36,851 vaccines administered
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff
There have been 37,349 doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in Cape May County through Sunday as the total cases climbed above 7,000 over the past week.
The sites to get vaccines include the county Department of Health’s site at the Avalon Community Center, the ShopRites in Marmora and Rio Grande, the RiteAid in Wildwood and the CVS pharmacy in Villas.
To schedule an appointment, go to the county site at capemaycountynj.gov, which will direct people to the state’s web site. To find links to the private companies administering the vaccines, go to the state website, covid19.NJ.gov and look for the “vaccine locations” link.
The Department of Health cited the website, covidactnnow.org to show the rate of transmission of the virus was below 1.0 on March 5.
As of March 8, the site was showing a rate of transmission of 1.02, which means “COVID is still spreading, but slowly.” It also was showing daily new cases at 37.4 per 100,000 which it termed “a dangerous number.”
The positive test rate of 7.7 percent “indicates adequate testing” and the ICU Capacity Used was at 46 percent showing the county “can likely handle a new wave of COVID. The website said 19 percent of the population has received a dose of vaccine.
The most recent deaths announced by the county have been on March 2, 3 and 4, including a 79-year-old woman from Ocean City, a 92-year-old man from Middle Township and a 66-year-old man from Middle Township.
The number of new cases of the coronavirus declined from the previous week to 297 as of Monday with the greatest number in Middle Township (82), Lower Township (69), Ocean City (29), Wildwood (27), Upper Township (25) and Dennis Township (18).
Other active cases include Wildwood Crest (14), North Wildwood (13), Cape May (6), Avalon (4), West Cape May (4), West Wildwood and Stone Harbor (2 each), Sea Isle and Woodbine (1 each).
There was only one active case in long-term care, in Ocean City, and three cases among non-residents, all in Cape May.
Fewer new cases are being reported on a daily basis over the past week. There were 28 new cases in the communities on Monday, 22 on Sunday, each on Saturday and Friday, 35 on Thursday, 33 on Wednesday and 39 on Tuesday, March 2.
Since March of 2020, there have been 7,105 cases of COVID-19 in the county and 184 deaths, including 96 in long-term care facilities and 88 in the communities.
Numbers have dropped off by more than half since the January peak, but remain about five times higher than in the early fall.