Ocean City Coronavirus Update: Schools Unveil Reopening Plan

Kimberlee Bongard
·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: 85 (79)

  • community residents cleared off quarantine: 484 (441)

  • community deaths: zero (zero)

  • nonresident active cases: zero (zero)

  • longterm-care active cases: nine (zero)

  • 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. 8 figures in parenthesis:

  • community resident active cases: 624 (614)

  • community residents cleared off quarantine: 4,039 (3,692)

  • community deaths: zero (one)

  • nonresident active cases: two (six)

  • longterm-care active cases: 21 (17)

  • longterm-care cleared off quarantine: 341 (328)

  • longterm-care deaths: zero (zero)

(Cape May County Health Department
(Cape May County Health Department

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Vaccines

The state health department has logged 4,744 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

  • The Ocean City School District will soon allow students to attend in-person five days per week. The first phase of the reopening plan welcomes students in kindergarten through fifth grade back to school beginning in February. 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:

  • Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Wednesday that New Jersey will expand COVID-19 vaccine distribution to seniors over the age of 65 and others with medical conditions, and he's going to add more sites for immunization. MORE.

  • Murphy has warned residents that they should assume a quicker-spreading strain of the coronavirus is in New Jersey, even if the state has yet to confirm its presence. MORE.

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