3:47 p.m. ET, May 29, 2020
New Jersey to spend $100 million to help keep families impacted by Covid-19 in their homes
From CNN's Elizabeth Hartfield
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy wears a mask during his daily coronavirus news conference at the War Memorial, Tuesday, May 19, in Trenton.
Chris Pedota/The Record/AP
New Jersey is creating a short-term rental assistance program for low and moderate income families, Gov. Murphy announced on Friday.
The state will be applying at least $100 million to the program, which is aimed at helping families financially impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic keep their homes.
The latest numbers: The state reported at least 1,117 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday, bringing the statewide total to approximately 158,844 cases. The daily positivity rate continued at 6%.
The state reported an additional 131 coronavirus deaths, bringing the total to at least 11,531.
Of the total cases reported, at least 32,097 have been in long-term care facilities, the governor noted, and there have been approximately 5,009 deaths in long-term care facilities to date.
No new cases of
multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in children were reported on Friday –– the total number of cases in the state remains at 26 and no children have died from the disease.