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Three days with no new COVID-related deaths in Atlantic County

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There have been no new deaths related to coronavirus in Atlantic County for the past three days.
Thirteen more residents have tested positive, including an 8-year-old girl and 17-year-old boy.
The newly confirmed cases include five from Pleasantville and two each in Hamilton Township and Ventnor.
There was one new case each in Buena Borough, Margate, Mullica Township and Northfield.
The county has a total of 3,230 positives with 1,819 residents cleared as recovered.
Testing continues at the drive-through facility behind the county Public Works yard in Northfield at Route 9 and Dolphin Avenue.
Those being tested need only an appointment and proof of residency. Symptoms and a doctor's prescription are no longer required. But there are currently no openings for the next testing date on Tuesday. Those with appointments who can't make it are asked to cancel to allow those spots to be filled.
A list of additional testing locations in Atlantic County is available at: https://www.atlantic-county.org/covid/additional-testing-locations.asp
Atlantic County has tested more than 2,300 residents through its testing facility with 78.3 percent testing negative for COVID-19.
The state Department of Health is also now advising those who get tested to limit interaction with others while awaiting test results. On average, it is now taking about five to seven days for labs to provide results due to the growing demand for testing as spikes in cases continue throughout the country.

TOTAL BREAKDOWN BY MUNICIPALITY

  • Hammonton: 617, 53 deaths
  • Atlantic City: 407, 13 deaths
  • Pleasantville: 388, 19 deaths
  • Egg Harbor Township: 355, 22 deaths
  • Galloway Township: 343, 34 deaths
  • Hamilton Township: 243, four deaths
  • Absecon: 211, 23 deaths
  • Northfield: 146, 30 deaths
  • Linwood: 78, 13 deaths
  • Somers Point: 63
  • Ventnor: 61, three deaths
  • Buena Borough: 55, three deaths
  • Egg Harbor City: 48, two deaths
  • Buena Vista Township: 43, one death
  • Mullica Township: 42, one death
  • Brigantine: 34, one death
  • Margate: 31, one death
  • Folsom: 21
  • Weymouth: 16, one death
  • Estell Manor: 9
  • Port Republic: 7
  • Longport: 3
  • Corbin City: 2
  • Unclear: 7*
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Lynda Cohen

BreakingAC founder who previously worked in newspapers for more than two decades. She is an NJPA award-winner and was a Stories of Atlantic City fellow.

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