N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy provides COVID update. How to watch live today. (May 10, 2021) Updated May 10, 2021; The press conference will be streamed live on the governor’s YouTube.com channel. Murphy will be joined in the George Washington Ballroom by state Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli, communicable disease service medical director Ed Lifshitz and State Police Superintendent Colonel Pat Callahan. There were 1,079 patients in the state’s 71 hospitals as of 10 p.m. Sunday, down from 1,112 in the previous 24-hour period. That’s the lowest total since Oct. 29 when there 1,062 patients and hospitalizations were on the climb. There were 250 patients getting critical care Sunday night with 165 on ventilators, down from 265 and 175 then night before, according to the state Department of Health’s dashboard.