Montgomery Closes All Township Parks Following Murphy's Order

MONTGOMERY, NJ — Montgomery has closed all Township parks and pathways as of Tuesday night after Gov. Phil Murphy announced the closure of all state and county parks to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.

"We have seen far too many instances where people are gathering in groups in our parks erroneously thinking since they are outside ans social distancing doesn't matter. Nothing could be further from the truth," Murphy said during his press conference Tuesday. (you can watch it here).

Murphy's order closed all state and county parks as of Tuesday night to further social distancing, but left municipal parks to the discretion of each town.

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Montgomery also announced there were 32 positive COVID-19 cases and three in Rocky Hill.

• 2 <20
• 7 20-29
• 5 30-39
• 5 40-49
• 6 50-59
• 8 60-69
• 2 70-79
• 0 >79

The total number of cases has risen to 44,416, and 1,232 people have died in New Jersey. Read more: NJ Coronavirus Updates: Here's What You Need To Know

As of Tuesday Somerset County has 1,033 positive COVID-19 cases and 40 deaths.

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