Cape May Court House- New Jersey has 157,815 total COVID-19 positive cases and 11,401 deaths. Total positive cases of COVID-19 infection in Cape May County is now 616 including 47 deaths.
Municipality | Community Active Cases | Community Reported 05/28/2020 | Off Quarantine | Community Fatalities | Long-Term Care Active Cases | Long-Term Care Reported 05/28/2020 | Long-term Care Off-Quarantine | Long-Term Care Fatalities | County Total Cases |
AVALON | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
CAPE MAY CITY | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
CAPE MAY POINT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DENNIS TOWNSHIP | 8 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 61 |
LOWER TOWNSHIP | 31 | 1 | 63 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 33 | 26 | 200 |
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP | 34 | 0 | 64 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 107 |
NORTH WILDWOOD | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
OCEAN CITY | 11 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
SEA ISLE CITY | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
STONE HARBOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
UPPER TOWNSHIP | 27 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
WEST CAPE MAY | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
WEST WILDWOOD | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
WILDWOOD | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
WILDWOOD CREST | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
WOODBINE | 7 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 56 |
Total | 140 | 3 | 277 | 10 | 113 | 1 | 39 | 37 | 616 |
Businesses and employers can prevent and slow the spread of COVID-19 within the workplace. Employers should respond in a way that takes into account the level of disease transmission in their communities and revise their business response plans as needed. Employers should follow the White House Guidelines for Opening up America, a phased approach based on current levels of transmission and healthcare capacity at the state or local level, as part of resuming business operations. Business operation decisions should be based on both the level of disease transmission in the community and your readiness to protect the safety and health of your employees and customers.
All employers need to consider how best to decrease the spread of COVID-19 and lower the impact in your workplace. This should include activities to:
- Prevent and reduce transmission among employees, employees who have symptoms should notify their supervisor and stay home.
- Maintain healthy business operations, and
- Maintain a healthy work environment.
Updated strategies and recommendations for employers responding to COVID-19, including those seeking to resume normal or phased business operations:
- Conducting daily health checks
- Conducting a hazard assessment of the workplace
- Encouraging employees to wear cloth face coverings in the workplace, if appropriate
- Implementing policies and practices for social distancing in the workplace
- Wash hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or to use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol if soap and water are not available. Inform employees that if their hands are visibly dirty, they should use soap and water over hand sanitizer.
- Improving the building ventilation system
- Disinfect surfaces, use products that meet EPA criteria for use against SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and are appropriate for the surface.
Call your healthcare professional if you have concerns about COVID-19 and your underlying health conditions. Stay up to date on the current situation as it evolves. Some reliable sources are New Jersey Poison Information and Education System hotline at 211 or 1-800-962-1253, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at www.cdc.gov, the World Health Organization at www.who.int, the New Jersey Department of Health at COVID19.nj.gov. For additional information visit https://capemaycountynj.gov/ or Cape May County Department of Health at www.cmchealth.net, also like us on Facebook.