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There is an additional $70 million in food assistance for New Jersey SNAP recipients.  Supplemental payments will be made on March 29th, with the payments spread out over a two month period.  This will help needy families with the purchase of groceries.

Motor Vehicle Commission offices in New Jersey will stay closed another two weeks.  The earliest these offices are now able to open is April 13th.  The Commission continues to conduct business online.

New Jersey now has lost 108 lives during the coronavirus outbreak.  Governor Phil Murphy announced that the total number of cases in the Garden State has hit 8,825.  Murphy says the increase in numbers is expected.

There are now 14 coronavirus cases confirmed in Atlantic County.  Health officials Friday morning confirmed three additional cases; two are in their 20s and recovering at home, while the third is in his late 50s, and recovering at a hospital.

Gasoline prices continue to slide down in Cape May County.  Mid Atlantic AAA reports that the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is now $2.25 in our county.  We are three cents above the state average, and a full 25 cents above the national average.

Sea Isle City has closed its beaches and promenade.  Mayor Len Desiderio announced that the city was closing both to continue social distancing.  Ocean City has also closed its beaches and boardwalk in Cape May County.

Governor Phil Murphy has ordered all daycare centers in the Garden State to close next Wednesday.  The only exception will be centers that will exclusively care for children of essential workers.  If a local daycare center is interested in providing that service, paperwork must be filed by Friday.

Governor Phil Murphy announced that 155,000 people filed for unemployment in New Jersey this week.  Murphy made those comments during his daily address on Thursday.  That figure is 16 times higher than the week prior.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has scolded school districts who are preparing to go back to school.  Murphy says that won’t happen, and the decision rests only with him.  Murphy says this issue will not be revisited until April 17.

There are now 6,876 cases of coronavirus in New Jersey.  That represents a one day jump of nearly 2,500 positive cases.  There are now 81 reported deaths in New Jersey, an increase of 19 in one day.  These numbers were released Thursday by the New Jersey Department of Health.