Cherry Hill MVC Center Closes Due To Positive Coronavirus Case

CHERRY HILL, NJ — The Cherry Hill Motor Vehicle Center is closing effective immediately after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus, the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) announced on Wednesday.

The employee who tested positive was last in the center, located at 617 Hampton Road, on Oct. 31, according to the MVC. The center will be closed until Nov. 16. It will be cleaned and will reopen after contact tracers have cleared enough employees to reopen or any required quarantine is complete.

The announcement came after the Cherry Hill Public School District announced earlier this week that about three dozen students had tested positive for the coronavirus, and the district would remain in its all-remote learning model until Nov. 30. Read more here: COVID Spike In Cherry Hill Kids Delays Hybrid Launch In Schools

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As of Wednesday afternoon, there have been 1,827 cases of the coronavirus identified in Cherry Hill since the beginning of the pandemic. According to numbers provided by the Camden County Health Department, there have been 157 deaths among Cherry Hill residents. Countywide, there have been 14,402 cases and 588 confirmed deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.

On Wednesday, the MVC also announced that the Bayonne Licensing Center and Eatontown Regional/Licensing Center have been closed after employees at those centers also tested positive for the coronavirus.

Five other MVC Centers remain closed due to an employee testing positive for COVID-19. These Centers are listed as follows, and will reopen on the corresponding dates:

• West Deptford Regional/Licensing Center — reopens Thursday, November 12
• Oakland Licensing Center — reopens Friday, November 13
• Paterson Regional/Licensing Center — reopens Saturday, November 14
• Runnemede Vehicle Center — reopens Thursday, November 19
• Trenton Regional/Vehicle Center — reopens Friday, November 20