1 Coronavirus Death Reported In Lower Merion Over Past Week
LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, PA — Lower Merion Township saw a very small increase in coronavirus deaths, but had more than 40 new cases identified over the past week.
According to data provided Friday by the Montgomery County Department of health, one person died over the past week from the coronavirus.
That person was a man in his 80s, the data shows.
This new death brings the township's coronavirus death toll to 85.
Of those deaths, one person was in their 40s, one person was in their 50s, four were in their 60s, 10 were in their 70s, 41 were in their 80s, and 28 were 90 and above. Additionally, 49 women and 35 men have died in Lower Merion.
Forty-nine of those deaths have been women
While just one death was reported, the county data shows 43 new cases were identified over the last week.
As of Friday, 977 Lower Merion residents have or have had the coronavirus.
Below are case counts by age:
0 to 9 — 33
10 to 19 — 106
20 to 29 — 146
30 to 39 — 100
40 to 49 — 114
50 to 59 — 110
60 to 69 — 108
70 to 79 — 68
80 to 89 — 117
90 and older — 75
Four hundred fifty men have been infected by the virus and 525 women have been infected. The gender for two cases have not been identified.
Montgomery County overall has had 13,127 cases of the coronavirus, as well as 837 coronavirus related deaths.
This article originally appeared on the Ardmore-Merion-Wynnewood Patch
