By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff
Over the past week in Atlantic County, the Division of Public Health has reported no fatalities from COVID-19, but substantial numbers of new cases of the coronavirus have affected infants to senior seniors.
On Monday, Oct. 26, there were another 68 new cases of the coronavirus reported. Those infected included 38 females from 7 months old to 77 years old and 30 males from 9 months old to 63 years old.
Atlantic City had the most new cases, 18, and Egg Harbor Township reported 11. Galloway Township had eight cases, Hammonton had seven, Pleasantville had six, Hamilton Township had four, Northfield and Brigantine had three each; Somers Point, Ventnor and Absecon had two each; and Margate and Mullica Township had one each.
Atlantic County continues to provide COVID-19 testing for county residents at 617 Dolphin Ave., Northfield, behind the county’s public works yard.
Testing is by appointment only.
Testing will be each Tuesday through Nov. 24, with the exception of Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, when testing will instead be held on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
Appointments can be made online at: https://www.atlantic-county.org/covid/
Daily reports
Sunday, Oct. 25: There were 66 new COVID-19 cases reported in Atlantic County Sunday, including 39 among females from 5 years old to 91 and 27 among males from 18 to 80 years old.
Atlantic City, Hammonton and Egg Harbor Township had the most cases with 14, 13 and 11, respectively. Pleasantvile had nine, Hamilton Township had six, Absecon had three; Northfield, Galloway and Buena Vista townships had two each; and Somers Point, Linwood, Ventnor, Mullica Township had one each. There were no new deaths reported.
Saturday, Oct. 24: 49 new cases from children to senior citizens, including 24 males from 4 years old to 75 and 25 females from 1 year old to 65.
Galloway Township had 10 cases, Hamilton Township had seven, Hammonton had six and there were five in each of Absecon, Atlantic City and Egg Harbor Township. There were three cases in Pleasantville, two in Somers Point and one each in Northfield, Brigantine, Buena Borough, Egg Harbor City, Estell Manor and Ventnor. No new deaths reported.
Friday, Oct. 23: 70 new cases among 47 males from 2 to 70 years old and 23 females from 8 to 88 years old.
Atlantic City had 13 of the new cases and Hamilton township and Pleasantville had 10 each. Absecon had eight, Egg Harbor Township and Hammonton had seven each, Northfield had four, Galloway Township had three, Somers Point and Buena Borough had two each, and Linwood, Folsom, Ventnor and Egg Harbor City had one each. There were no new deaths reported.
Thursday, Oct. 22: 47 new cases including 25 among males from 3 to 77 years old and 22 among females 10 to 70 years old.
Atlantic City and Hamilton Township had the most cases with eight each; Egg Harbor Township reported six, Pleasantville had four; Absecon, Buena Borough, Egg Harbor City, Galloway Township and Hammonton had three each; Ventnor had two and Linwood, Northfield, Margate and Buena Vista Township had one each. There were no new deaths reported.
Wednesday, Oct. 21: 76 new cases, including 33 females from 8 months old to 78 years old, and 43 males from 16 to 81 years old. No new deaths. Atlantic City, with 17 cases, and Egg Harbor Township, with 16 cases, led Atlantic County. Galloway Township had nine cases and Pleasantville, eight.
Tuesday, Oct. 20: 39 new cases, the youngest an 8-month-old girl. Of the cases, 21 were among females from 8 months to 96 years old, and 18 males from 14 to 72 years old. There were 10 new cases in Atlantic City, eight in Egg Harbor Township, three each in Northfield, Hamilton Township and Ventnor, two each in Brigantine, Galloway Township, Hammonton and Pleasantville, and one each in Somers Point, Egg Harbor City, Buena Borough and Absecon.
There were no new deaths reported.