One in Upper Township, one in Lower Township
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel and Star and Wave
The Cape May County Department of Health announced two additional fatalities related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Monday, April 20, along with providing an update on the number of positive and recovered cases reported in the county.
The department also broke down other statistics include age range and cases by day.
In total, 15 Cape May County residents have passed away due to complications from COVID-19, according to the Department of Health. The most recent deaths involve a 51-year-old female from Upper Township and an 83-year-old male from Lower Township.
Overall, eleven of the deaths are in Lower Township, two are in Upper Township and one each in Dennis Township and Woodbine.
Lower Township has the most active cases with 43. Seventeen people in the township are now off quarantine.
Middle Township has 35 active cases, Upper Township has 17 and Ocean City and Wildwood have 14 each.
Other active cases include eight in Dennis Township, four in Wildwood Crest, two in North Wildwood and one each in Cape May, West Cape May and Woodbine. There are no active cases in Avalon, Cape May Point, Sea Isle City, stone Harbor and West Wildwood.
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases since the pandemic reports have taken place in Cape May County are 217. Of those, 65 have recovered and 15 have succumbed to the unique coronavirus.
Cases were a handful of less from March 18 to March 28, then numbers jumped March 31 to 8. The peak days were April 4 with 25 cases, April 6 with 19, April 10 with 17 and April 12 with 18. Cases were back in the single digits for a few days then were up to 10 on April 17.
The Health Department said the most cases – 90 – were reported in the 41 to 65 age group. There were 65 cases among people 65 and older; 57 cases for people aged 18 to 40 and five cases for those 17 and under.
“It is with great sadness that we announce more lives lost to this pandemic,” said Freeholder Jeff Pierson in a press release late Monday afternoon. “Our sympathies and thoughts go out to these families. The death of two of our community members is a reminder to us all to continue to heed the precautions associated with preventing the spread of this disease.”