Ocean City COVID Update: Cape May County Plans 2nd Vaccine Site

Kimberlee Bongard
Updated ·2 min read

OCEAN CITY, NJ — Here are the latest coronavirus updates around Ocean City and Cape May County.

Cases

The Cape May County Health Department reported the following in Ocean City as of Friday— figures reported last Friday are in parenthesis.

  • community resident active cases: 83 (85)

  • community residents cleared off quarantine: 530 (484)

  • community deaths: zero (zero)

  • nonresident active cases: zero (zero)

  • longterm-care active cases: 16 (nine)

  • longterm-care cleared off quarantine: 52 (52)

  • longterm-care deaths: zero (zero)

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The CMCHD reported the following county-wide numbers as of Friday — Jan. 15 figures in parenthesis:

  • community resident active cases: 577 (624)

  • community residents cleared off quarantine: 4,433 (4,039)

  • community deaths: zero (zero)

  • nonresident active cases: two (two)

  • longterm-care active cases: 45 (21)

  • longterm-care cleared off quarantine: 345 (341)

  • longterm-care deaths: zero (zero)

See more data here.

Vaccines

The state health department has logged 7,664 vaccine doses administered in Cape May County as of Friday afternoon. Cape May County has an estimated population of 92,039, and the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines each require two doses per person.

Recent Updates

  • Cape May County announced plans on Wednesday to open a second vaccination site when the county is provided with more vaccines. MORE.

  • Data released this week by the federal government shows how close Cape May County hospitals are to reaching capacity amid the unprecedented demands of the coronavirus pandemic. MORE.

Here's what else you should know:

  • There are two confirmed cases of a COVID-19 variant strain in the Garden State, Department of Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said during Friday's coronavirus briefing. MORE.

  • Gov. Murphy says New Jersey will offer a telephone number for vaccine appointments now that cases continue to rise, immunization appointments are running scarce and the state's COVID-19 second wave has "peaked." MORE.

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