Local and state public health officials in Montgomery and Delaware Counties, as well as in New Jersey, have faced pressure from some residents and lawmakers to release more information about the locations of the cases. No confirmed cases from the state of Delaware have been reported. Sheila Oliver stressed that the overall risk to the average New Jersey resident remains low. Health authorities said they are tracking 27 people. Officials haven’t been able to talk to either to find out their contacts and exposure. A 32-year-old man from West New York was hospitalized, but a condition report wasn’t available. Officials said Sunday that one male 70-year-old health care worker from Teaneck is in stable condition in a hospital intensive care unit. One patient in Camden County is a 61-year-old man from Cherry Hill. New Jersey officials also announced two more patients had tested positive for coronavirus in that state for a total of six, mostly in North Jersey. The two other Pennsylvania cases are in Delaware and Wayne counties. Anyone they may have come into contact with is being traced for symptoms, Arkoosh said. “Coronavirus is very contagious and we fully expect that we will see additional cases here in Montgomery County,” said Valerie Arkoosh, Chair of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners during a press conference Sunday morning at the county’s Operations Center in Eagleville - just hours before the state announced the two new cases.Īll four Montco patients have mild symptoms and are isolated at home. where COVID-19 has been active, county officials said Sunday morning. Two other Montco residents, a Worcester man and a Lower Gwynedd woman, were also infected after traveling to another part of the U.S. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor
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