Cape May County's COVID Cases: See Town-By-Town Updates

CAPE MAY COUNTY, NJ — New data has been released that shows the coronavirus continues to have an impact on Cape May County (see town-by-town totals below).

Cape May County reported a total of 4,542 confirmed cases on Friday, which is up 71 cases from last week.

The disease's impact is reflected in the state Department of Health's most recent "COVID-19 Activity Level Report," which is issued weekly. The most recent report, released Thursday, says Cape May County remains in the "yellow," or moderate zone.

If the county is in the "orange" zone, it means it has a rate of 10 to 25 cases per 100,000 people. "Yellow" means the county has a rate 1 to 10 cases per 100,000 people.

If the overall activity is at a "orange" level, state officials say, school districts in those counties would have to take more serious steps — such as quarantining or even shutting down schools — if a child shows the symptoms of COVID-19.

"When it is high risk, there are some recommendations that we make together with local school boards," said Edward Lifshitz, medical director for the state Department of Health.

Indeed, a number of school districts still provide remote instruction even as the number of new daily cases has dropped in recent weeks.

Cape May County officials provided the following breakdown of active cases by town. The figures in parentheses are the number of cases from the previous week:

• Avalon: 0 (0)
• Cape May City: 2 (2)
• Cape May Point: 0 (0)
• Dennis Township: 5 (9)
• Lower Township: 40 (56)
• Middle Township: 74 (62)
• North Wildwood: 7 (11)
• Ocean City: 10 (14)
• Sea Isle City: 0 (0)
• Stone Harbor: 0 (0)
• Upper Township: 10 (9)
• West Cape May: 4 (1)
• West Wildwood: 0 (0)
• Wildwood: 21 (19)
• Wildwood Crest: 2 (5)
• Woodbine: 4 (2)

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