Based on the information found on the County’s COVID-19 dashboard as well as the commissioner’s Thursday afternoon press conference, here is quick snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County.
There were thirteen new positive Montgomery County COVID-19 cases reported on Friday, two of which, a 66 year-old Whitpain man and a 4 year-old New Hanover child, are hospitalized.
The thirteen new positive cases brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 68 countywide.
Of those 68 confirmed cases countywide, 35 are male, 33 are female.
The County’s total number of reported cases represent 25-percent of the 268 confirmed COVID-19 cases across Pennsylvania.
By comparison, as of noon Thursday, the number of confirmed cases in neighboring and surrounding counties continues to trend lower:
| County | # of Positive Cases | # of New Cases |
| Berks County | 5 | 4 |
| Bucks County | 16 | 4 |
| Chester County | 11 | 1 |
| Delaware County | 23 | 9 |
| Lehigh County | 2 | 1 |
| Philadelphia County | 42 | 9 |
| Lancaster County | 2 | 0 |
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health
The County’s 68 cases on the county’s dashboard are spread across all ages with the youngest patient being a 1 year-old Royersford boy and the oldest patient, a 95 year-old Cheltenham man.
Countywide, the average age of residents with Coronavirus is just under 45 years-old.
With the exception of thirteen cases in County’s southeast corner, incidents of COVID-19 are predominantly found in the central and western sections of Montgomery County, with 32 cases found in municipalities along the Main Line or the 422 Corridor:
| Municipality | # of Total Cases | # of New Cases |
| Lower Merion | 12 | 3 |
| Lower Providence | 10 | 0 |
| Skippack | 3 | 0 |
| Collegeville | 2 | 0 |
| Lower Gwynedd | 2 | 0 |
| Perkiomen | 3 | 0 |
| Upper Merion | 3 | 1 |
| Worcester | 4 | 0 |
| Cheltenham | 5 | 3 |
| Conshohocken | 1 | 0 |
| Douglass | 1 | 0 |
| East Norriton | 2 | 0 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 |
| Lower Moreland | 5 | 0 |
| Lower Salford | 1 | 0 |
| New Hanover | 2 | 1 |
| Upper Providence | 1 | 0 |
| Lower Pottsgrove | 1 | 0 |
| Royersford | 1 | 0 |
| Springfield | 2 | 1 |
| Montgomery | 1 | 0 |
| Plymouth Township | 1 | 0 |
| Abington | 3 | 3 |
| Whitpain | 1 | 1 |
| 68 | 13 |
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