How Much Is COVID Spreading In Cape May County

CAPE MAY COUNTY, NJ — The coronavirus continues to have an impact on New Jersey and Cape May County (see-town-by-town data below).

According to the Cape May County Department of Health, there were 474 active cases in the county on Friday, down slightly from the 480 reported the previous week on Sept. 10.

Cape May County's rate of transmission also dropped slightly week-over-week. The current RT is .94 versus .95 last week, according to the website covidactnow.org.

An RT below 1.0 indicates that the spread of COVID-19 is decreasing, officials said.

“We are encouraged by the recent decrease in the Rate of Transmission over the past few weeks,” said Cape May County Commissioner Vice-Director Leonard Desiderio, co-chair of the county’s Recovery Task Force. “This doesn’t mean that our County residents should let up. It is important to continue to protect themselves through vaccination and to wear a mask indoors when social distancing is difficult.”

Cape May County officials provided the following breakdown of active cases by town, with active case totals from Sept. 10 in parentheses:

• Avalon: 9 (5)
• Cape May City: 11 (5)
• Cape May Point: 0 (2)
• Dennis Township: 46 (39)
• Lower Township: 122 (116)
• Middle Township: 92 (114)
• North Wildwood: 20 (25)
• Ocean City: 54 (43)
• Sea Isle City: 8 (10)
• Stone Harbor: 6 (7)
• Upper Township: 52 (53)
• West Cape May: 2 (1)
• West Wildwood: 1 (1)
• Wildwood: 34 (35)
• Wildwood Crest: 10 (14)
• Woodbine: 7 (10)

The state Department of Health reports that 63,164 Cape May County residents have received at least one vaccine dose and 57,180 have been fully vaccinated as of Friday.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 64 percent of the county's population is fully vaccinated. Eighty-five percent of residents age 65 or older are fully vaccinated.

The Cape May County Department of Health continues to provide COVID-19 vaccinations in the community weekly.

This upcoming week, vaccines will be available:

• Monday Sept. 20, 10 a.m. to noon at The Reeds at Shelter Haven, 9601 3rd Ave, Stone Harbor
• Tuesday Sept. 21, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Wildwood Crest Rescue Building, 9300 Pacific Avenue, Wildwood Crest
• Wednesday Sept. 22, 1 to 6 p.m. at the Cape May County Department of Health building, 6 Moore Rd. in Cape May Court House
• Thursday Sept. 23, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cape May County Recovery Court, 9 N. Main St., Cape May Court House
• Saturday Sept. 25, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Irish Fall Festival, 1st Ave. and Olde New Jersey Ave. at Keenans Irish Pub
• Sunday Sept. 26, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at First Assembly of God, 1068 Seashore Rd., Cape May

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