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29 NEW COVID-19 CASES REPORTED IN MONROE TOWNSHIP OVER THREE-DAY PERIOD: 9 CASES SATURDAY, 9 CASES SUNDAY AND 11 CASES MONDAY

LATEST STATE/COUNTY UPDATES:  

US: Cases confirmed 573,052; Recovered 42,221; Deaths 22,947

State:New positive cases 3,219; Total cases statewide 64,584; Total Deaths 2,443. 

Middlesex County (from Governor’s Daily Report):

Total cases countywide: 5,987; Total deaths countywide: 204. 

COVID-19 Cases received Saturday, April 11:

New positive cases 9 

87, female

41, female

64, female

51, male

38, female

38, male

25, female

50, female

88, female

  

COVID-19 Cases received Sunday, April 12:

New positive cases 9 

28, female

45, female

70, female

36, male

73, female

45, male

66, male

27, female

77, female

  

COVID-19 Cases received April 13, 5pm:

New positive cases 11; Total municipal cases 265 as of Monday, April 13

52, male

52, male

75, male

61, male

85, female

36, male

91, female

37, male

97, female

85, female

80, female

  

MIDDLESEX COUNTY OFFERS NEW TESTING INNOVATION TO COMBAT COVID-19 SPREAD: Middlesex County in partnership with RUCDR Infinite Biologics (RUCDR), RWJBarnabas Health, and Accurate Diagnostic Labs (ADL), are offering for the first-time a saliva-based test to the community on a mass scale. The test will be available to county residents at the drive thru-testing facility at 33 Kilmer Road in Edison.  Introduced recently by RUCDR and ADL, this saliva test, newly approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is a breakthrough that will accelerate not only the volume of testing per day but provide results in 24-48 hours.  Starting Wednesday, April 15, Middlesex County will be the first county government in New Jersey to provide this new test widely in a drive-through setting and at no cost to local first responders and residents.  Read the full mycentraljersey.com article here.

STATE AND NJDOH STATISTICS:  

  • Over 500 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospitals overnight.
  • As of 10:00 PM last night, 7,781 residents were reported hospitalized, including COVID-19 positive patients and persons under investigations.1,886 of these individuals were listed in critical or intensive care, and 1,611 of those individuals were on ventilators.
  • Yesterday, another 200 ventilators were delivered to NJ from the Strategic National Stockpile.NJ has now received 1,550 ventilators and Governor Murphy will push for more.
  • 7 hospitals in the northern and central region of the state went on divert for patient volume.
  • 29 of the new reported deaths were residents of long-term care facilities.324 long-term care facilities have been impacted by COVID-19 with 5,264 cases.The population of those in long-term care facilities is roughly 60,000, so about 10% of individuals are being affected.

DO YOU NEED TO BE TESTED?  COVID-19 DRIVE-THRU TOMORROW (TUESDAY), APRIL 14 at MyInstaDoc, 298 Applegarth Road:  The facility will serve pre-registered patients only from 9am – 1pm and drive-up patients from 1pm – 3:30pm.  Testing will continue on Thursday, April 16. Pre-register at www.myinstadocmonroe.comor call 609-207-3220 to speak with a medical professional.

MIDDLESEX COUNTY OPENS SECOND COVID-19 DRIVE-THRU TESTING SITE:  South Brunswick Site Open to Middlesex County residents by appointment.  The site opened April 10 at New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission Inspection Station, 2236 Route 130 North, Dayton. The test site will be open from 10 am to 2 pm on Wednesday, April 15.  Appointments will only be made beginning 10 am the day prior to a testing day.  Visit www.Middlesexcountynj.gov/COVID19testing to register.  

NJ JOINS 5 OTHER STATES IN COORDINATED PLANNING TO RE-OPEN AFTER CORONAVIRUS SURGE:  New Jersey will join New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Deleware and Rhode Island to form a regional advisory council to help guide the re-opening process once the coronavirus emergency has passed.  Read the full NJ.com article here.

EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM GOVERNOR MURPHY PROHIBITING INTERNET AND PHONE SERVICE SHUT-OFF:  Governor Murphy signed an Executive Order today that prohibits Internet and phone services from being shut off until 30 days after the COVID-19 public health emergency has ended.  “This is not time for anyone to have their connection to the world severed,” Governor Murphy said.