The Cape May County Health Department announced two new deaths and three new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday.
The latest victims were a 97-year-old man and a 77-year-old man, according to a county press release.
“We are deeply saddened by these tragic losses and send our condolences to the families,” Cape May County Freeholder Director Gerald Thornton said in the release.
Altogether, Cape May County has 224 cases of COVID-19, although 62 patients are off quarantine and considered recovered. There have been 17 deaths.
Following is a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases and deaths for each municipality in Cape May County:
| MUNICIPALITY | ACTIVE CASES | REPORTED TODAY | OFF QUARANTINE | DEATHS |
| AVALON | 0 | 6 | ||
| CAPE MAY CITY | 1 | 3 | ||
| CAPE MAY POINT | 0 | |||
| DENNIS TOWNSHIP | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
| LOWER TOWNSHIP | 42 | 1 | 17 | 13 |
| MIDDLE TOWNSHIP | 36 | 1 | 10 | |
| NORTH WILDWOOD | 2 | 3 | ||
| OCEAN CITY | 15 | 4 | ||
| SEA ISLE CITY | 0 | 2 | ||
| STONE HARBOR | 0 | |||
| UPPER TOWNSHIP | 20 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| WEST CAPE MAY | 1 | |||
| WEST WILDWOOD | 0 | 1 | ||
| WILDWOOD | 15 | 3 | ||
| WILDWOOD CREST | 4 | 4 | ||
| WOODBINE | 1 | 1 | ||
| TOTAL ACTIVE | 145 | |||
| TOTAL RECOVERED | 62 | |||
| TOTAL DECEASED | 17 | |||
| TOTAL CASES IN CAPE MAY COUNTY | 224 |
The entire state, including Cape May County, is experiencing widespread community transmission of COVID-19. Residents should assume the risk of exposure is everywhere and behave accordingly, regardless of the details of specific numbers and locations of cases, county officials say.
“Community transmission indicates that you can get COVID-19 from anywhere within the community; you don’t have to travel or know a person with the disease in order to get it,” Freeholder Jeff Pierson said. “This means everyone should stay home and only go out for essential needs as rarely as possible.”
He continued, “If you need to go out for critical items like grocery shopping or medical care, wear a cloth face covering and stay at least six feet away from others. Wash your hands and clean surfaces often. These personal precautions apply to all of us – stay home!”
Following are precautions to protect yourself and others:
- Stay home as much as possible, except for essential travel
- If you must go out in public, wear a cloth face covering
- Stay home when you are sick
- Avoid contact with sick people
- Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when coughing or sneezing
- Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds; use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water are not available
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth
- Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces
- If you are experiencing symptoms, call your doctor
- Practice social distancing. Maintain at least six feet of space between yourself and other individuals when out in public
- Avoid close contact with crowds of any size, and avoid any crowd of more than 10 people
Call your healthcare professional if you have concerns about COVID-19 and your underlying health conditions.
Stay up to date on the current situation as it evolves. Some reliable sources are the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System hotline at 211 or 1-800-962-1253, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at www.cdc.gov, the World Health Organization at www.who.int and the New Jersey Department of Health at COVID19.nj.gov.
For additional information, visit https://capemaycountynj.gov/ or the Cape May County Department of Health at www.cmchealth.NET.
Cape May County Department of Health and CompleteCare Health Network are partnering to open a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site. The drive-thru will continue on consecutive Wednesdays including April 29, by appointment only. At this time, testing will only be for CompleteCare patients, as well as Cape May County residents, who are sick with symptoms of fever, cough and shortness of breath and that meet a certain criteria. Symptomatic first responders who are residents of the county will also be given priority testing. In order to receive testing, individuals can go to CompleteCareNJ.org/COVID19 or call 609-465-0258 and request to be screened. Web registration is the best.
Process for scheduling an appointment for COVID-19 drive-thru testing is on CompleteCareNJ.org/COVID19.
If you are not a CompleteCare patient – obtain a script from your doctor. Once you have the script do the following: Go to completecarenj.org website
- Read statement click I understand
- Click request an appointment on right of screen
- Complete requested information
- Await call from CompleteCare staff to review symptoms
- CompleteCare will forward script to Health Department
- Health Department staff will call and schedule the appointment
