Based on the information found on Montgomery County’s COVID-19 dashboard as well as the commissioner’s afternoon press conference, here is quick snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across the County.
There were eight new cases reported on Wednesday, 3 of which, including a 1 year-old child, are hospitalized. The eight new cases brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 42 countywide.
Of the County’s 42 confirmed cases, 20 are male, 22 are female.
The County’s total number of cases represent 32-percent of the 133 confirmed COVID-19 cases statewide.
By comparison, as of noon Wednesday, the number of confirmed cases in neighboring counties is significantly lower:
| County | # of Cases | # of New Cases |
| Berks County | 0 | 1 |
| Bucks County | 9 | 1 |
| Chester County | 6 | 2 |
| Delaware County | 14 | 5 |
| Lehigh County | 1 | 0 |
| Philadelphia County | 17 | 7 |
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health
The County’s 42 cases are spread across all ages with the youngest patient being a 1 year-old Royersford boy and the oldest patient, a 72 year-old Upper Providence woman.
Countywide, the average age of residents with Coronavirus is just under 44 years-old.
With the exception of a single case in Lower Moreland in the County’s southeast corner, incidents of COVID-19 are predominantly found in the central and western sections of Montgomery County, with the majority of cases found along the Main Line and the 422 Corridor:
| Municipality | # of Total Cases | # of New Cases |
| Lower Merion | 8 | 2 |
| Lower Providence | 7 | 1 |
| Skippack | 3 | 0 |
| Collegeville | 2 | 0 |
| Lower Gwynedd | 2 | 0 |
| Perkiomen | 3 | 1 |
| Upper Merion | 2 | 0 |
| Worcester | 2 | 0 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 |
| Conshohocken | 1 | 0 |
| Douglass | 1 | 0 |
| East Norriton | 1 | 0 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 |
| Lower Moreland | 1 | 0 |
| Lower Salford | 1 | 0 |
| New Hanover | 1 | 0 |
| Upper Providence | 1 | 0 |
| Lower Pottsgrove | 1 | 1 |
| Royersford | 1 | 1 |
| Springfield | 1 | 1 |
| Montgomery | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | 8 |
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