LATEST STATE/COUNTY UPDATES:
US: Cases confirmed 477,161; Recovered 26,541; Deaths 17,842
State:New positive cases 3,627; Total cases statewide 54,588; Total Deaths 1,932.
Middlesex County (from Governor’s Daily Report):
New positive cases 432; Total cases countywide 5,060; Total Deaths 168.
**Please Note: Middlesex County Board of Health (MCBOH) serves as the Monroe Township Health Department. Accordingly, when MCBOH reports additional statistics for Monroe Township, including deaths, the OEM will report in our daily update.
Monroe Twp information received April 10, 7:30pm:
New positive cases 23; Total municipal cases 236
30, male
73, male
67, male
48, male
54, female
93, male
38, female
69, female
85, female
95, male
77, male
76, female
82, female
91, male
50, female
51, female
92, male
68, male
58, female
47, female
87, male
75, female
59, male
LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES CONCERNS: The Office of Emergency Management is monitoring the conditions at the state-licensed, long-term care facilities in the township. Mayor Tamburro has written to State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli expressing his concern over the spread of the virus in the facilities and asked for their support and intervention to keep the residents and staff safe. “I continue to be concerned that our most vulnerable residents are protected and that their families are informed daily,” said Mayor Tamburro. “We remain in constant contact with the county health department staff, who has visited several facilities to insure they are following proper safety protocols.”
Earlier today, Commissioner Persichilli announced that 71 of the new deaths announced this morning were in long-term care facilities and that there is at least one positive case in 285 different long-term care facilities in NJ.
