Montgomery County COVID-19 Wednesday Morning Update – April 8th
Based on the information found on state and county’s COVID-19 website and the Commissioner’s Tuesday afternoon press conference, here is quick snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County, the Delaware Valley and Pennsylvania.
As of 10:00 AM Tuesday morning, Montgomery County reported 160 new COVID-19 cases.
The new positive COVID-19 cases reported Tuesday are from 38 municipalities, none of which reported their first case.
A breakdown of Tuesday’s reported new positive cases follows:
- Age Range: 17 – 101
- Age Brackets: (0) 0 – 9, (1) 10 – 19, (22) 20 – 29, (26) 30 – 39, (25) 40 – 49, (34) 50 – 59, (16) 60 – 69, (13) 70 – 79, (16) 80 – 89, (7) 90 – 99, (1) 100 – 109, (0) 110 – 119
- Gender: 86 females, 74 males
- Hospitalized: (0) No, (148) Unknown, (12) Yes
The 160 new positive cases brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 1,294 countywide.
Of those 1,294 confirmed cases countywide, 623 are male, 643 are female.
The average age of individuals with COVID-19 is 49.1 years old with the youngest patient being a 1-month-old baby and a 110 Abington man, the oldest.
Fiftynine 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 | 92 |
Ambler | 28 |
Bridgeport | 4 |
Cheltenham | 98 |
Collegeville | 6 |
Conshohocken | 10 |
Douglass | 6 |
East Greenville | 1 |
East Norriton | 20 |
Franconia | 11 |
Greenlane | 1 |
Hatfield Borough | 7 |
Hatfield Township | 30 |
Hatboro | 6 |
Horsham | 36 |
Jenkintown | 11 |
Lansdale | 24 |
Limerick | 15 |
Lower Frederick | 1 |
Lower Gwynedd | 28 |
Lower Merion | 164 |
Lower Moreland | 32 |
Lower Pottsgrove | 6 |
Lower Providence | 46 |
Lower Salford | 22 |
Marlborough | 4 |
Montgomery | 30 |
Narberth | 3 |
New Hanover | 13 |
North Wales | 1 |
Norristown | 37 |
Perkiomen | 15 |
Plymouth Township | 33 |
Pottstown | 19 |
Rockledge | 5 |
Red Hill | 1 |
Royersford | 4 |
Salford | 1 |
Schwenksville | 2 |
Skippack | 14 |
Souderton | 22 |
Springfield | 63 |
Telford | 10 |
Towamincin | 10 |
Trappe | 6 |
Upper Dublin | 43 |
Upper Frederick | 4 |
Upper Gwynedd | 27 |
Upper Hanover | 7 |
Upper Merion | 35 |
Upper Moreland | 46 |
Upper Pottsgrove | 1 |
Upper Providence | 29 |
Upper Salford | 2 |
West Norriton | 12 |
West Pottsgrove | 3 |
Whitemarsh | 39 |
Whitpain | 31 |
Worcester | 17 |
Total | 1,294 |
..Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 4.8.2020
Five new coronavirus related death were reported in Montgomery County on Tuesday, moving the County’s COVID-19 death toll to 32, 19.8-percent of the 240 deaths attributed to the coronavirus statewide.
The County’s total number of reported cases represent 8.9-percent of the 14,559 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases across Pennsylvania.
By comparison, as of noon Tuesday, with the exception of Philadelphia County and Lehigh County, with 4,012 and 1,146 COVID-19 cases respectively, neighboring and surrounding counties all have fewer positive cases than does Montgomery County:
County | # of Positive Cases (Deaths) |
Berks County | 369 (4) |
Bucks County | 690 (21) |
Delaware County | 898 (20) |
Lehigh County | 1,146 (10) |
Philadelphia County | 4,012 (58) |
Lancaster County | 408 (11) |
Chester County | 335 (6) |
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health
Stay current on Montgomery County’s effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus here.
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