BREAKING NEWS: MONROE TOWNSHIP NOTIFIED OF SECOND POSITIVE COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS CASE

Monroe Township was just notified by the Middlesex County Department of Health of the second Township resident testing positive for the COVID-19 Coronavirus. 

The patient, in their forties, reportedly presented with symptoms and was seen at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital where a test was conducted.  The patient is under home-quarantine.  The resident is a family member of a Brookside elementary school student.  

At this time, the County Health Department is the lead in the investigation of the case and is responsible for all notifications.  

Updates will be provided as they are available and allowed under federal and state privacy laws.  Names, addresses and personal identifying information of patients cannot be released or shared with the community. 

If the general public has questions regarding the Coronavirus, please contact the New Jersey Department of Health Hotline at 800-222-1222.