ONE NEW COVID-19 POSITIVE CASE REPORTED COMMUNITY-WIDE IN MONROE TOWNSHIP ON TUESDAY

COVID-19 Cases received Tuesday, June 16:  New positive case 1:  63, male

STATE AND NJDOH STATISTICS: 

• NJ hospitals currently have 1,352 patients being treated for COVID-19. Field medical stations reported 8 patients.
• 64 new COVID-19 hospitalizations and 92 discharges yesterday.
• 358 patients in either critical or intensive care; 71% on ventilators; 254 ventilators in use.
• 35,437 COVID-19 cases at NJ long-term care facilities; 6,079 confirmed deaths.
• The daily spot positivity rate for tests from June 13 was 3.5%; transmission rate of 0.70.
• 1 new case of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children, 43 cases total.
• “Our decreasing hospital numbers combined with the decreasing rate of spread means that our health care system is regaining capacity to meet the challenges ahead,” said Governor Murphy. “COVID-19 isn’t going anywhere yet, but we’re in a much better position today to beat back those challenges.”

GUIDANCE EXPECTED FOR REOPENING OF COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES THIS SUMMER/FALL:  NJ State Higher Education Secretary, Zakiya Smith Ellis, is expected to release guidance today for colleges and universities to reopen for in-person classes in the summer and fall.  Governor Murphy said schools must submit their restart plans to the state secretary of higher education’s office at least 14 days before any students or staff return.

Those plans will then be reviewed by the state Department of Health.  Read the full NJ.com article here.

Sincere appreciation to the following community members for their generous monetary donations to the Monroe Township Food Pantry…