Murphy gave an update on his states response to the coronavirus, saying the death toll and the number of cases continue to rise. He talks about the backlog in testing and criminal charges for violating social distancing rules. Gov. Murphy good afternoon. Table byd at the head the woman to my right who needs no introduction, the commissioner of the department of health, Judith Persichilli. To her right, the state epidemiologist. Honored to have you both with us. Farleft, the state Police Superintendent patrick callahan, as usual. The director of Homeland Security protected nest. Also joining us today is the department of children and families commissioner. Great to have you. Thanks for being here. Ive asked her to provide an update on the order for of childcare facilities to provide services only to the kids of our frontline responders and essential workers and i should note and i know she will note this, april is also National Child abuse awareness month. In times like these, when ther
Coming in early everybody. We will be snappier in terms of our pace because we have folks who will be observing good friday at noon. Honored to be joined i the woman on my right, who needs no introduction. A guy familiar to many of you there, the commutable Communicable Disease specialist. To my far, state police superintendent, pat callahan. To my immediate left, and great leader, department of corrections, commissioner marcus hicks. We are going earlier today than we usually do. We have the overnight numbers. Im not sure, judy will tell us how deeply we can dig into the numbers. We have at least the top line numbers and we will go from there. Let me get into that immediately. Since yesterdays briefing we have been notified that we have 3627 more residents who have received positive test results. That puts our statewide total at 54,588. 7 overnight and our statewide total at 54, 588. To our online dashboard that is accessible d19. Nj. Gov. I as of 10 00 p. M. Last night we residents r
What the governor said a moment ago, he is tired of being behind this virus. We have been behind it, playing catchup from day one, trying to put a plan in place that puts him ahead of it, plans what he believes will be the apex in terms of the virus and the impact on the state of new york in the next two to three weeks. Before we go back to the numbers, another thing the governor mentioned in albany a moment ago, his brother chris, who host as nightly program on cnn, is positive for covid19. His symptoms, according to cnn, are mild. Chris cuomo will continue to host his nightly program, they say from his home on a daily basis, again with mild symptoms. The governor has been talking about his brother who he says is his best friend here for the last few minutes. Before that he did go through these numbers. Lets put them back up there. 75,759 cases in the state of new york and 1500 deaths. 1550 is the latest number, up from over 1200 yesterday. These numbers, to neils point continue to ri
The governor announced the state conducted over 600 tests and was planning on opening a second testing site monday. Gov. Murphy sorry to be, again, a few minutes behind, which is my bad. Its good to be in Bergen County. I havent been here in a couple of weeks, jim. Ive been under the weather, so its nice to be back. I also want to thank our friends, in particular at Bergen County college here, starting with president dr. Michael redmond, whos a dear friend, and i want to thank him for hosting us so graciously today, as he always has. I had the great opportunity a couple of years ago to deliver the commencement address to the graduates of this fine institution, and it was one of the highlights during my time as governor. And i want to thank him and his team for opening their door to us today on his campus and his community. And, obviously, its been a big day here. More on that in a minute. Im here with a cavalcade of vips, so i want to thank a woman who needs no introduction immediately
Security preparedness is what this also joining us today is. The department of children and families commissioner. Great to have you. Thanks for being here. I have asked christine to provide an update on the order for of childcare facilities to provide services only to the kids of our frontline responders and essential workers and i should note and i know she will note this, april is also National Child abuse awareness month. In times like these, when there is tremendous uncertainty and stress and anxiety, children can be at risk of abuse. It is a horrible reality, but it exists. The department of children and families has a host of Resources Available to survivors of abuse. I hope christine can provide the guidance for anyone who needs help and does not know where to turn. As ive done in the past week or so, i will turn early to the we are reporting another 3489 positive test results, bringing our statewide total to 23,590. Again, that is 3489 positive test results, bringing our state