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May 10, 2026

Atlantic County tops 25,000 COVID cases, 600 fatalities

By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff

On Monday, Atlantic County surpassed 25,000 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, exceeding that milestone by one case as the death toll from the virus rose to 611 with 14 fatalities attributed to COVID between March 30 and April 5.

There were 698 new cases in the county during that period.

Statewide, there have been 815,007 confirmed cases of the coronavirus through Monday and another 112,188 probable cases, along with 22,069 confirmed deaths and 2,568 probable deaths. 

By Monday, New Jersey topped 3 million people with at least one dose of the vaccine, including 1,796,798 who have been fully vaccinated.

Atlantic County had administered 151,653 doses of vaccine.

Daily statistics

Monday, April 5: There were 78 new cases including 47 among females from 2 to 81 years old and 31 among males from 3 to 85 years old.

There were two new cases in Linwood and one in Somers Point.

Other new cases included Atlantic City and Galloway Township (16 each), Egg Harbor Township (15), Pleasantville (9), Absecon (6), Buena Vista Township and Hamilton Township (3 each), Hammonton and Mullica Township (2 each), and one each in Egg Harbor City, Estell Manor and Weymouth Township.

Sunday, April 4: There were 99 new cases among 56 females from 1 month to 71 year old and among 43 males from 7 to 82 years old and two deaths, one in Egg Harbor Township and one in Hammonton..

Saturday, April 3: There were 98 new cases among 56 females from 5 months to 77 years old and among 42 males from 3 to 75 years old, and two deaths, one in Hammonton and one in Pleasantville.

Friday, April 2: There were 129 new cases among 73 males from 10 to 92 years old and among 56 females from 3 to 88 years old, and one death in Ventnor.

Thursday, April 1: There were 116 new cases among residents from 1 to 94 years old.

There were six new cases in Somers Point, three in Linwood and one in Northfield.

Wednesday, March 31: There were nine deaths attributed to COVID-19: a 74-year-old man from Somers Point; three Atlantic City residents, 60-year-old man, a 62-year-old woman and a 74-year-old woman; a 72-year-old Brigantine man; two Hamilton Township residents – a 71-year-old woman and an 84-year-old man; and two Pleasantville residents – a 43-year-old woman and a 62-year-old man.

There were 97 new cases among 49 females from 11 months to 84 years old and among 48 males from 7 to 84 years old.

There were six new cases in Somers Point, three in Northfield and one in Linwood.

Other new cases included Egg Harbor Township (21), Atlantic City and Pleasantville (13 each), Hamilton Township (11), Galloway Township (9), Absecon (7), Ventnor (6), Mullica Township (2), and one each in Margate, Brigantine, Egg Harbor City, Hammonton and Estell Manor.

Tuesday, March 30: There were 87 new cases among 42 males from 2 to 68 years old and 45 females from 14 to 81 years old.

There were three cases each in Northfield and Somers Point and one case in Linwood.

Other new cases included Atlantic City (15), Galloway Township, Hamilton Township and Pleasantville (13 each), Egg Harbor Township (9), Absecon (8), Ventnor (2) and one each in Brigantine, Egg Harbor City, Estell Manor, buena Vista Township, Mullica Township and Weymouth Township.

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