven in their 50s, three each in their 30s, 60s, and 70s, two each in their 20s and 40s, one in his 80s, three young boys, and two teenaged boys
- six Magnolia women, two in their 20s, and one each in her 30s, 40s, 50s, and 70s; and six men, three in their 50s, and one each in his 20s, 30s, and 40s
- eight Merchantville men, three in their 40s, two in their 60s, one each in his 20s, 50s, and 90s, and a young boy; and five women, two in their 20s, and one each in her 30s, 40s, and 50s
- three Mount Ephraim women, one each in her 30s, 60s, and 70s, and a teenaged girl; and three men, one each in his 30s, 60s, and 70s
- three Oaklyn women, one each in her 20s, 30s, and 40s
- 43 Pennsauken women, 10 in their 40s, nine each in their 20s and 50s, seven in their 30s, three in their 60s, two each in their 70s and 80s, one in her 90s, seven teenaged girls, and two young girls; and 42 men, 10 in their 50s, nine in their 20s, eight in their 30s, six in their 40s, four in their 60s, three in their 70s, two in their 80s, four young boys, and a teenaged boy
- 17 Pine Hill men, four each in their 30s and 40s, three each in their 20s and 60s, two in their 50s, one in his 70s, a young boy, and a teenaged boy; and 14 women, six in their 30s, three in their 20s, two each in their 40s and 50s, and one in her 60s
- 10 Runnemede men, four in their 20s, and two each in their 40s, 50s, and 60s; and eight women, three in their 20s, two in their 70s, one each in her 30s, 50s, and 60s, and a young girl
- nine Somerdale men, two each in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and 60s, and one in his 50s; and five women, two in their 30s, one each in her 40s, 70s, and 80s, and a teenaged girl
- 11 Stratford men, four in their 60s, three in their 30s, and one each in his 40s, 50s, 70s, and 90s; and five women, three in their 60s, two in their 70s, and three teenaged girls
- 29 Voorhees men, 13 in their 20s, four in their 50s, three each in their 60s and 70s, two each in their 30s and 40s, one each in his 80s and 90s, three teenaged boys, and one young boy; and 24 women, seven in their 60s, six in their 20s, five in their 40s, two each in their 50s and 80s, and one each in her 70s and 90s, two teenaged girls, and a young girl
- 18 Waterford women, six in their 50s, three each in their 20s, 30s, and 60s, two in their 40s, one in his 70s, and a teenaged girl; and 16 men, six in their 50s, three each in their 30s and 40s, two in their 70s, one each in his 20s and 60s, five teenaged boys, and a young boy
- 52 Winslow women, 15 in their 20s, nine each in their 30s and 50s, five each in their 80s and 90s, four in their 60s, three in their 40s, two in their 70s, six teenaged girls, and five young girls; and 38 men, 11 in their 50s, 10 in their 20s, six in their 60s, five in their 40s, four in their 30s, two in their 80s, nine teenaged boys, and five young boys
- four Woodlynne men, one each in his 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s; and two teenaged girls and a woman in her 40s
The Camden County and New Jersey Health Departments are working to facilitate trace investigations into all cases.
