OVER THE LAST FOUR DAYS-JULY 3-6, SEVEN NEW COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES REPORTED

Monroe Township High School begins first of four In-Person Graduation Ceremonies

PLEASE NOTE: Municipal data reporting lags behind state reported data; cases are reported as soon as the information is made available to the township.  Two of today’s reported cases are from mid to late May.

COVID 19 Cases reported today: 79M, 78F, 65F, 51F, 35F, 39F, 19M

Two in Long Term Care and Five Community Wide

STATE AND NJDOH STATISTICS: 

• NJ hospitals currently have 861 patients being treated for COVID-19.
• 65 hospital discharges yesterday.
• 187 patients in either critical or intensive care; 152 ventilators in use.
• The daily spot positivity rate for tests from July 2 was 2.14; rate of transmission is 1.03. This is the first time the rate of spread has been higher than 1.0 in the last ten weeks.
• Visit covid19.nj.gov/travel for more information on travel advisory for NJ. In North Jersey, several new cases are tied to people who went to a wedding in Myrtle Beach.
• “We must reverse our upward trend of the rate of transmission by wearing a face covering, self-quarantine if you’ve been in a coronavirus hotspot and get tested.” said Governor Murphy.

DON’T LET THE SPREAD HAPPEN HERE:  Monroe residents are strongly encouraged to continue to wear face masks anytime you are in public, wash and sanitize hands often, maintain social distancing of 6’ at home, at work and at play!

PLEASE NOTE: THE NEXT COMMUNITY UPDATE SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, JULY 9