Moorestown Sees 5 More Coronavirus Deaths

MOORESTOWN, NJ — Five more Moorestown residents have died after testing positive for coronavirus, Burlington County officials announced on Friday.

The most recent deaths included a 94-year-old woman, an 87-year-old woman, a 66-year-old man, a 97-year-old woman and an 82-year-old man.

There was also one new case of the coronavirus confirmed in Moorestown, bringing the total number of cases in the township to 228 with 41 fatalities.

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Other reported coronavirus deaths in Moorestown have included an 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.

As of Friday, there were 3,748 cases of the coronavirus in Burlington County with 239 deaths. Read more here: Burlington County Reports 15 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.

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.

Read more here: 7 More Coronavirus-Related Deaths In Moorestown

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