Cranbury Township has seen an increase in COVID-19 positive cases in the first month of 2021.
Police Chief Michael Owens informed the community in a briefing to the Cranbury Township Committee about the latest data figures at the Township Committee meeting on Jan. 25.
As of Jan. 25, this month’s number of 45 positive cases increased by double digits from December and the township has experienced two deaths in January as a result of COVID-19.
“We are up to 45 cases reported in Cranbury this month. In comparison, in December we had 33, November we had 28, so 45 is pretty high. This month, unfortunately we had two deaths reported from COVID-19,” Owens said. “We had a 53-year-old individual resident die from COVID and a 60-year-old resident as well. With any COVID vaccine information that you might be looking for I would direct you to www.nj.gov for information on COVID testing sites and vaccine centers.”