ED. NOTE: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported the death of a 17-year-old male. The correct age is 71.
COURT HOUSE – May 6: One day after the county submitted its reopening plan to Gov. Phil Murphy, the Department of Health reported 25 additional cases of COVID-19 and three new deaths. The total number of cases in the county edged over a new threshold, at 404. Deaths rose to 30.
Lower Township accounted for 17 of the 25 new cases, with all of them located in the township’s long-term care facilities. Three additional cases were reported in Dennis Township, two each in Middle Township and Woodbine, along with one in Cape May.
The three new deaths were two men, age 71 and 86, in Lower Township, and a female, age 71, in Middle Township.
Another 16 individuals have recovered sufficiently to be removed from quarantine, bringing the off quarantine total to 189. A slightly small number of cases, 185, remain active.
Today’s count of 25 new cases is the largest single-day total of new cases since April 24.
The county numbers come on a day when Gov. Murphy extended the Public Health Emergency another 30 days to provide the state with broad authority to fight the disease.
Hospitalizations continued to decline, as the state’s death toll increased by 308 fatalities, a total of 8,549.
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