COVID-19 UPDATE

Update from Dawn Marling,  Township of Hopewell Health Officer 

Although local case rates remain relatively low, they have again increased during the past 2 weeks. Additionally, the Statewide transmission rate has gone back above 1 and the regional CALI score has not substantially improved. The next week will be important, to assess whether Halloween festivities and potential travel/gatherings during the school break will lead to a resurgence of cases.

A Moderna vaccine booster clinic was held on Nov. 4th at the Hopewell Elementary School and 179 booster doses were administered. A survey sent to Hopewell Valley seniors showed very low interest in the Janssen/J&J booster. Discussions are ongoing to hold another Moderna clinic at the Senior Center. The State has offered vendor support to help run a pediatric clinic in partnership with HVRSD, however no date has yet been secured. Meanwhile, local pediatricians offices have secured thousands of doses and Mercer County is holding frequent pop-up clinics each week.

Case Counts for Oct. 22 – November 4, 2021

Hopewell Township:       19 new cases

Hopewell Borough:          1 new case

Pennington Borough:      1 new case

Age ranges of 245 total cases within Hopewell Valley since July 2021 (“Delta wave”)

0 – 19 - 74

20 – 29 - 36

30 – 39 - 26

40 – 49 - 20

50 – 59 - 45

60 – 69 - 24

70 – 79 - 9

80 + - 11