New Cases Of Coronavirus Camden County Drop On Friday

CAMDEN COUNTY, NJ — The number of new coronavirus cases in Camden County continues to drop, county officials said on Friday. With just 59 new cases reported, there were 6,588 cases of the coronavirus in Camden County with 320 confirmed fatalities as of Friday.

Out of the total number of cases, 1,119 are among residents in the county’s 56 long-term care facilities and another 382 cases are among staff members. Two-hundred thirty-seven residents and three staff members in these nursing homes have died as a result of the coronavirus.

“As we continue to mourn the residents lost to COVID, today offered a small glimmer of hope with only 59 confirmed cases. We have generally seen falling numbers over the past week dropping our growth rate to just over 1 percent,” Camden County Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli Jr. said. “As the weather warms up and access to testing continues to grow, we may see the rate fall under 1 percent, which would be a great milestone. Nevertheless, we cannot become complacent. Wear a mask when out in public, wash your hands and always remember to maintain a six-foot perimeter. These are the only tools we have at our disposal to stop the transmission of this virus and to end the pandemic.”

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Cappelli also acknowledged some of the benchmarks put in place by Gov. Phil Murphy to reopen the state.

“I also want to applaud the governor for getting us one step closer to going back to work, by setting tangible dates for the reopening of day cares, summer camps and youth sports,” Cappelli said. “Nothing in the state can reopen unless families have a safe place to send their children as we slowly return to significantly different workplaces. I know Governor Murphy will be following the science and data that will guide us to a place where we can reacclimate ourselves — with safety standards and mitigation strategies in place — to a life we lived prior to the pandemic.”

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