Manchester Township Police Lieutenant Returns To Cooper University Hospital Following Months-Long COVID Battle

By Natasha Brown, CBS Philadelphia

November 23, 2021

A robust round of applause and heartfelt cheers for Sgt. Antonio Ellis. Ellis, a Manchester Township Police Officer, was among the most severe COVID-19 cases in New Jersey at the beginning of the health pandemic.

He returned to Cooper University Hospital with his wife to do something he wasn’t able to do when he left in May of 2020 — say thank you.

“Although I spent almost 45 days here at Cooper, most of it I spent in a coma, which means I didn’t have a chance to thank a lot of you when I left,” Ellis said.

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