Montgomery County COVID-19 Afternoon Update – March 26th
Based on the information found on the County’s COVID-19 website as well as the commissioner’s press conference Wednesday afternoon, here is quick snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County.
There were 60 new positive Montgomery County COVID-19 cases reported on Wednesday. These positive individuals are from 27 municipalities, four of which including Ambler, Lansdale, Schwenksville and Trappe, are in municipalities reporting their first cases.
A breakdown of Monday’s reported new positive cases follows:
- Age Range: 5 to 81
- Age Brackets: (1) 0-9, (1) 10 – 19, (9) 20 – 29, (9) 30 – 39, (11) 40 – 49, (13) 50 – 59, (10) 60 – 69, (3) 70 – 79, (3) 80 – 89
- Gender: 25 females, 35 males
- Hospitalized: (2) Yes, (8) No, (50) Unknown
The 60 new positive cases brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 219 countywide.
Of those 219 confirmed cases countywide, 119 are male, 100 are female.
The average age of individuals with COVID-19 is 48.5 years old with the youngest patient being a 1 year-old Royersford boy and a 95 year-old Cheltenham man, the oldest patient.
38 of the County’s 62 municipalities are home to at least one individual with a positive COVID-19 diagnosis.
Municipality | # of Total Cases |
Abington | 17 |
Ambler | 1 |
Cheltenham | 18 |
Collegeville | 3 |
Conshohocken | 3 |
Douglass | 1 |
East Norriton | 4 |
Horsham | 1 |
Lansdale | 1 |
Limerick | 4 |
Lower Gwynedd | 4 |
Lower Merion | 48 |
Lower Moreland | 7 |
Lower Pottsgrove | 2 |
Lower Providence | 21 |
Lower Salford | 2 |
Montgomery | 3 |
Narberth | 1 |
New Hanover | 2 |
Perkiomen | 4 |
Plymouth Township | 6 |
Pottstown | 4 |
Royersford | 1 |
Schwanksville | 1 |
Skippack | 3 |
Springfield | 9 |
Towamincin | 3 |
Trappe | 1 |
Upper Dublin | 7 |
Upper Frederick | 2 |
Upper Gwynedd | 2 |
Upper Merion | 9 |
Upper Moreland | 2 |
Upper Providence | 4 |
West Norriton | 1 |
Whitemarsh | 5 |
Whitpain | 4 |
Worcester | 8 |
Total | 219 |
The death of an 84 year-old Abington man from the coronavirus brings the number of deaths in the county to two, 18-percent of the deaths attributed to the coronavirus statewide.
The County’s total number of reported cases represent 13-percent of the 1,687 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases across Pennsylvania.
By comparison, as of noon Wednesday, with the exception of Philadelphia County, neighboring and surrounding counties all have fewer positive COVID-19 cases than does Montgomery County:
County | # of Positive Cases |
Berks County | 36 (0) |
Bucks County | 107 (0) |
Delaware County | 156 (1) |
Lehigh County | 38 (1) |
Philadelphia County | 402 (1) |
Lancaster County | 21 (0) |
Chester County | 84 (0) |
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health
Stay current on Montgomery County’s effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus here.
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