ed lifshitz. dr. police colonel pat callahan, and we are also joined by the commissioner of the department of environmental protection, catherine mccabeto my left. great to have you. covid 19 is ao whole-of-government endeavor. lots of departments have key noes to play, and dep is exception. commissioner mckee will talk about her department's role. we will go right to the numbers and then feel in details from their. there. we are reporting an additional 2100 96 positive test results. our statewide count stands at 18,696. positive test results since yesterday. 696 in total. we continue to lose members of our new jersey family to covid-19 complications. this does not get any easier. since yesterday, another 69 residents have died. 267,total net stands at each of them a precious life lost from our new jersey family. taking that number, which is a big one, and putting a face to it, and a couple of different ways. passaichose souls was a firefighter. he became a firefighter about a year and a half ago. he was a volunteer before that. he served as an emt. he was only 33 years old. i spoke to his wife, maria, earlier. and have two children,