Camden County Sees 300 New Coronavirus Cases On Friday

CAMDEN COUNTY, NJ — Camden County continues to see new benchmarks in the number of new coronavirus cases, but the trend is going in a negative direction.

On Friday, 312 new coronavirus cases were reported. It is the first time the county saw more than 300 cases in one day. The county has now surpassed 15,000 cases of the coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic.

Last week, it saw more than 200 new cases in one day twice, and before that, the highest number of cases in one day was 195. Read more here: Camden County Sees 200 New Coronavirus Cases Twice In 3 Days

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“We have to respond to this crisis immediately. In the last four days, we have had more new cases than we had throughout the entire month of September,” Camden County Director Louis Cappelli Jr. said. “The one thing we need more than any other public health measure right now is universal mask wearing. This minor inconvenience can literally be the difference between life and death for countless Americans. I know it is hard to accept that we are seemingly sliding backwards and not progressing out of this crisis, but we can make this period less painful by taking every precaution to protect others. Wear a mask, social distance, do not attend indoor gatherings, and work with contact tracers when they call.”

On Thursday, there were 290 new cases reported; on Wednesday, there were 139 new cases; and on Tuesday, there were 261 new cases. The four-day total is 1,002. That broke the previous single-week total of 1,000, which was recorded last week. Read more here: Camden County Nursing Homes Prepared For Second Wave Of COVID

No new deaths were reported on Friday, but seven new deaths were reported in the county this week.

In all of September, there were 840 cases, according to the numbers provided by the Camden County Department of Health.

As of Friday, 15,004 Camden County residents have tested positive for the coronavirus and 588 residents have died since the beginning of the pandemic.