Skip to main content

Township of Monroe News

 

6 NEW COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES REPORTED ON TUESDAY

4 IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND 2 COMMUNITY-WIDE

 

Known Cases

New Cases

Deaths

Recovered

United States

1,240,578

 

72,417

164,983

New Jersey

  131,890

1,513 

8,549

 

Middlesex County

13,254

112

706

 

 

Monroe Township

 

563

 

6

67 Total**

51 Long Term Care Facilities

16 Community-Wide

 

COVID-19 Cases received Tuesday, May 5:  New positive cases 6 

91, female

90, female

90, female

50, female

69, female

79, male

STATE AND NJDOH STATISTICS:  

  • Over 35 million pieces of PPE have been distributed by the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management from the central warehouse.“We have left no stone unturned in finding the masks, gloves, shields and other PPE our front-line heroes have needed to keep safe throughout this emergency,” said Governor Murphy.“We’re not going to stop.”
  • There are 122 testing sites across the state.31 sites are either publicly run or open to the general public can be located here.
  • 439 new hospitalizations yesterday and 435 patients discharged.
  • As of 10 p.m. last night:5,221 residents hospitalized for COVID-19, 1,549 patients in either critical or intensive care – down by roughly 25 percent from just three weeks ago.
  • 74% of ICU patients are on ventilators. 1,146 ventilators currently in use.Governor Murphy says this number continues to decline.
  • 256,064 tests performed, 101,378 positive, positivity rate is 39.59%
  • 512 LTC facilities with COVID-19 cases; 23,345 COVID-19 cases in these facilities.10.7 million pieces of PPE delivered to long-term care facilities