Township of Monroe News

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

LATEST STATE/COUNTY UPDATES:  

US: Cases confirmed 300,565; Recovered 14,518; Deaths 8,150

State:New positive cases 4,372; Total cases statewide 34,124; Total Deaths 846. 

Middlesex County:New positive cases 400; Total cases countywide 2,578; Total Deaths 76. 

Monroe Township:New positive cases 6; Total municipal cases 131.  

Monroe cases reported on April 4, 2020:

26, FEMALE

43, FEMALE

75, FEMALE

77, FEMALE

78, FEMALE

84, MALE

MESSAGE FROM MAYOR TAMBURRO: 

Monroe, 

With limited testing right now—it is hard to understand the true community spread of COVID-19 here in Monroe.  I hope that testing really expands and hospital capacity too, but until then, we are in for an extended period of staying home and social distancing.

This is certainly getting hard.  And we (Monroe) were one of the first communities in the nation to shut down activities, programs, and common public spaces so it feels even longer for all of us.  In fact, it has been longer for us in Monroe – but I am confident that our hard work will ultimately save lives, our lives, our neighbors lives, and our children’s lives. 

LATEST STATE/COUNTY UPDATES:  

The latest statistics related to the COVID-19 Coronavirus from Governor Murphy’s office this afternoon includes 4,372 new positive test results in New Jersey for a statewide total of 29,895.  There are 113 new reported deaths for a total of 646. Middlesex County reports 359 new cases for a total of 2,125 positive cases.  The state has announced that Middlesex County has 56 deaths to date.  Monroe Township has been notified of 10 new cases today, of which one patient is in the hospital and the remainder are recovering in self-quarantine at home.  Monroe now has a total of 125 positive cases.  

The new cases are:

25, female

59, female

64, female

84, female

91, female

91, female

21, male

27, male

90, male

69, male

Middlesex County Board of Health has authorized the release of the following information regarding positive cases in Monroe Township adult communitiesas of April 3, 2020:

Clearbrook, 17                                                    Regency, 7

Rossmoor, 6                                                       Concordia, 6

Ponds, 1                                                               Greenbriar at Wittingham, 1

Renaissance at Cranbury Crossings, 5          Stonebridge, 4

MESSAGE FROM MTPD CHIEF & OEM COORDINATOR BIENNAS: 

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Monroe Township community for answering our call earlier in the week seeking donations of Personal Protective Equipment.  We received an abundance of well needed supplies from residents and businesses alike. It’s refreshing to know that we can always count on the Monroe Township community to pull together under difficult circumstances,” said Chief of Police and Coordinator of the Office of Emergency Management, Michael Biennas.  “In the same vein as the community rallied to provide supplies, I am imploring all residents to do what is being asked now:  STAY AT HOME.  We need to maintain adequate social distances and refrain from social gatherings. During this public health emergency, my officers are prepared to curtail all gatherings until this order is lifted – not because we want to but because we have to - for the safety of all.”