Based on the information found on state and county’s COVID-19 website and the Commissioner’s Saturday afternoon press release, here is a snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County, the Delaware Valley and Pennsylvania.
As of 10:00 AM Saturday morning, Montgomery County reported 201 new COVID-19, up 90 cases from the 111 new cases reported Friday.
The large increase in positive test results, the highest number of new positive cases reported in the six weeks of daily reporting by the county, include the first results from the re-opened community-based testing site on April 16.
According to Dr. Valerie A. Arkoosh, Chair, Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, the large numbers, “demonstrate the importance of testing to understand the spread of the virus in our community.”
The 201 new cases, 114 of which were females, came from 40 municipalities and range in age from 18 to 104 years-old and fall in the following age brackets:
- 0 to 9 – 3
- 10 to 19 – 1
- 20 to 29 – 15
- 30 to 39 – 20
- 40 to 49 – 23
- 50 to 59 – 27
- 60 to 69 – 39
- 70 to 79 – 28
- 80 to 89 – 27
- 90 to 99 – 19
- 100 to 109 – 2
The 201 new positive cases brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 2,623 countywide.
Of those 2,623 confirmed cases, 1,210 are male, 1,384 are female.
The average age of individuals with COVID-19 across the county is 55.5 years-old with the youngest patient being a 1-month-old baby and a 110 year-old Abington man, the oldest.
Sixtyone of the county’s 62 municipalities are home to at least one individual with a positive COVID-19 diagnosis.
Of those 61 municipalities, only one, Bryn Athyn Borough in the county’s southeast corner, reports zero cases of COVID-19.
Four of the County’s 62 municipalities – Lower Merion (274), Cheltenham (209) Springfield (206), and Abington, account for 880 (33.5%) of the positive cases countywide.
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| Municipality | # of Total Cases (Deaths) |
| Abington | 191 (11) |
| Ambler | 53 (5) |
| Bridgeport | 10 |
| Bryn Athyns | 0 |
| Cheltenham | 209 (6) |
| Collegeville | 8 |
| Conshohocken | 16 |
| Douglass | 12 |
| East Greenville | 5 |
| East Norriton | 39 |
| Franconia | 19 |
| Green Lane | 2 |
| Hatfield Borough | 13 |
| Hatfield Township | 81 (2) |
| Hatboro | 9 |
| Horsham | 70 (5) |
| Jenkintown | 17 |
| Lansdale | 35 (1) |
| Limerick | 31 |
| Lower Frederick | 4 |
| Lower Gwynedd | 62 (10) |
| Lower Merion | 274 (6) |
| Lower Moreland | 56 (3) |
| Lower Pottsgrove | 13 |
| Lower Providence | 67 |
| Lower Salford | 34 |
| Marlborough | 5 |
| Montgomery | 81 (5) |
| Narberth | 8 |
| New Hanover | 19 |
| North Wales | 4 |
| Norristown | 122 (7) |
| Pennsburg | 1 |
| Perkiomen | 19 |
| Plymouth Township | 58 (4) |
| Pottstown | 44 |
| Rockledge | 5 (1) |
| Red Hill | 3 |
| Royersford | 9 |
| Salford | 2 |
| Schwenksville | 3 |
| Skippack | 31 (2) |
| Souderton | 40 |
| Springfield | 206 (30) |
| Telford | 20 |
| Towamincin | 26 (2) |
| Trappe | 10 (1) |
| Upper Dublin | 65 (3) |
| Upper Frederick | 6 |
| Upper Gwynedd | 56 (19) |
| Upper Hanover | 9 |
| Upper Merion | 68 (5) |
| Upper Moreland | 96 (2) |
| Upper Pottsgrove | 8 |
| Upper Providence | 83 (10) |
| Upper Salford | 5 |
| West Conshohocken | 2 |
| West Norriton | 20 |
| West Pottsgrove | 8 |
| Whitemarsh | 72 (5) |
| Whitpain | 48 |
| Worcester | 26 |
| Total | 2,623 (147) |
.Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 4.18.2020
The County continues to monitor the 75 Department of Health certified long-term care centers and approximately 550 congregant care facilities across Montgomery County for instances of COVID-19.
Of the 930 cases reported at these centers through Friday morning, 607 were residents and the balance, 323 cases, were of staff members of the care facility.
As of Friday, 79 of those facilities have the following number of residents or staff with COVID-19:
- 44 facilities with 1 to 5 cases
- 14 facilities with 6 to 10 cases
- 6 facilities with 11 to 15 cases
- 2 facilities with 16 to 20 cases
- 0 facilities with 21 to 25 cases
- 1 facility with 26 to 30 cases
- 5 facilities with 31 to 35 cases
- 3 facilities with 36 to 40 cases
- 5 facilities with 41 to 45 cases
- 1 facility with 56 to 60 cases
- 1 facility with 71 to 75 cases
Twelve new coronavirus related death of individuals ranging in age from 63 to 91 years-old were reported in Montgomery County on Saturday.
Saturday’s deaths move the county’s COVID-19 death toll to 147.
Ninety nine (67%) of Montgomery County’s 147 COVID-19 deaths were residents or staff of the 600-plus Montgomery County long-term care facilities.
Eighty (54.4%) of Montgomery County’s 147 COVID-19 deaths are in five municipalities; Springfield Township (30), Upper Gwynedd Township (19), Abington (11), Upper Providence (10 and Lower Gwynedd (10).
The county’s COVID-19 death toll of 147 is 17.9% of the 836 deaths attributed to the coronavirus statewide.
The County’s 2,623 COVID-19 cases represent 8.4-percent of the 31,069 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases across Pennsylvania.
By comparison, as of noon Saturday when the state updated their coronavirus count, with the exception of Philadelphia County with 8,502 COVID-19 positive cases and 136 deaths, neighboring and surrounding counties all report fewer positive coronavirus cases and deaths than does Montgomery County:
| County | # of Positive Cases (Deaths) |
| Berks County | 1,748 (40) |
| Bucks County | 1,619 (75) |
| Delaware County | 2,317 (73) |
| Lehigh County | 2,141 (29) |
| Philadelphia County | 8,502 (136) |
| Lancaster County | 1,113 (36) |
| Chester County | 796 (36) |
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health – last update 4.18.2020 at 12:30PM
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