Township of Monroe News

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

Known Cases

New Cases

Deaths

United States

1,410,266

83,807

New Jersey

  141,560

1,028

9,702

Middlesex County

14,241

 120

819

Monroe Township

630

3

87 Total (1 New) **

65 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 Tuesday, May 12:  New positive cases 3 

79, female

41, male

77, female

JULY 4^thFIREWORKS, RECREATION SUMMER DAY CAMP AND SENIOR CENTER SUMMER GROUP PROGRAMMING CANCELLED:  After much consideration and in consultation with public health officials, Monroe Township today announced the cancellation of the Township Recreation Summer Day Camp, July 4^thFireworks, and all Senior Center group programming through July 31. 

Monroe Township Recreation’s popular summer day camp and MT SEPA camp, which normally begin next month and welcomes approximately 1,100 campers, are being cancelled in the best interest of public health and safety. The camps typically utilize the Community Center, township schools, parks and busses during operations. Under current public health orders, it is not feasible to maintain appropriate social distancing.

The annual Independence Day fireworks show at Thompson Park typically draws thousands of viewers from around the region and township officials believe this type of mass gathering poses a safety risk for residents, visitors, township staff, and emergency personnel. 

All Senior Center group programmingwill remain suspended through the end of July. 

“These decisions were not made hastily,” said Mayor Gerald W. Tamburro. “We take great pride in these annual traditions and are truly disappointed to have to cancel these programs  .  I believe these steps are necessary to protect our residents, from the youngest to oldest, from further spread of the Coronavirus.”

ADDITIONAL 24 IN NJ TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS 

PLEASE NOTE:Late last month Attorney General Grewal announced the testing of all New Jersey kids within Juvenile Justice facilities. Today’s results reflect 24 additional positive cases within the NJ Training School for Boys, for a total of 45 known, positive cases among the residents.

Known Cases

New Cases

Deaths

United States

1,382,630

81,779

New Jersey

  140,743

898 

9,508

Middlesex County

14,121

 85

801

Monroe Township

627

33

86 Total**

65 Long Term Care Facilities

21 Community-Wide

 **According to data from the Middlesex County Board of Health, 76% of deaths in Monroe Township are from private long-term care facilities.   

COVID-19 Cases received Monday, May 11:  New positive cases 33 

24 males age 15 – 19, Residents of the NJ Training School for Boys

99, female

91, female

91, male

75, female

64, male

39, female

24, male

21, male

12, female

Proposed Truck Ban Has Municipal and County Support;

Needs the Commissioner’s Sign-Off 

MONROE TOWNSHIP – May 12, 2020 –Monroe Mayor Gerald W. Tamburro will be scheduling a meeting with state Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, seeking her approval on a popular ordinance that bans heavy tractor-trailers on three residential roads along the Cranbury town line in Monroe.

Middlesex County recommended the ordinance to the state in February. The proposed law, which has received overwhelming support in Monroe, would ban trucks weighing more than eight tons from Cranbury Station, Prospect Plains and Cranbury Half Acre roads, west of Applegarth Road.  The Township Council unanimously approved the ordinance in October, with more than 300 residents attending the meeting to voice support.

On April 21, a supervisor in the state Transportation Department’s traffic engineering bureau responded to the county engineer, saying he is against recommending the ban. The state official contended the safety issues did not rise to the level of weigh restrictions. He also believed that closing the roads to heavy trucks would add travel time and inconvenience to truckers who would have to deal with detours.

3 IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND 6 COMMUNITY-WIDE 

Known Cases

New Cases

Deaths

Recovered

United States

1,369,496

80,653

213,555

New Jersey

  139,945

1,453 

9,310

Middlesex County

14,036

 277 (May 9-10)

794

Monroe Township

594

9 (May 9-10)

85 Total**

65 Long Term Care Facilities

20 Community-Wide

**According to data from the Middlesex County Board of Health, 76% of deaths in Monroe Township are from private long-term care facilities.   

COVID-19 Cases received Saturday, May 9:  New positive cases 6 

64, male

92, female

36, male

39, female

64, male

24, male

COVID-19 Cases received Sunday, May 10:  New positive cases 3

55, female

73, male

80, female

18 ADDITIONAL REPORTED DEATHS:  

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

Sadly, we must report that Middlesex County has informed us of 18 additional deaths in our community.  Over the past week, Middlesex County completed a comprehensive reconciliation of confirmed deaths in the State of New Jersey’s Communicable Diseases Database to ensure the County and State death lists were accurately aligned. 

These additional deaths are being reported through May 7, 2020.  A further breakdown of this data reflects that 76% of these deaths occur in long term care facilities and 24% are community wide. 

 “Every one of these deaths are a blow to us as a community. We sympathize with the families and mourn the loss with them,” said Mayor Gerald W. Tamburro.  “It is important that we stand together in support our friends and neighbors, during this most difficult time.”