By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff
There was a huge drop-off in new COVID-19 cases in Atlantic County and no deaths reported over the course of the past week.
“Atlantic County is currently experiencing a decrease in COVID-19 cases and deaths, a trend we hope will continue as more people get vaccinated,” Atlantic County Public Health Officer Patricia Diamond said Monday afternoon.
“At this time 61 percent of our adult population has received at least one dose and 50 percent is fully vaccinated,” she added. “The positive downward trends appear to be related to an increase in vaccine availability and vaccinations. The supply-demand imbalance that was experienced earlier in the year is no longer a factor.”
Between May 4 and Monday, May 10, there were only 190 new cases of COVID-19, continuing the trend of decreases in recent weeks. Over the same period last week, there were 325 cases.
It also was the first time since the middle of last spring there was an individual day in the single digits of new cases. On Monday, only four new cases were reported.
New COVID-19 cases have fallen about 85 percent from their peak in January, when nearly 1,300 were reported in one week. There were weeks during the winter when up to 30 people died in Atlantic County, attributed to the coronavirus.
Daily Counts
Monday, May 10: There were four new cases among three women from 23 to 82 years and one man aged 43.
There was one new case in each of Atlantic City, Buena Borough, Hamilton Township and Hammonton.
Sunday, May 9: There were 24 new cases among 15 females from 18 to 64 years old and nine males from 5 to 74 years old.
New cases included Pleasantville (6), Hamilton Township (4), Atlantic City (3), Egg Harbor Township, Galloway Township, Hammonton, Ventnor and Mullica Township (2 each) and Buena Vista Township (1).
Saturday, May 8: There were 29 new cases among residents from 3 to 87 years old.
There was one new case in Somers Point.
Other new cases included Atlantic City and Hamilton Township (5 each), Absecon and Galloway Township (4 each), Buena Vista Township, Hammonton and Pleasantville (2 each) and one each in Longport, Brigantine, Egg Harbor Township and Mullica Township.
Friday, May 7: There were 35 new cases among 22 males from 1 to 84 years ood and among 13 females from 15 to 90 years old.
There were four new cases in Somers Point and one in Linwood.
Other new cases included Atlantic City (7), Hamilton Township and Pleasantville (5 each), Hammonton (4), Egg Harbor Township and Estell Manor (2 each), and one each in Margate, Absecon, Galloway Township, Egg Harbor City and Buena Borough.
Thursday, May 6: There were 26 new cases among residents from 4 to 79 years old.
There was one new case in Somers Point.
Other new cases included Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township (5 each), Hammonton (4), Hamilton Township (3), Buena Vista Township and Egg Harbor City (2 each), and one each in Absecon, Atlantic City, Mullica Township and Pleasantville.
Wednesday, May 5: There were 40 new cases among 24 females from 5 to 87 years old and among 16 males from 11-75 years old.
There was one new case in Northfield.
Tuesday, May 4: There were 32 new cases among residents from 12 to 85 years old.
