Congressman Chris Smith at work in his Freehold District Office.
Local governments in the 4th Congressional District of New Jersey were awarded $4.5 million in federal CARE Act funds to help areas stabilize and recover from the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced.
After weeks of planning and preparations, New Jersey is now ready to activate its hospital-capacity contingency plans, as facilities in the northern counties are becoming increasingly overwhelmed by a surge of patients with COVID-19.
State officials are preparing to shift patients with more limited clinical needs from existing hospitals to the new “field medical station” set up by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Meadowlands in order to make room for individuals who need critical care; the field station, in Secaucus, is expected to start accepting patients Monday. Newark’s University Hospital, the region’s Level 1 trauma center, will oversee the field station and transport the patients by ambulance or air, if needed.
Posted: April 3rd, 2020 | Author:admin | Filed under:COVID-19, New Jersey | Tags:COVID-19, New Jersey | Comments Off on NJ Goes All Out to Prepare for COVID-19 Surge That’s About to Hit
Monmouth County has 1,482 positive cases of COVID-19 as of April 2, 2020, according to an announcement by Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Deputy Director Sue Kiley. 38 County residents have succumbed to the virus, according to NJ.com’s coronavirus tracker.
A breakdown of cases by municipality is listed below:
Freeholder Director Tom Arnone held a press conference at 10 am this morning to announce support of the restaurant industry and update the public on the COVID-19 crisis.
Arnone announced the launch of www.TakeOutInMonmouth.com, a County hosted website to promote Monmouth restaurants that are offering take out and delivery service during the course of the COVID-19 statewide shutdown.
At 7 a.m. this morning, Monmouth Ocean Hospital Services Corp, better known as MONOC, ceased operating as the primary provider of paramedic EMS services in Monmouth and Ocean Counties after 42 years.
Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden, a former MONOC paramedic, reports that the transition to the new providers of advanced life support services, Hackensack Meridian Health and Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health, was seamless and that paramedic units from the hospitals have been responding with no interruptions.
As of April 1, 2020, 1,307 Monmouth County residents have tested positive for COVID-19, according to an announcement by Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Deputy Director Sue Kiley.
Asbury Park has suspended short term rentals within the City limits effective April 1, 2020 until further notice, according to an announcement by Mayor John Moor and Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn.
UPDATE: We’ve received 3,649 new positive #COVID19 cases, bringing our statewide total to 22,255.
We’ve sadly have lost another 91 fellow New Jerseyans to #COVID19, meaning we have now lost a total of 355 members of our great and diverse New Jersey family. pic.twitter.com/XzoRONVJlQ
