A 61-year-old Warren County man who tested positive for COVID-19 died at a Lehigh Valley hospital, an advisory issued Saturday afternoon says.

The man, who was not identified, was from Washington Borough according to the advisory from the borough.

Lehigh County Coroner Eric Minnich confirmed the patient died Friday night at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Fountain Hill. He said the primary cause of the man’s death was a head injury from a fall at home, but that the virus was listed as a contributing factor to his death.

The case was one of two COVID-19 cases from Washington that were reported in the advisory. The other case is that of a 60-year-old man who is recuperating at home. They are the borough’s first two reported cases of the virus.

“At this time, the Warren County Health Department is actively working on close contact tracing, meaning that they are reaching out to anyone who would have had close contact with these individuals,” the advisory says, “This is all the information which has been released by the Warren County Health Department at this time.”

The Lehigh Valley on Wednesday was reported to have Pennsylvania’s first death from the virus that began spreading in December in Wuhan, China, and is now a global threat.

Carmine Fusco, 55, was being treated in Northampton County and is the second person from one New Jersey family to have died after being infected with the coronavirus, the family’s attorney confirmed Wednesday. He was a horse racing trainer from New Jersey.

New Jersey now has 1,327 confirmed cases of the virus that has infected hundreds of thousands across the globe. There have now been 16 known deaths from the virus in New Jersey.

If you may have been exposed or exhibit the symptoms of COVID-19 – fever, cough and shortness of breath – contact your healthcare provider.

For more information on the coronavirus, consult your state health department at www.nj.gov/health and the CDC website.

Reporter Tony Rhodin contributed to this report.

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