15 NEW COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES REPORTED IN MONROE TOWNSHIP

COVID-19 Cases received Thursday, April 23:  New positive cases 15 

MONROE TOWNSHIP STATISTICS:  The following is a summary of the Monroe Township COVID-19 case data received from Middlesex County from March 14 to April 23. (Recovery data is not available at this time.)
TOTAL CASES: 398 as of April 23
MEN: 175 (44%) with an average age of 63 years old
WOMEN: 223 (56%) with an average age of 65 years old  

MyInstaDoc TESTING STATISTICS: As of April 23, at the Monroe Township testing site, located at 298 Applegarth Road, they have tested 1,684 patients and 32.6% of the tests have come back positive. If you need a test, please visit their website at www.myinstadocmonroe.com.

NEW NJ DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PORTAL:  The Department of Labor created a new web portal that allows New Jersey residents to contact the Department of Labor directly. This is a helpful tool for residents who have questions about their applications. To submit a message, residents must go to www.myunemployment.nj.gov and follow the instructions below:

On the top navigation, scroll to the right for “Need Help” and unveil the drop-down menu

• Choose Send an Email
• Choose Email: Submit a message through our new online form.
• Follow the prompts

MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR MURPHY:  As we cross 100,000, we must keep in mind that there are tens of thousands of New Jerseyans who had tested positive over the past seven weeks and who have beaten COVID-19.  We cannot ease up one bit on our social distancing. I am not in a position yet to begin reopening our state and jumpstarting our economy. We need to see more progress, and more slowing, before we can begin those considerations.  It’s a very simple equation – public health creates economic health.  

The sooner we have the testing that we need in place, the sooner we can give our residents the confidence they will need to know that they will be safe once we begin down the road to the “new normal.” We continue to press our federal partners for the necessary waivers to open up testing for more individuals. We’re working with great partners – Rutgers University and our private labs – to bring new testing systems and fast-tracked test-processing into broad use.

STATE AND NJDOH STATISTICS:  

• There are 6,847 hospitalizations, a 17% decrease in hospitalizations from the high of 8,293 hospitalized on April 14th. There are 1,933 patients in ICU, down 6.6% from a high of 2,069 on April 13.
• 77% of ICU patients are on ventilators. On April 10th, 99% of patients were on ventilators. 
• As of last night, 788 patients were discharged from the hospital.
• Between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 10 p.m. Thursday, there were 385 new coronavirus patients admitted and 778 patients discharged. Murphy said the three-day average trend line in hospitalization numbers is “generally moving in right direction — down.”Read the full NJ.com article here.
• 452 LTC facilities in the state with COVID-19 cases. 

MONROE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT:  Monroe Township Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Dori Alvich, shared the following message with parents, guardians and staff today:  

https://www.monroe.k12.nj.us/cms/lib/NJ01000268/Centricity/domain/1/announcements/2019-20/covid/4-24-2020.pdf

COVID-19 DISINFORMATION AND SCAM RESOURCE:  NJ Office of Homeland Security leads efforts to combat COVID-19 disinformation, rumors, and scams that may impact residents and businesses throughout the State.  The webpage, https://www.njohsp.gov/covid19 features unclassified intelligence products on COVID-19 disinformation, details about scams and cybersecurity alerts regarding potential threats to individuals and businesses caused by the pandemic.

FACE COVERING AVAILABLE AT MONROE STOP & SHOP: Monroe Township OEM has issued over 2,000 pieces of PPE to the Monroe Stop & Shop.  Please request your face covering at the Courtesy Desk if needed.