Gloucester County's COVID Cases: See Updates

GLOUCESTER COUNTY, NJ — New data has been released that shows the coronavirus continues to have an impact on Gloucester County.

Gloucester County reported a 10-month total of 19,917 cases on Friday, an increase of 553 cases and a 1 percent increase over the previous week. There have also been 509 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.

The disease’s impact is also reflected in the New Jersey Department of Health's most recent "COVID-19 Activity Level Report," which is issued weekly. The most recent report, released Thursday, says Gloucester County is in the yellow zone, meaning it has a rate of 1 to 10 cases per 100,000 people.

If the overall activity is at an "orange" level, state officials say, school districts in those counties would have to take more serious steps — such as quarantining or even shutting down schools — if a child shows the symptoms of COVID-19.

"When it is high risk, there are some recommendations that we make together with local school boards," said Edward Lifshitz, medical director for the state Department of Health.

Indeed, a number of school districts still provide remote instruction even as the number of new daily cases has dropped in recent weeks.

As of Friday, Gloucester County has conducted 146,885 total tests. Of these cases, 126,968 have come back negative.