Township of Monroe News

‘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!!

Monroe 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 

 3 Community Wide and 5 Long Term Care Facilities

Known Cases

New Cases

Deaths

United States

1.473.415

88,237

New Jersey

  143,089

1,239

10,249

Middlesex County

14,514

85

872

Monroe Township

651

8

89 Total (1 New) 

67 Long Term Care

22 Community-Wide

 Monroe Township Positive Cases Reported Friday, May 15: 

97, Female

82, Male

95, Female

88, Female

27, Male

68, Female

48, Female

Unknown Age, Female

1 IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY AND 2 COMMUNITY-WIDE

Known Cases

New Cases

Deaths

United States

1,460,159

87,218

New Jersey

  143,905

1,297

10,138

Middlesex County

14,429

 97

865

Monroe Township

643

3

88 Total **

66 Long Term Care Facilities

22 Community-Wide

**According to data from the Middlesex County Board of Health, 75% of deaths in Monroe Township are from private long-term care facilities.   

COVID-19 Cases received Thursday, May 14:  New positive cases 3 

26, male

95, female

78, female

STATE AND NJDOH STATISTICS:  

• As of last night:3,823 residents hospitalized for COVID-19.Field medical stations reported 42 patients.
• 285 new hospitalizations yesterday and 357 patients were discharged from the hospital.
• 1,127 patients in either critical or intensive care, 865 ventilators currently in use.
• 75% of ICU patients are on ventilators.
• 527 LTC facilities with COVID-19 cases; 27,374 COVID-19 cases in these facilities.
• The daily positivity rate for tests from May 11^thstood at 23 percent.“We’re at a point where each region is very closely mirroring the statewide average,” Governor Murphy said.
• “We’re seeing a slowing in the number of newly reported cases at our long-term care facilities,” said Governor Murphy.“We continue to see an out-sized proportion of our statewide COVID-19 deaths related to these facilities.We’re continually taking steps to save more lives at these facilities.”
• Governor Murphy said his administration is committing $50 million in federal CARES Act funding to directly support small businesses impacted by COVID-19.“Our small businesses are the heart of our economy. We will use this federal funding to help them make it through and thrive again.”

CONTACT TRACING – HOW IT WORKS & WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP:  Want more information about how contact tracing works? How we're expanding testing? Steps we're taking to protect your privacy, and what you can do to help? Visit the Testing and Tracing portal here.