LATEST STATE/COUNTY UPDATES:
US: Cases confirmed 329,636; Recovered 16,735; Deaths 9,420
State:New positive cases 3,482; Total cases statewide 37,505; Total Deaths 917.
Middlesex County:New positive cases 372; Total cases countywide 2,950; Total Deaths 80.
Monroe Township:New positive cases 2; Total municipal cases 133.
Monroe cases reported on April 5, 2020: 43, MALE AND 71, MALE
SURVIVORS OF COVID-19: N.J. HOSPITAL WANTS TO TEST YOUR BLOOD FOR POTENTIAL LIFE-SAVING THERAPY: The plasma of COVID-19 patients could be a life-saving treatment for others. Hackensack University Medical Center has received approval from the federal government to begin recruiting recovered and recovering coronavirus patients to test for antibodies in their plasma, the liquid component in blood. Read more about it here:
https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/04/survivors-of-covid-19-nj-hospital-wants-to-test-your-blood-for-potential-life-saving-therapy.html
NJ DEPARTMENT OF LABOR MESSAGE: Crushing layoffs and furloughs related to the #COVID19 crisis have overwhelmed unemployment agencies nationwide-including here in the Garden State.
NJDOL released a new, comprehensive FAQ page to help New Jerseyans struggling with unemployment. Learn more: www.myunemployment.nj.gov
CDC RECOMMENDS FACE COVERING: It is critical to emphasize that maintaining 6-feet social distancing remains important to slowing the spread of the virus. CDC is additionally advising the use of simple cloth face coverings to slow the spread of the virus and help people who may have the virus and do not know it from transmitting it to others. Cloth face coverings fashioned from household items or made at home from common materials at low cost can be used as an additional, voluntary public health measure. Click the attached link to see how to fashion a simple mask at home: https://youtu.be/tPx1yqvJgf4
