Montgomery County COVID-19 Wednesday Morning Update – April 1st
Based on the information found on state and county’s COVID-19 website and the Tuesday afternoon commissioner press conference, here is quick snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County and the Delaware Valley.
There were 58 new positive Montgomery County COVID-19 cases reported on Tuesday.
The positive cases are from 29 municipalities, none of which are reporting their first cases.
A breakdown of Sunday’s reported new positive cases follows:
- Age Range: 2 months – 78 years-old
- Age Brackets: (3) 0 – 9, (3) 10 – 19, (3) 20 – 29, (11) 30 – 39, (7) 40 – 49, (16) 50 – 59, (6) 60 – 69, (9) 70 – 79
- Gender: 28 females, 25 males
- Hospitalized: (11) No, (46) Unknown, (1) Yes
The 58 new positive cases brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 564 countywide.
Of those 564 confirmed cases countywide, 284 are male, 271 are female.
The average age of individuals with COVID-19 is 48.8 years old with the youngest patient being a 2-month-old baby and a 95 year-old Abington man, the oldest.
Fiftyone of the county’s 62 municipalities are home to at least one individual with a positive COVID-19 diagnosis.
.Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 3.31.2020
| Municipality | # of Total Cases |
| Abington | 44 |
| Ambler | 9 |
| Cheltenham | 38 |
| Collegeville | 4 |
| Conshohocken | 6 |
| Douglass | 2 |
| East Norriton | 8 |
| Franconia | 3 |
| Hatfield Twp. | 9 |
| Hatboro Twp. | 1 |
| Horsham | 12 |
| Jenkintown | 5 |
| Lansdale | 5 |
| Limerick | 8 |
| Lower Gwynedd | 10 |
| Lower Merion | 107 |
| Lower Moreland | 17 |
| Lower Pottsgrove | 4 |
| Lower Providence | 29 |
| Lower Salford | 7 |
| Marlborough | 2 |
| Montgomery | 11 |
| Narberth | 2 |
| New Hanover | 5 |
| North Wales | 1 |
| Norristown | 6 |
| Perkiomen | 7 |
| Plymouth Township | 13 |
| Pottstown | 9 |
| Royersford | 1 |
| Salford | 1 |
| Schwenksville | 2 |
| Skippack | 9 |
| Souderton | 6 |
| Springfield | 22 |
| Telford | 2 |
| Towamincin | 5 |
| Trappe | 1 |
| Upper Dublin | 20 |
| Upper Frederick | 3 |
| Upper Gwynedd | 5 |
| Upper Hanover | 3 |
| Upper Merion | 19 |
| Upper Moreland | 11 |
| Upper Pottsgrove | 1 |
| Upper Providence | 13 |
| West Norriton | 8 |
| West Pottsgrove | 1 |
| Whitemarsh | 21 |
| Whitpain | 13 |
| Worcester | 13 |
| Total | 564 |
Two new coronavirus related death, a 75 and 66 year-old Horsham unrelated men living in different households, were reported in Montgomery County Tuesday, moving the County’s COVID-19 death toll to 7, 11-percent of the 63 deaths attributed to the coronavirus statewide.
The County’s total number of reported cases represent 10.4-percent of the 4,843 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases across Pennsylvania.
Since testing began on March 20th, Montgomery County has tested 2,364 individuals for COVID-19 at its Drive-through Testing Center in Upper Dublin. Of those tested, results from only 62-percent of the tests have been returned. 13-percent of returned tests came back as positive.
By comparison, as of noon Tuesday, with the exception of Philadelphia County with 1,197 cases, neighboring and surrounding counties all have fewer positive COVID-19 cases than does Montgomery County:
| County | # of Positive Cases (Deaths) |
| Berks County | 110 (0) |
| Bucks County | 286 (3) |
| Delaware County | 338 (5) |
| Lehigh County | 231 (3) |
| Philadelphia County | 1,197 (10) |
| Lancaster County | 123 (3) |
| Chester County | 159 (1) |
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health
Stay current on Montgomery County’s effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus here.
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