Number of cases, deaths attributed to COVID remain about the same
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff
The Atlantic County Division of Public Health announced it is participating in a pilot distribution of 500 doses of the new Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
Those doses will go to recipients of the county’s home-delivered meal program and will be administered by public health nurses.
This comes amid a week in which 11 county residents’ deaths were attributed to COVID and there were 548 new cases of the coronavirus. That is slightly higher than the previous week.
“We felt it was important to allocate this vaccine for those who are eligible but homebound and unable to get to a vaccination site,” County Executive Dennis Levinson said. “Because this is a one-dose vaccine and only requires refrigeration, it is ideal for this purpose. Our nurses are working with our case managers and Meals on Wheels staff to provide this service.”
He encourages residents 75 and older who are not home delivered meal recipients to call the recently established state hotline (856) 249-7007 for assistance.
Daily cases, deaths
Monday, March 15: The division reported 76 new cases among Atlantic County residents from 7 months to 82 years old.
Somers Point had four new cases, Northfield had three and Linwood had one.
Other new cases included Egg Harbor Township (18), Galloway Township (13), Atlantic City and Hamilton Township (9 each), Mullica Township (5), Brigantine (4), Hammonton (3), Margate (2), and one each in Ventnor, Egg Harbor City, Buena Vista Township, Weymouth Township and Pleasantville.
Sunday, March 14: There were 89 new cases among residents from 5 to 84 years old.
There were five new cases in Northfield and one each in Linwood and Somers Point.
Other new case included Egg Harbor Township (20), Galloway Township (19), Atlantic City (14), Pleasantville (8), Hamilton Township (7), Absecon and Weymouth Township (3 each), Brigantine and Hammonton (2 each), and one each in Ventnor, Egg Harbor City, Buena Borough and Mullica Township.
Saturday, March 13: There was one death, an 84-year-old Egg Harbor City woman, and 79 cases among residents from 8 months to 81 years old.
There was one new case in Somers Point.
Other new cases included Atlantic City (22), Hamilton Township (14), Galloway Township (13), Pleasantville (10), Egg Harbor Township (4), Brigantine (3), Ventnor, Mullica Township, Hammonton and Buena Vista Township (2 each), and Absecon, Margate, Folsom and Buena Borough (1 each).
Friday, March 12: There were 86 new cases and two deaths – a 77-year-old Atlantic City man and a 65-year-old Egg Harbor Township man, both of whom had pre-existing conditions.
The new cases were among 46 males from 4 months to 97 years old and among 40 females from 8 months to 75 years old.
Somers Point had five new cases and Linwood and Northfield had one each.
Other new cases included Atlantic City (16), Egg Harbor Township (14), Galloway Township (10), Hamilton Township and Pleasantville (8 each), Hammonton (6), Brigantine (4), Absecon (3), Ventnor, Estell Manor, Egg Harbor City and Buena Vista Township (2 each), and Margate and Mullica Township (1 each).
Thursday, March 11: There were 69 new cases and four deaths reported – a 46-year-old Egg Harbor Township man and three men from Atlantic City, ages 70, 75 and 93. All four had pre-existing conditions. The new cases were among residents from 2 months to 87 years old.
There were nine new cases in Northfield, three in Somers Point and two in Linwood.
Other new cases included Atlantic City and Galloway Township (10 each), Egg Harbor Township (8), Hamilton Township (5), Brigantine and Hammonton (4 each), Ventnor (3), Buena Borough and Buena Vista Township (2 each), and one each in Corbin City, Margate, Absecon, Estell Manor and Weymouth Township.
Wednesday, March 10: There were 60 new cases among residents from 8 months old to 97 years old and two deaths – a 68-year-old Atlantic City woman and an 88-year-old Somers Point man, both of whom had pre-existing conditions.
There were two new cases in Somers Point and one in Northfield.
Other new cases included Atlantic City (16), Egg Harbor Township (14), Pleasantville (6), Galloway Township (5), Hamilton Township (4), Ventnor (3), Brigantine, Margate and Hammonton (2 each), and Absecon, Buena Borough and Buena Vista Township (1 each).
Tuesday, March 9: There were 89 new cases and two deaths – a 66-year-old Weymouth Township woman and a 93-year-old Pleasantville woman who resided in a long-term care facility. Both had pre-existing conditions.
The new cases were among residents from 1 to 96 years old.
There were four new cases in Linwood and Somers Point and two in Northfield.
Other new cases included Galloway Township (23), Atlantic City (13), Egg Harbor Township (11), Pleasantville (10), Hamilton Township (9), Ventnor (5), Absecon, Egg Harbor City and Hammonton (2 each) and Brigantine and Buena Vista Township (1 each).