I am joined by Health Commissioner judy. To the right, dr. Ed lifshitz. Great to have you both. To my left, the superintendent of the state police. The director of the office of Homeland Security and preparedness is in the house, and i suspect he will be joined by chief counsel plotkin at some point. Update, late yesterday afternoon, i received a call from eric hagen, the deputy secretary of the u. S. Department of health and humans services. He informed me that of the 395 hospitals hardest hit nationally by covid19 and which collectively will share 12 billion under the latest distribution of federal funds, 53 of those hospitals are in new jersey. Altogether, these 53 hospitals will be receiving 1. 7 billion directly from the federal government. That is the second largest amount of funding awarded only behind new york. This funding will be deposited automatically, no further paperwork required, with the hospitals in the middle of this upcoming week. Getting more critical Financial Aid
Thing back. In the new york, new jersey, area, some promise that the worsthit states are at least pondering openings as soon as tomorrow. The very latest read on all of this from jackie deangelis. Hey, jackie. Reporter neil, as reopenings continue in slow phases across the country, reminder this mornings weekly jobless claims added three million more people to the list of unemployed. The number was higher than expectations but it was lower than it was last week. So that was positive. Remember the total number of jobs lost in eight weeks, more than 36 million. That is a backdrop here. That is why reopening is so important. The sooner the country can do it, the more people can get back to work. Now in florida universal orlando is partially reopening today. The citywalk portion is going to be on reduced hours but masks are a must. There will be temperature checks. On may 20th, the plan is to open disney springs. That is where the shopping and dining complex is. The rest of the park is clo
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
Here. Hope he is ok gov. Murphy i dont see dave here. I hope he is ok. Good afternoon. Im joined by the woman to my right who needs no introduction, the commissioner of the department of health, judith persichilli. To her right, the state epidemiologist. Thank you. To my left, the superintendent of the state police, colonel pat callahan. To my left, the superit of the state police, colonel pat callahan. Lets get right to the numbers as we have been doing. Newre reporting today 3215 positive test results, which brings the cumulative total of New Jerseyans who have not tested positive to 78,467. Cases, whichew brings the total of 78,467. According to our online dashboard, and judy will correct me if i get this wrong, accessible through covid19. Nj. G ov, as of 10 p. M. Last evening, 8011 residents were reported hospitalized, of whom 1961 were listed in critical or intensive care. 1594 ventilators were in use. At one of oure field medical stations. For a 24 hour period ending at 10 p. M.
For new jerseys hardest hit hospital. The States Health commissioner and the state superintendent also joined the governor to give an update on the death toll positive cases, and executive orders related to the virus. Gov. Murphy good morning, everybody. Of director of the Office Homeland Security and preparedness is in the house, and i suspect he will be joined someief counsel plotkin at point. Before we get to the daily update, late yesterday afternoon, i received a call hagen, the deputy secretary of the u. S. Department of health and humans services. He informed me that of the 395 hospitals hardest hit nationally by covid19 and which collectively will share 12 billion under the latest distribution of federal funds, 53 of those hospitals are in new jersey. Altogether, these 53 hospitals will be receiving 1. 7 billion directly from the federal government. That is the second largest amount of funding awarded only behind new york. This funding will be deposited automatically, no furthe