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

 

Known Cases

New Cases

Deaths

United States

1,557,492

 

92,333

New Jersey

150,399

1,670 

10,747

Middlesex County

14,954

120

913

 

Monroe Township

 

663

 

6

92 Total (1New)

69 Long Term Care

23 Community-Wide

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 16thwas 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. 
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1 NEW COVID-19 POSITIVE CASE REPORTED COMMUNITY-WIDE ON MONDAY

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‘THERE’S NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT’: COUPLE GETS MARRIED IN MONROE TOWNSHIP PARKING LOT:  The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a lot of uncertainty to the world but today in the parking lot of the Monroe Township municipal building, one thing was certain -- the love between two people.  Ellen Panzer and Alan Schwartz have been in each other's lives for decades as friends. 

The couple applied for a marriage application on Friday via Zoom with the Monroe Township Municipal Clerk’s Office.  Today, the two became Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz with Judge Boyd officiating.  "There's no time like the present," says Ellen. "We know people who have gotten sick, we know people who have died and we know we're together." Watch the News12 New Jersey story here.

BEST WISHES TO THE HAPPY COUPLE!!

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MONROE TOWNSHIP EMT’S DELIVER BABY GIRL ON NJ TURNPIKE; TRANSPORT MOM AND BABY TO HOSPITAL ON SATURDAY Monroe Township Emergency Medical Services members Nicole Esposito, Jaclyn Regina and Heather Nicholas may not have started their day thinking that th

5182Monroe Township Emergency Medical Services members Nicole Esposito, Jaclyn Regina and Heather Nicholas may not have started their day thinking that they would be helping bring new life into the world amidst a world-wide pandemic but that’s exactly what happened on Saturday morning.  

The EMT’s sprung to action as they responded to the scene of a mother in active labor in the cab of a truck on the NJ Turnpike.  Upon delivering the baby girl, the mother went into distress.  Both were immediately transported to St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick where they were reported in stable condition. Read full mycentraljersey.com article here.  Congratulations to EMTs Esposito, Regina and Nicolas on a job well done!  You make the Monroe Township community proud.  We are lucky to have you!  Pictured from left to right:  EMT Nicole Esposito, Supervisor Jaclyn Regina and EMT Heather Nicolas 

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