Moorestown Man, 82, Dies Due To Coronavirus

MOORESTOWN, NJ — An 82-year-old Moorestown man has died after testing positive for the coronavirus, Burlington County officials announced Friday night.

There were also 10 new cases of the coronavirus reported in Moorestown on Friday. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 704 Moorestown residents have tested positive and 65 have died.

Countywide, 15,399 residents have tested positive, and there have been 522 confirmed deaths and 57 probable deaths. Trace investigations are underway in all new cases.

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Deaths in Moorestown have involved an 87-year-old woman, a 71-year-old woman, at an 86-year-old man, a 93-year-old woman, an 82-year-old woman, a 90-year-old man, a 92-year-old woman, a 75-year-old woman, a 101-year-old woman, a 60-year-old woman, a 100-year-old woman, an 88-year-old woman, a 75-year-old man, a 97-year-old woman a 77-year-old man, a 76-year-old man, a 96-year-old woman, a 79-year-old woman, an 88-year-old man, 82-year-old woman, an 89-year-old woman, an 84-year-old woman, an 82-year-old man, an 86-year-old man, an 88-year-old man, an 84-year-old woman, a 93-year-old-man, a 73-year-old-man, an 87-year-old man, a 97-year-old woman, a 76-year-old man, an 86-year-old woman, an 85-year-old woman a 93-year-old woman, a 68-year-old man, a 91-year-old man, a 97-year-old man, a 79-year-old woman, a 73-year-old woman, a 77-year-old woman, a 74-year-old man, 96-year-old man, a 100-year-old man, an 84-year-old man, a 96-year-old woman, an 83-year-old man, a 95-year-old man, a 95-year-old woman, a 95-year-old man and a 75-year-old woman, a 94-year-old woman, an 87-year-old woman, a 66-year-old man, a 97-year-old woman and, 82-year-old man, a 79-year-old woman, an 89-year-old woman and a 90-year-old woman. Read more here: Moorestown Sees 5 More Coronavirus Deaths

Burlington County is actively engaged in contact tracing positive coronavirus cases. The focus is on close contacts, defined as closer than 6 feet for more than 10 minutes, household contacts and those that work in high risk settings such as healthcare workers and long term care facilities. Read more here: 7 More Coronavirus-Related Deaths In Moorestown

Burlington County is actively engaged in contact tracing positive coronavirus cases. The focus is on close contacts, defined as closer than 6 feet for more than 10 minutes, household contacts and those that work in high risk settings such as healthcare workers and long term care facilities.

If community exposure has occurred, where a coronavirus positive person was in close contact with people for an extended period of time, while symptomatic, county officials will notify the public.

Since residents are abiding by the social distancing requirements, officials said they have not run into that issue since early in the pandemic. Read more here: Burlington County Reports 15 Coronavirus-Related Deaths In Moorestown

Reminder: Mass exposure, due to social distancing guidelines, and the cooperation of the public has been minimized. Residents are reminded to remain 6 feet apart while obtaining essential items or services, and stay home unless absolutely necessary.