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28 NEW COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES REPORTED IN MONROE TOWNSHIP OVER TWO-DAY PERIOD

13 IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND 15 COMMUNITY-WIDE

 

Known Cases

New Cases

Deaths

Recovered

United States

1,191,403

 

68,678

153,284

New Jersey

  128,269

1,621 

7,910

 

Middlesex County

12,768

555 (May 2-3)

642

 

 

Monroe Township

 

551

 

28 (May2-3)

66 Total**

50 Long Term Care Facilities

16 Community-Wide

 

**According to data from the Middlesex County Board of Health, 76% of deaths in Monroe Township are from private long-term care facilities.   

COVID-19 Cases received Saturday, May 2:  New positive cases 12 

95, female

100, female

96, female

81, female

71, male

63, female

54, male

40, female

53, female

75, female

73, female

94, female

COVID-19 Cases received Sunday, May 3:  New positive cases 16

91, female

84, female

78, female

16, female

59, male

56, female

87, female

82, female

46, male

73, female

85, female

81, female

66, female

75, female

90, female

82, male

  

5041MESSAGE FROM MAYOR TAMBURRO:“I think we can safely say this is a challenge like no other in our lifetime.  We are living through history each day.   

I want to start my message by saying how immensely proud I am of our community, each one of you, for protecting each other by staying home.  I have asked a lot of you to completely change your daily lives, and you have delivered by putting others above yourselves. 

It is a real sacrifice.  It is painful.  And as I have said before, it is the opposite of who we are as social beings.

But our efforts to stay home are slowing the virus, and right now it’s the only tool we have. Without the sacrifices that we have each made over the past seven weeks, there would have been somany more cases, many more deaths, more crowded hospitals and greater suffering. That is why we must continue our social distancing practices.” Read the full message here.

STATE AND NJDOH STATISTICS:  

  • The number of new cases might be low as a result of a network outage yesterday that may have prevented all cases from being processed.
  • As of last night:5,287 residents hospitalized for COVID-19, 1,610 patients in either critical or intensive care, 1,189 ventilators currently in use
  • 362 new hospitalizations yesterday, 335 patients were discharged from the hospital
  • 74% of ICU patients are on ventilators.That is "significantly down" from 97% two weeks ago.
  • 248,319 tests performed, positivity rate is 40.02%
  • 508 LTC facilities with COVID-19 cases; 22061 COVID-19 cases in these facilities.
  • Federal Support for NJ:The 395 hospitals across the nation hit hardest by COVID-19 will share $12 billion in federal aid, including 53 New Jersey hospitals that will receive $1.7 billion directly from the federal government. Only New York is getting more.Read the full nj.com article here.
  • “There is currently no vaccine, there is only social distancing,” said Governor Murphy.“Social distancing, right now, is the only proven COVID-19 prevention.There are no recognized treatments and there is no cure.”

NJ SCHOOLS TO REMAIN CLOSED FOR REMAINDER OF SCHOOL YEAR:  Governor Murphy announced today that New Jersey schools will remain closed for the rest of this academic year as the state continues its battle against the coronavirus pandemic.  The governor tweeted he will extend the statewide school closure throughout the rest of the academic year. The state’s schools will continue teaching about 1.4 million public school students from home.  Read the full nj.com article here. 

NJDOH REPORTS HOSPITALIZATIONS CONTINUE TO DECLINE:  The state Department of Health reported another decline in patients at New Jersey’s hospitals with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases, though the data was incomplete with one of the state’s 71 hospitals not included. The state hit a peak in hospitalizations on April 14 with 8,293 patients. That has steadily declined to 5,287 as of Sunday night for the 70 of 71 hospitals reporting. Read the full nj.com article here.

ANTIBODY TESTING & COVID-19 TESTING AVAILABLE:  MyInstaDoc Monroe is offering igG Antibody Testing in addition to COVID-19 Swab Testing at the facility located at 298 Applegarth Road.     

igG Antibody Blood Testing will be conducted in-office by appointment. Please call for an appointment at 609-207-3220.  To be considered for this testing a patient must be free from all COVID-19 symptoms for a period of no less than 14 days.  

COVID-19 Nasal Swab Testing:  This testing continues to be a drive-up test site, open TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. You must pre-register here to secure a drive-up appointment time. The facility will serve pre-registered COVID-19 testing patients only from 9am – 1pm and drive-up patients from 1pm – 3:30pm.

MENTAL HEALTH HELPLINE:  For everyone struggling right now, there are places to turn for help and support: Mental Health Hotline: 866-202-4357. You can also text 741741 with the message “NJ” to reach the Crisis Text Line.