Two residents succumb to COVID-19

Among the 22 new deaths reported by the Camden County Department of Health on Saturday (April 18) were those of two Haddonfield residents, a man and a woman both in their 80s. No details are available at this time. (A Haddonfield woman in her 80s was reported on April 5 as having contracted the virus; a connection with the resident who died has not been reported publicly.)

The total number of fatalities reported in Camden County now stands at 80. The spike yesterday was the result of a catch-up in reporting over the past several weeks, since the first death was reported on April 2. The county uses three sources for its notifications.

Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli Jr. responses to the significant loss of life this pandemic has caused the residents of Camden County.

“I’m at a total loss for words today. The fatalities reported from our county Medical Examiner, the state electronic death records and funeral home directors was hard to process based on the toll it took on our community. The families impacted will be in our thoughts and prayers tonight and into the future as this pandemic grinds on,” Cappelli said. “Right now it is important to remember that we need to continue to fight this virus with the best tools we have, in other words, we need to double down on our mitigation efforts so we can flatten the curve and we need to work hard to flatten the curve of this virus. Even though the news is grim today I believe our efforts are yielding real results.”

The Department of Health also announced 100 additional positive cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).That number does not include any Haddonfield residents. The Haddonfield total stands at 25.