FOUR NEW COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES REPORTED COMMUNITY-WIDE OVER FOUR-DAY PERIOD – AUGUST 7 – 10

TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS CLEAN-UP CONTINUES

DPW crews are out canvasing the Township collecting debris resulting from Tropical Storm Isaias.  Residents may deposit yard debris only at the curb through Friday, August 14.  Debris may be loose or in bio-degradable bags. No plastic bags accepted.  Yard waste may be dropped off at the DPW yard at 76 Gravel Hill-Spotswood Road on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 am - 2:45 pm. The yard also is open Saturday from 8 – 11:30 am.  Reminder:  No household food products.  These items should be discarded with regular trash collection.  Thanks to the DPW staff for a job well done!

FOUR NEW COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES REPORTED COMMUNITY-WIDE

OVER FOUR-DAY PERIOD – AUGUST 7 – 10 

ONE NEW CASE REPORTED IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY

PLEASE NOTE: Cases are reported as soon as the information is made available to the Township. 

One additional long-term care death reported today was from May 11. 

New COVID-19 Cases from August 7 – 10:  17M, 21F, 72F, 74M, 89F

STATE AND NJDOH STATISTICS: 

• NJ hospitals currently have 284 patients being treated for COVID-19.
• 83 patients in either critical or intensive care; 29 ventilators in use; 34% on ventilators.
• The daily spot positivity rate for tests from August 6 was 1.62%. Rate of transmission: .98

NJDOH DIRECTIVE LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES:  The NJ Department of Health will release a directive today setting mandatory benchmarks for NJ’s long-term care facilities.  This directive will establish phases for reopening based on time since a last outbreak and will establish: baseline infection-control measures, requirements for PPE stockpiling and requirements for resident and staff testing – including weekly coronavirus tests for all staff. 

Monroe Township has established a Census 2020 Goal of 100% Participation.  The results of the 2020 Census will help determine how federal funding will flow into communities every year for the next decade.  

The graphic to the right features self-response rates as of August 6, 2020 from households that responded to the 2020 Census online, by mail or by phone.

Complete your Census 2020 Today!

THE NEXT COMMUNITY UPDATE IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 13. 

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS MAY BE DISTRIBUTED AS NEEDED.