Moorestown Sees Coronavirus Death For 3rd Straight Day

MOORESTOWN, NJ —A 71-year-old Moorestown woman has died after testing positive for the coronavirus, Burlington County officials announced on Wednesday. It is the third straight day in which a coronavirus-related death was reported in Moorestown.

There was also one new case of the coronavirus reported in the township, bringing the total to 339 cases with 62 deaths.

In all, there were 15 new cases and two deaths reported throughout the county on Wednesday, bringing the totals for Burlington County to 5,761 cases, 441 confirmed deaths and 48 probable deaths.

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The most recent death came one day after the county reported that an 86-year-old man died after being diagnosed with the virus. On Monday, it was reported that a 93-year-old woman had died after being diagnosed with the coronavirus.

Other coronavirus deaths in Moorestown included 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 and an 89-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.

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