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COURT HOUSE – April 7: The state release of COVID-19 confirmed cases on April 7 shows Cape May County at 94 positive tests and two deaths. A late April 6 report from the county Department of Health cited 99 confirmed cases and one death.
While the differences may seem slight the variance may grow as the number of cases increases in the coming weeks. Timing may be part of the issues since the state aggregates data from counties and test facilities on a different schedule.
The difference in deaths, however, may go to opposing protocols for how cases are classified. One day ago the state numbers showed three deaths in Cape May County.
County spokesman Denis Brown said one reported death was the result of an input error by a state employee in the state data base. That appears to have been removed.
The other case of a death reported by the state which is not on the county listing is described by Brown as “a person in North Jersey with family in Ocean City.”
Brown went on to state that the death was not listed in the county total since “it did not take place here.” At least for April 7, the state is continuing to attribute that death to the county.
Today’s state report shows 44,416 positive test cases with 1,232 deaths. Another 50,558 individuals were tested with negative results. The report released April 7 by state health officials shows just over 40% of the COVID-19 deaths in Bergen (263) and Essex (232) counties.
State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli indicated that almost 22% of the individuals hospitalized in the state are on ventilators, 1,540 of the 7,017 hospitalizations.
Cape May – Governor Murphy says he doesn't know anything about the drones and doesn't know what they are doing but he does know that they are not dangerous. Does anyone feel better now?
