6 More Cases Of Coronavirus Reported In Gloucester Township

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — Six Gloucester Township residents were among 87 new confirmed cases of new coronavirus announced in Camden County on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases in the county to 3,629.

Three more deaths were also announced, bringing the number of fatalities in the county to 189. A Cherry Hill woman in her 80s, a Voorhees woman in her 90s and a Winslow Township man in his 60s have died after testing positive for the coronavirus, according to officials.

“It does not get any easier to make these announcements day after day. Today, we learned of three additional souls lost to coronavirus in our community, and our thoughts and prayers are with their families today as we reflect on all those who have suffered over the course of this pandemic,” Camden County Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli Jr. said. “Today, the Freeholder Board opened its third testing site in Camden County, and our second in Camden City. The only way we can move into the next phase of recovery is to increase our testing capacity as much as possible and partner it with a robust tracing operation. Thankfully, through collaboration with our healthcare partners, we have been able to offer an expanding array of testing options throughout the county.”

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According to the Camden County Department of Health, 871 of the county’s confirmed cases have been linked to the county’s 56 long-term care facilities. In all, 136 of the county’s 189 deaths (72 percent) are linked to the nursing homes.

Trace investigations are underway in all new cases, including the following in Gloucester Township:

• A woman in her 60s;
• A man in his 70s;
• A woman in her 30s;
• Two women in their 20s; and
• A man in his 30s.

On Tuesday, Gov. Phil Murphy, speaking during a news conference, said there were 2,494 new coronavirus cases and 334 more deaths across New Jersey.

The update comes as New Jersey's number of overall cases rose to 130,593 and deaths hit 8,244. Read more here: NJ Clamps Down On Nursing Homes As Coronavirus Deaths Spiral Up

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