County tops 18,000 cases as New Jersey nears 600,000 and 18,851 deaths
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff
It was another tough week in Atlantic County with 29 deaths attributed to COVID-19 and 1,139 new cases for an average of 162 cases a day between Jan. 19 and 25.
So far, according to the Atlantic County Division of Public Health, there have been 18,546 cases of COVID-19 in the county and 439 fatalities.
Across New Jersey, there have been almost 600,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 18,851 confirmed deaths, with another 68,291 suspected cases and 2,121 probable deaths related to the coronavirus. There were 3,694 confirmed cases on Monday, another 645 probable, and 21 lab-confirmed deaths. The state’s rate of transmission has dropped to 0.94, meaning each person infected with the virus is infecting less than one more person.
In Atlantic County, the total number of individuals cleared from isolation is 7,513, but the division reports those numbers don’t tell the whole story because 25 percent of people won’t respond to queries from the health department and another 3 percent choose not to participate.
Weekly drive-thru testing continues at 617 Dolphin Ave. in Northfield, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays. Appointments can be made by calling (888) 285-2684.
Daily counts
Monday, Jan. 25: There was one death, an 80-year-old Galloway woman with pre-existing health conditions, and 107 new cases among residents from 6 to 86 years old.
Northfield had six new cases, Somers Point had two and Linwood had one.
Other new cases included Egg Harbor Township (20), Atlantic City (19), Galloway Township (17), Pleasantville (10), Hamilton Township (9), Absecon (6), Margate (4), Ventnor, Mullica Township and Hammonton (3 each), and Brigantine, Buena Borouigh, Folsom and Weymouth Township (1 each).
Sunday, Jan. 24: There were 406 new cases and 11 fatalities – five Galloway residents, two women ages 85 and 47 and three men ages 83, 78 and 74; three Atlantic City men, two 68-year-olds and a 55-year-old; an 83-year-old Buena Borough man; a 69-year-old Margate woman; and an 83-year-old Ventnor man. Two of the 11 were residents of long-term care facilities and all but three had pre-existing conditions.
Of the 406 new cases, 225 were among females from 8 months to 99 years old and 181 were among males from 2 months old to 95 years old.
Northfield reported 16 new cases, Somers Point had nine and Linwood had three.
Other new cases included Egg Harbor Township (90), Galloway Township (77), Atlantic City (51), Hamilton Township (39), Pleasantville (28), Hammonton (20), Absecon (14), Ventnor (11), Mullica Township (10), Egg Harbor City (9), Buena Vista Township and Folsom (6 each), Brigantine (5), Buena Borough (4), Longport (3), Margate and Estelll Manor (2 each), and Weymouth Township (1).
Saturday, Jan. 23: There were 45 new cases and two deaths – one in Absecon and one in Hamilton Township. The new cases were among 29 females from 10 to 91 years old and among 16 males from 10 to 65 years old.
Friday, Jan. 22: There were three fatalities confirmed – a 68-year-old Somers Point woman, an 84-year-old Ventnor man and a 60-year-old Hamilton Township man, all with pre-existing conditions.
Of the 117 new cases, there were 61 among males from 5 to 90 years old and 56 among females from 4 to 84 years old.
Linwood and Somers Point had three new cases each and there were two new cases in Northfield.
Other new cases included Egg Harbor Township (22), Hamilton Township (18), Galloway Township (17), Atlantic City (14), Pleasantville (7), Hammonton and Buena Vista Township (6 each), Ventnor (5), Absecon and Egg Harbor City (3 each), Margate, Brigantine and Mullica Township (2 each), and Weymouth Township and Buena Borough (1 each).
Thursday, Jan. 21: There was one fatality, a 72-year-old Somers Point man with pre-existing conditions, and 96 new cases among 62 females from 8 to 90 years old and among 34 males from 3 to 102 years old.
There were four new cases in Northfield and one each in Somers Point and Linwood.
Other new cases included Egg Harbor Township (24), Galloway Township (15), Hamilton Township (13), Atlantic City (8), Margate (6), Pleasanville (4), Absecon, Hammonton and Buena Vista Township (3 each), Longport, Ventnor, Folsom and Mullica Township (2 each) and Brigantine, Egg Harbor City and Buena Borough (1 each).
Wednesday, Jan. 20: There were five deaths and 198 cases among 102 females from 2 to 93 years old and among 96 males from 3 months to 99 years old. There were two deaths in Egg Harbor Township and one each in Atlantic City, Pleasantville and Mullica Township.
Tuesday, Jan. 19: There were six fatalities and 170 new cases among 86 males from 2 months to 89 years old and among 84 females from 1 to 83 years old.
The deaths included two Egg Harbor women, a 69-year-old and an 81-year-old; a 76-year-old Margate man; a 62-year-old Atlantic City woman; an 84-year-old Pleasantville man; and an 81-year-old Galloway man who resided in a long-term care facility. All six had pre-existing conditions.
There were five new cases in each of Somers Point and Northfield and three new cases in Linwood.
Other new cases included Atlantic City (31), Galloway Township (29), Egg Harbor Township (24), Absecon (16), Pleasantville (13), Ventnor (8), Hamilton Township (7), Hammonton and Buena Vista Township (5 each), Margate and Brigantine (4 each), Egg Harbor City (3), Weymouth Township (2) and Folsom and Mullica Township (1 each).