A 56-year old Buena man with pre-existing health conditions has died as a result of COVID-19 complications, announced county health officials on Wednesday, April 22.

The county also reported 39 new positive cases among 19 men, ages 19-90 and 20 women, ages 24-98.

To date, 518 residents have tested positive, 23 have died, and 108 have been cleared as recovered.

Seven of today’s cases were found in Egg Harbor Township, six in Galloway, five in Pleasantville and four in Linwood.  Absecon, Atlantic City and Hamilton Twp. each have three new cases and Egg Harbor City has two. Buena Borough, Estell Manor, Folsom, Hammonton, Margate and Northfield each have one new positive resident.

Atlantic County will provide two additional test dates next week on Tuesday, April 28 and Thursday, April 30, by appointment only, for symptomatic county residents with a doctor’s prescription. The testing will be conducted behind the Hamilton Mall in Mays Landing, 10 AM – 1 PM.

Residents may make an appointment online at www.aclink.org. In addition to the doctor’s prescription, residents must also provide proof of residency, such as a driver’s license or utility bill, as well as the appointment confirmation.

Those who are unable to keep their appointments are asked to cancel so that others will have an opportunity to be tested.

Atlantic County has previously provided testing for first responders and healthcare workers as well as four test dates for the general public. The county has obtained 800 test kits in total.

The statewide COVID-19 count grew by 3,551 cases and 314 fatalities over the past day, for a total of 95,865 cases and 5,063 deaths as of Wednesday April 22nd.

COVID-19 Cases by County
Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Bergen County:

13686 Positive Test Results

876 Deaths

Hudson County:

12039 Positive Test Results

568 Deaths

Essex County:

11387 Positive Test Results

888 Deaths

Union County:

10484 Positive Test Results

481 Deaths

Passaic County:

9392 Positive Test Results

327 Deaths

Middlesex County:

9047 Positive Test Results

369 Deaths

Ocean County:

5234 Positive Test Results

270 Deaths

Monmouth County:

5086 Positive Test Results

251 Deaths

Morris County:

4556 Positive Test Results

309 Deaths

Mercer County:

2845 Positive Test Results

145 Deaths

Somerset County:

2688 Positive Test Results

183 Deaths

Camden County:

2528 Positive Test Results

94 Deaths

Burlington County:

1878 Positive Test Results

68 Deaths

Gloucester County:

856 Positive Test Results

29 Deaths

Sussex County:

743 Positive Test Results

76 Deaths

Warren County:

689 Positive Test Results

55 Deaths

Atlantic County:

505 Positive Test Results

24 Deaths

Hunterdon County:

434 Positive Test Results

21 Deaths

Cumberland County:

382 Positive Test Results

5 Deaths

Cape May County:

227 Positive Test Results

16 Deaths

Salem County:

134 Positive Test Results

6 Deaths