Gloucester Township Sees 8 More Coronavirus Cases

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — Eight Gloucester Township residents were among 78 new confirmed positive cases of new coronavirus reported in Camden County on Wednesday. There were also eight new deaths announced in the county, raising the totals to 3,707 cases countywide with 197 deaths.

Officials provided the following information about the most recent Camden County deaths related to the coronavirus Wednesday night:

• Case 1: Male, 70s, Camden City
• Case 2: Male, 70s, Cherry Hill
• Case 3: Female, 70s, Winslow Township
• Case 4: Male, 80s, UNKNOWN
• Case 5: Female, 70s, Pennsauken
• Case 6: Male, 60s, Cherry Hill
• Case 7: Male, 70s, Barrington
• Case 8: Male, 80s, Audubon

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“It is with great sadness that we announce eight additional deaths caused by coronavirus in Camden County this evening. We are sending our sincerest condolences to the families who have lost a loved one, and we are keeping them in our thoughts and prayers tonight as we mourn the nearly 200 in our community that have succumbed to this disease,” Camden County Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr. said. “Today, in honor of National Nurses Day, I want to send a special thank you to the nurses in our community on behalf of the entire Freeholder Board. These men and women on the front lines have answered the call to service from the first day of this pandemic and have made every effort to support the residents of Camden County. Until we can all gather again to celebrate these American heroes, the best way to show your gratitude is to continue staying home and practicing social distancing so that we can slow the spread of coronavirus and reduce the burden on our health care systems.”

Of the 3,707 cases countywide, 877 have been connected to the county’s 56 long-term care facilities. As of Wednesday, 144 of the 189 deaths have been connected to those facilities.

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

• A woman in her 30s;
• A woman in her 20s;
• A girl older than 10;
• A man in his 20s;
• A woman in her 40s;
• Two women in their 50s; and
• A man in his 40s.

As of Wednesday, 1,513 additional cases of the coronavirus were reported statewide. There were also 308 additional deaths. The update comes as the total number of cases rose to 131,390 in New Jersey, and 8,549 have died. New Jersey's stay-at-home order will remain in place, likely for at least another month. Read more here: NJ Extends Health Emergency As Coronavirus 'War-Footing' Remains

On Wednesday, New Jersey reported that it never know exactly how many people have actually died because of the coronavirus. That's because the two explicit resources for that information — the state Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — show that the data may have been underreported by significant margins. Read more: NJ Coronavirus: CDC, State Data Suggest Death Count Higher

See related: NJ Coronavirus Updates: Here's What You Need To Know