Montgomery County COVID-19 Sunday Morning Update – March 29th
Based on the information found on the County’s COVID-19 website, here is quick snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County.
There were 33 new positive Montgomery County COVID-19 cases reported on Saturday down from 58 new cases reported Friday.
These positive individuals are from 20 municipalities, only one of which, Franconia Township, is reporting its first cases.
A breakdown of Saturday’s reported new positive cases follows:
- Age Range: 3 – 86
- Age Brackets: (1) 0 – 9, (0) 10 – 19, (6) 20 – 29, (4) 30 – 39, (6) 40 – 49, (3) 50 – 59, (6) 60 – 69, (5) 70 – 79, (2) 80 – 89
- Gender: 14 females, 18 males
- Hospitalized: (10) No, (18) Unknown, (5) Yes
The 33 new positive cases brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 404 countywide.
Of those 404 confirmed cases countywide, 203 are male, 197 are female.
The average age of individuals with COVID-19 is 47.4 years old with the youngest patient being a 1 year-old Royersford boy and a 95 year-old Abington man, the oldest.
Fortyeight of the County’s 62 municipalities are home to at least one individual with a positive COVID-19 diagnosis.
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| Municipality | # of Total Cases |
| Abington | 31 |
| Ambler | 5 |
| Cheltenham | 28 |
| Collegeville | 3 |
| Conshohocken | 5 |
| Douglass | 1 |
| East Norriton | 6 |
| Hatfield Twp. | 2 |
| Hatboro Twp. | 1 |
| Horsham | 7 |
| Jenkintown | 2 |
| Lansdale | 4 |
| Limerick | 8 |
| Lower Gwynedd | 9 |
| Lower Merion | 68 |
| Lower Moreland | 10 |
| Lower Pottsgrove | 2 |
| Lower Providence | 27 |
| Lower Salford | 4 |
| Montgomery | 6 |
| Narberth | 2 |
| New Hanover | 2 |
| Norristown | 4 |
| Perkiomen | 4 |
| Plymouth | 9 |
| Pottstown | 5 |
| Royersford | 1 |
| Salford | 1 |
| Schwenksville | 2 |
| Skippack | 6 |
| Souderton | 3 |
| Springfield | 12 |
| Towamincin | 4 |
| Trappe | 1 |
| Upper Dublin | 14 |
| Upper Frederick | 3 |
| Upper Gwynedd | 4 |
| Upper Hanover | 1 |
| Upper Merion | 13 |
| Upper Moreland | 4 |
| Upper Pottsgrove | 1 |
| Upper Providence | 11 |
| West Norriton | 5 |
| West Pottsgrove | 1 |
| Whitemarsh | 9 |
| Whitpain | 10 |
| Worcester | 10 |
| Total | 371 |
Last Updated 3.28.2020
Montgomery County officials Saturday reported the death of a 61-year-old Norristown female. Her death, the County’s fifth, on Friday puts the county at 14.7-percent of the 34 deaths attributed to the coronavirus statewide.
The County’s total number of reported cases represent 14.6-percent of the 2,751 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases across Pennsylvania.
By comparison, as of noon Wednesday, with the exception of Philadelphia County with 709 cases, neighboring and surrounding counties all have fewer positive COVID-19 cases than does Montgomery County:
| County | # of Positive Cases |
| Berks County | 65 (0) |
| Bucks County | 152 (0) |
| Delaware County | 226 (4) |
| Lehigh County | 109 (3) |
| Philadelphia County | 709 (5) |
| Lancaster County | 45 (1) |
| Chester County | 116 (0) |
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health
Across the state, positive cases by age range as of noon Friday are:
| Age Range | Percent of Cases |
| 0-4 | < 1% |
| 5-12 | < 1% |
| 13-18 | 1% |
| 19-24 | 11% |
| 25-49 | 39% |
| 50-64 | 28% |
| 65+ | 19% |
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health
Also statewide, 316 patients have been hospitalized with COVID-19 related sickness. Since the first hospitalization on March 6th, the age range of patients hospitalized across the state is:
| Age Range | Percent of Cases |
| 0-4 | < 1% |
| 5-12 | 0% |
| 13-18 | 1% |
| 19-24 | 2% |
| 25-49 | 20% |
| 50-64 | 27% |
| 65+ | 49% |
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health
Stay current on Montgomery County’s effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus here.
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