7 NEW COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES REPORTED IN MONROE TOWNSHIP MIDDLESEX COUNTY REPORTS ON TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY-WIDE DEATHS

* State NJDOHreports 37 deaths at Long Term Care.  County Reports 21 Monroe deaths at Long Term Care.

Difference: Some residents have permanent addresses outside of Monroe.

COVID-19 Cases received Monday, April 20:  New positive cases 7 

“For the second day in a row, I am saddened to share with you that we have lost 11 members of our Monroe Township family as a result of the coronavirus. This is in addition to the losses in the long-term care facilities.  I am truly heartbroken. I would like to express our deepest condolences to each of these families. This disease is horrific and has taken a toll on our community.  It’s too much, too fast and so difficult to process because we can’t comfort each other or mourn our losses in the traditional manner. Please keep them in your prayers.” 

– Mayor Gerald W. Tamburro

 MIDDLESEX COUNTY COVID-19 CORRECTS CASE REPORTING: This afternoon, Chief Michael Biennas was notified that the Middlesex County Board of Health is establishing a new state and county reporting technology which corrects case counts and assignments throughout the county. As a result of their reconciliation, the county has informed Monroe it has been assigned an additional 22 cases. These cases are not new and are spread out over the course of the pandemic. These additional cases will be added to tomorrow’s count.     

DO YOU NEED TO BE TESTED?  MyInstaDoc, 298 Applegarth Road:  DRIVE-THRU THURSDAY, APRIL 23.  The facility will serve pre-registered patients only from 9am – 1pm and drive-up patients from 1pm – 3:30pm. Testing will continue on Saturday, April 25.  Pre-register at www.myinstadocmonroe.com or call 609-207-3220.

STATE AND NJDOH STATISTICS:  

• 432 long-term care facilities in New Jersey are reporting at least one case of COVID-19 for a total of 11,527 cases. There have been 2,048 COVID-related deaths, 269 new deaths reported from these facilities since yesterday.
• 78% of patients requiring critical or intensive care are on ventilators. This is down from a previous high of 97% a week ago.
• 7,594 residents are hospitalized with the COVID-19. 1,930 patients require critical or intensive care.1,501 ventilators are in use.
• 72 patients at one of our field medical stations
• 11,825 COVID-positive patients and persons under investigation have been discharged since March 31.
• 167,323 tests performed, positivity rate is 44.75%

MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR MURPHY: 

“The 379 new deaths in New Jersey announced today is the largest single day death toll since the coronavirus outbreak began.  The number of patients in either critical or intensive care has been relatively stable over the past week, so has the number of ventilators in use.  We want these numbers to decrease, but not seeing any significant increases is a good starting point.  We have a significant flattening of the curve.  That’s not enough for us to go back to business as usual. Not by a long shot.  We need to begin to see this curve finally start its decline. We must keep our social distancing policies in place for at least the next several weeks.  

We are not going to open our schools back up until we are convinced by scientists and medical professionals that doing so would be safe for students and staff – and their families. I will not rush this. I cannot.  My number one job is the health of our state.  Public health leads everything.  Public health creates economic health.  Public health creates educational health.  
On this principle I will not equivocate.”

SOUND OFF MONROE TOMORROW:  Show your support for all those essential workers who live and work in our community at 4pm Wednesday, April 22. Send your photos and videos to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. we can share on Facebook.  Sing, dance, cheer and honk horns!  Get creative and remember to stay 6’ away from your neighbors!!