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Gov. Murphy good afternoon, everyone. I am honored to be joined by the woman on my right, my partner in government, the Lieutenant Governor, great to have you back with us. To her right, the commissioner of health. Great to have you here with us. Also on my far left, great to have the superintendent of state police. With us today, another special guest, immediately to my left, the congressman, who will be able to give us a federal perspective. If that were not enough, in row isabout 10 feet to my right medical director in the department of health, it is great to have you with us, as well. Lets start as we have been doing, we have someone from the department of homeland security. Lets start as we usually do with updated numbers and charts. Because we are going a little bit earlier today, these numbers are of last night. Dont read a lot into the sunday or monday numbers on their own. We have weekend uneasiness. Have a is not enough, we little bit of a delay in getting these today because
Gov. Murphy good afternoon, everyone. I want to give a shout out, i want to pay homage to the division of fire safety. State fire marshal rich, lenny and cerullo and all of the guys over here, hats off to the firefighters up and down the state who are as good as it gets. We salute you and thank you for everything you are doing. Im joined by the woman who needs no introduction, judy. This is our third engagement today. Two on the phone and one in person. The department of Health Communicable disease medical director and the guy familiar to you all, great to have you. And the guy to my left who needs no introduction, superintendent of the police, colonel pat callahan. Also jared maples. Welcome. Lets start with the numbers. I think we will go briskly today. We are announcing an additional 3457 positive test results for a total statewide of 1523. If we look at the curve of new covid19 cases, these are positive tests, we see continued flattening. We cannot ease up. Lets leave this appear a
And cerullo and all of the guys over here, hats off to the firefighters up and down the state who are as good as it gets. We salute you and thank you for everything you are doing. Im joined by the woman who needs no introduction, judy. This is our third engagement today. Two on the phone and one in person. The department of Health Communicable disease medical director and the guy familiar to you all, great to have you. Needse guy to my left who no introduction, superintendent pathe police, colonel callahan. Also jared maples. Welcome. Lets start with the numbers. I think we will go briskly today. We are announcing an additional 3457 positive test results for a 1523. Statewide of if we look at the curve of new covid19 cases, these are continuedests, we see flattening. We cannot ease up. Lets leave this appear and remind everybody lets leave this up here. A lot of folks have battled and won. That is an important point to make. The curve is flattening. Of a lotn the face more testing. Jud
On morning, we heard about the ground efforts of mitigation there. Was briefed by the hospital c. E. O. , the chief medical officer, the county Public Health officer and others. In taking necessary safety precautions we visited with aff at marius Medical Center and heritage assisted living center. We visited with them outside the facilities. I also had the opportunity meet with sheriff whit and the county commissioners. I also had the opportunity or chance to see the National Guards mission in action, both visiting with air guard members who are working at the heritage center, and also National Guard soldiers as theyre screening passengers disembark from the train station. Left with any number of observations from that trip, first, the recognition that in large communities and small that this impacts every facet of the community. And its also amazing the Community Support and ways the communities come together. And having the open forum with the hospital staff, of how appreciative they