6 NEW COVID-19 POSITIVE CASE REPORTED ON TUESDAY 4 COMMUNITY WIDE AND 2 LONG TERM CARE CASES

COVID-19 Cases received Tuesday, May 19:  6 New Positive Cases

91 Female; 27 Male; 75 Male; 53 Female; 81 Male; 69 Female

STATE AND NJDOH STATISTICS:  

• NJ hospitals currently have 3,405 patients being treated for COVID-19.This is less than ½ of what it was 4 weeks ago. 
• 261 new hospitalizations and 282 patients were discharged from the hospital yesterday.
• 969 patients in either critical or intensive care; 750 ventilators currently in use.
• The daily positivity rate for tests from May 16^thwas 18 percent.
• “The curve continues to move in the right direction overall,” said Governor Murphy. “Metrics in our hospitals are down significantly since their peak.There has been a steady progression across the past 2 weeks. But we all still have a lot of work to do. We can’t move forward unless we’re confident that doing so won’t move us backward.Let’s keep it up.” 
• 15 cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children - no deaths reported.
• Ages of children affected range from 2-18.11 out of the 15 have tested positive for COVID-19.4 are currently hospitalized.  
• The rate of new cases at our long-term care facilities continues downward from the peak. We’ll keep working to push this curve lower.The numbers of lab-confirmed deaths associated with our long-term care facilities are also decreasing from the peak. 

BEWARE OF CORONAVIRUS CONTACT TRACING SCAMS: Beware of coronavirus tracing scams, NJ officials warn.  Thousands of fraud cases reported. Read the article here and protect yourself: 

https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/05/beware-of-coronavirus-contact-tracing-scams-nj-officials-warn-thousands-of-fraud-cases-reported.html.

 SELF ADMINISTERED IN COVID-19 TESTS COMING TO WALMART: Beginning May 22, New Jersey residents will be able to take a self-administered, self-swab test at seven Walmart locations across the state. These will be drive-up locations, open 7am-9pm, three days a week, weather permitting and by appointment only.  Learn more by visiting www.MyQuestCOVIDTest.com

JULY 7 PRIMARY AND VOTE BY MAIL APPLICATONS:  All registered voters should have already received vote by mail applications for the July 7 Primary Election. Following the distribution of those applications, Executive Order 144 was issued by Governor Murphy outlining:

1. All “active” registered Democrats and Republicans will automatically receive VOTE-BY-MAIL BALLOTS. 
2. All “inactive” registered Democrats, Republicans and unaffiliated voters will receive an application for a VOTE-BY-MAIL Ballot. 
3. ALL VOTE-BY-MAIL applications and return envelopes will have prepaid postage. 

HAVE YOU COMPLETED THE 2020 CENSUS YET?  Help shape our community by answering the 2020 Census today.  The 2020 Census provides important information to hospitals and business community, which in turn affects hiring practices and provides insight into their potential customer base. During this time, it is especially important to give our business community all the resources we can to be successful. Census data is just one piece of the puzzle for those valuable resources. 

 MONROE POLICE DELIVER COVID-19 TESTS AND PPE TO LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES