Number Of Coronavirus Deaths Reaches 52 In Moorestown

MOORESTOWN, NJ — An 88-year-old Moorestown woman has died after testing positive for the coronavirus, Burlington County officials announced Thursday evening.

Three more residents also tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in Moorestown to 283 with 52 fatalities.

Other Moorestown deaths due to coronavirus have involved a 75-year-old man, 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

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As of Thursday, there were 4,749 cases of the coronavirus in Burlington County with 322 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. Read more here: 7 More Coronavirus-Related Deaths In Moorestown

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.

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