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COURT HOUSE – April 30: The Cape May County Department of Health (DOH) reported 17 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. No new fatalities were reported, and no individuals were removed from quarantine.
The new cases raise the county’s total of active cases to 340. The number of patients in quarantine is 116, and the fatalities remain at 21. Just one month ago, on March 31, the county had 26 total cases and had not yet experienced its first fatality.
Of the 17 new cases, seven were in Lower Township, three in Upper Township, two each in Woodbine and Dennis and Middle townships, and a one in Wildwood.
Long-term care facilities accounted for five of the 17 new cases.
As a state, Gov. Phil Murphy announced 418 new fatalities, the highest single-day total of deaths since the state began reporting the contagion. The state’s total related deaths are now 7,228.
Murphy was able to point to another decrease in hospitalizations, with 6,137 patients, the lowest number since the state began reporting on hospitalizations April 4.
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