Ocean City Coronavirus Update: Nurse Dies In COVID Outbreak

OCEAN CITY, NJ — Here are the latest coronavirus updates around Ocean City and Cape May County.

Cases

The Cape May County Health Department reported the following in Ocean City as of Friday afternoon— figures from Ocean City Patch's last update Dec. 4 are in parenthesis.

• community resident active cases: 54 (71)
• community residents cleared off quarantine: 316 (168)
• community deaths: two (two)
• nonresident active cases: zero (zero)
• longterm-care active cases: 12 (30)
• longterm-care cleared off quarantine: 41 (six)
• longterm-care deaths: zero (four)

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The CMCHD reported the following county-wide numbers as of Friday afternoon— Dec. 4 figures in parenthesis:

• community resident active cases: 508 (437)
• community residents cleared off quarantine: 2,485 (1,532)
• community deaths: 44 (35)
• nonresident active cases: 24 (12)
• longterm-care active cases: 30 (35)
• longterm-care cleared off quarantine: 253 (203)
• longterm-care deaths: 74 (64)

See more data here.

Recent Updates

• Seven residents and one nurse at United Methodist Communities at The Shores have died of coronavirus following a mid-November outbreak at the nursing home. MORE.

Here's what else you should know:

• Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday announced that the state is seeking to suspend the liquor licenses at 10 bars and restaurants accused of violating coronavirus restrictions. MORE.
• With new daily cases peaking 6,000 for the first time ever, New Jersey is at a high risk of hospital overload, according to the newest data shared by Covid Act Now Thursday. MORE.

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