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7 NEW COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES REPORTED ON FRIDAY

6 in Long Term Care Facilities and 1 Community-Wide

GOVERNOR MURPHY REPORTS:  SLOWER RATES OF SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE

 

Known Cases

New Cases

Deaths

United States

1,324,685

 

78,533

New Jersey

137,085

1,759 

9,116

Middlesex County

13,759

142

759

Monroe Township

 

585

 

7

67 Total**

51 Long Term Care Facilities

16 Community-Wide

COVID-19 Cases received Friday, May 8:  7 New Positive Cases 

76, male

69, male

81, female

65, male

72, female

106, female

92, female

 

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TOTAL TESTED AS OF 5/8: 2,222            

TOTAL POSITIVITY RATE: 29%

STATE AND NJDOH STATISTICS:  

  • As of 10 p.m. last night:4,628 residents hospitalized for COVID-19.New hospitalizations 364 with 422 discharged from the hospital. More are leaving hospitals than entering. 
  • 1,416 patients in either critical or intensive care.1,054 ventilators currently in use. 
  • Up-to-date statistics can be found on the state dashboard: https://covid19.nj.gov/#live-updates
  • Murphy, “We continue to see SLOWER rates of spread across the state-a very positive sign. The daily positivity rate has been coming down-steadily-over the past several weeks.”

*****Gov. Murphy doesn’t hold a press conference on Sunday. Monroe News will return on Monday.